Trauma Counselling, EMDR Therapy & Resource Therapy
Supporting adults navigating trauma, dissociation, anxiety, nervous system overwhelm and relational trauma through an attachment-informed, relational approach.
Clinical Supervision
PACFA-accredited clinical supervision in the Blue Mountains, Richmond, Western Sydney and online across Australia
Services
Individual Therapy
People come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be navigating the impact of trauma or difficult relationships, experiencing anxiety or depression, noticing patterns that keep repeating, or simply recognising that something in your life no longer feels okay.
My clinical work has a particular focus on trauma and relational trauma, including experiences of domestic and family violence and adult survivors of CSA.
My approach is warm, relational and trauma-informed. I am interested not only in what has happened, but in how your experiences may continue to shape the way you understand yourself, relate to others and respond to the world around you.
Together, we may become curious about the patterns, beliefs, emotions, body responses and parts of self that emerge — including those that have learned to protect you.
Therapy with me is integrative rather than one-size-fits-all. Depending on what you are experiencing and what feels appropriate for our work, I may draw from EMDR and Relational Integrative EMDR, Resource Therapy, DBT, Polyvagal-informed practice, Imagery Rescripting and somatic approaches.
We will work collaboratively to understand what you would like from therapy and consider the approaches that may best support our work together.
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychological approach developed in 1987 by Francine Shapiro. The World Health Organization highly recommends EMDR as an effective, evidence-based treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). EMDR protocols can also applied to treat various mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addiction.
I am accredited by the EMDR Association of Australia. I provide EMDR therapy in Blaxland and the Blue Mountains, as well as online across Australia.
Relational Integrative Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (RI-EMDR)
Relational Integrative Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (RI-EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic approach that combines the proven effectiveness of attachment informed EMDR with the depths of Resource Therapy (Parts work) and Somatic/Polyvagal work. This is a beautifully compassionate approach for those who have experienced relational trauma and attachment wounds.
Professional Supervision
Clinical supervision is a space to think, reflect and grow — both as a practitioner and as the person doing the work.
As a PACFA Accredited Clinical Supervisor, I provide supervision to counsellors and other mental health professionals, with a particular interest in supporting practitioners working with trauma and complexity.
My approach to supervision is relational, collaborative and reflective. We can explore clinical work together, deepen case conceptualisation, consider therapeutic process and interventions, reflect on what may be happening within the therapeutic relationship, and make space for the impact this work can have on us as practitioners.
Depending on your needs, supervision may include case discussion, skills development, role-play, review of clinical material, ethical and professional considerations, and reflection on practitioner wellbeing and sustainability.
I value the knowledge, experience and perspective you bring to supervision. My aim is to offer a space where you can be curious, ask questions, think openly and continue developing your own authentic way of working.
Clinical supervision is available in person in the Blue Mountains and online across Australia.
Recommendations
“I have worked with Jaclyn for over 5 years as her manager and colleague in her capacity as a domestic violence specialist support worker in a multidisciplinary legal team. Jaclyn supports victim survivors of domestic and family violence through the difficult family violence and family law jurisdictions. I have worked alongside Jaclyn in the most complex of cases where she provided unwavering support and fierce advocacy for women and children experiencing extreme violence, coercive control, sexual assault, human trafficking and forced marriage. Jaclyn is an expert in trauma-informed practice and recently wrote and delivered training to the legal profession around NSW on this important topic. Jaclyn is extremely well-regarded in the team and is loved by her clients. She is a kind and conscientious colleague who always gives her time to support others. I recommend Jaclyn to any team working with vulnerable clients”- Meredith Gray, Manager Strategy Policy & Projects (Family Law) Legal Aid NSW.
“I met Jaclyn in the capacity of a counsellor working with women and children experiencing violence and providing supervision to frontline workers. Jaclyn has a strong social justice focus, offering her clients a combination of empathy and compassion without judgement. Jaclyn demonstrates professional and ethical principles in her practice and at times had to be innovative in order to support women within the limited resources of her service. In fact, this was how I met her as she sought to further develop her network and resource base across the sector. Jaclyn was able to use skills of diplomacy, negotiation and advocacy on behalf of clients when dealing with diverse services such as Police, colleagues, and legal services, when pursuing the best outcomes for her clients. These services often have their own systems in place and are not always open to collaboration with other services. Achieving these outcomes Jaclyn was able to provide a more cohesive and comprehensive service to clients. Jaclyn advocated for clients when they could not do this for themselves, she encouraged their independence, self –advocacy and self- reliance as they began to recover from the debilitating effects of violence abuse and trauma”- Christine Prentice, Social Worker & Trauma Therapist.
“As manager of a women’s service I worked with Jaclyn as a colleague. Jaclyn is extremely dedicated to the wellbeing of her clients and their safety. Jaclyn’s compassion, commitment and care meant that she provided the specific and individual support each woman needed. Believing women, caring about what happens to them and providing the support was something Jaclyn did exceptionally well. Working on the frontline with women who have been victim survivors of trauma and abuse and are often not safe even after they leave takes a huge toll on workers. Women’s safety is the responsibility of our society and our communities. Too often that responsibility falls onto the shoulders of individual workers such as Jaclyn. Heroes like Jaclyn are often invisible to all except the women they assist, holding hope and the right to freedom, choice and safety until women can hold it for themselves”- Sharon, Manager Women’s Service.