About Jaclyn
PACFA Accredited Clinical Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, Accredited EMDR Practitioner & Resource Therapy Trainer.
Trauma-informed, relational and integrative therapy for adults experiencing trauma and relational trauma in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and online.
Experienced Trauma Therapist, EMDR Practitioner,
Clinical Supervisor & Trainer
Hi, I’m Jaclyn.
I’m a Clinical Counsellor, Supervisor and trauma therapist based in Blaxland, the Blue Mountains, NSW. I also offer sessions from the Richmond Women’s Cottage in the Hawkesbury, NSW.
I began working in the human services sector in 2007 and have worked across both government and non-government services in counselling, case management, leadership and specialist roles.
My professional background has included work across mental health, community services, out-of-home care and domestic and family violence. These experiences have shaped the way I understand trauma — not only as something that happens within an individual, but as something that can be understood within the context of relationships, families, systems and the experiences that have shaped us.
Today, my work is primarily focused on trauma and relational trauma. Alongside my clinical practice, I provide clinical supervision and professional training.
I bring this experience to my work while remaining deeply curious about the individual person in front of me. No two people, histories or therapeutic relationships are the same.
Holding hope alongside you.
Much of my career has been shaped by working alongside people who have experienced violence, trauma and relational harm. I remain passionate about supporting people to make sense of their experiences, reconnect with themselves, and process what continues to carry distress in the present.
My work in the domestic and family violence sector has also been recognised professionally. In 2015, I was a top-five finalist for a NSW Premier’s Award for my contribution to the sector. In 2018, I was a finalist again as part of the Domestic Violence Unit at Legal Aid NSW.
People sometimes ask me how I can do this work.
For me, there is something deeply meaningful about being trusted with the parts of someone’s story that may have been difficult to speak, carry or make sense of.
I feel deeply privileged when clients trust me with some of their darkest experiences. And sometimes, part of my role is to hold hope alongside them — until they are able to find and hold more of that hope for themselves.