Providing a safe place to learn, explore and connect with yourself
Our Approach
Building Trust and connection…
Jo focuses on building trust, as healing happens best in relationships. She gets to know your history, values and nervous system responses, to determine suitable evidence-based practices. Together, you’ll explore, mindfully and creatively, how to enhance your strategies for authentic self-connection.
Understanding dynamics…
Jo views relationships in a context where challenges arise not rooted in one person but in the space in between, where a relationship is its own entity. She brings this approach to couples and family counselling.
It means coming to counselling isn't about blame; it's a safe space where Jo helps you explore your pain and shift how things are now, to how you want them to be.
Then you can improve your experience of relationships, fostering growth where you and others feels seen, heard, loved, and able to thrive.
Families…
Modern life can be tough, especially for parents feeling overwhelmed. Parents don’t have to get stuck in feeling like they’re getting it wrong and wondering if they are messing things up for their kids. If you seek a home filled with laughter and connection, come talk things through with Jo.
If you’re concerned about your child's anxiety or school refusal, Jo can help you make sense of what is going on and partner with you to work out next steps. With her expertise in child development, you'll receive support tailored to your family's needs, so your support transitions with your child.
Jo understands the challenges faced by families with kids and teens of all ages. Join her to build harmonious relationships and gain confidence in supporting your children.
Safe Spaces…
With a special interest in trauma, Jo recognises people are wired from our earliest experiences to seek cues for risk and cues for safety. If you've lost trust in your body's signals, come explore with Jo how to recognise what your body knows and how to come back to it when you are facing hard things.
Our services
Individual Therapy
Face-to-face or online, this is for individuals to process and explore their thoughts, feelings and values, including specialised trauma therapy. Initial session is 90 minutes, subsequent sessions 50-55 minutes. Typically, appointments are weekly or fortnightly.
50-55 mins | $180
Families
Mountain Light works from a family systems perspective. This means we recognise the impact of what is going on for one part of a family will impact others. Support is offered in age-appropriate ways to help each other understand the expectations, roles and feelings of others in their family and shift how you get along and communicate.
50-90 mins | $180-280
Couples
Offered face to face only, couple sessions allow you to explore your relationship and build your tools of connection, communication and understanding dynamics.
90 mins | $280
Consulting
Want to run a wellbeing workshop for your staff, the parents at your school or couples at your church? Want to explore wellbeing in a creative way? Let’s work together to explore how I can help your organisation.
Contact for pricing.
“I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses”
— Jeanette Winterson, author
