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Hi, I’m Laura

I didn’t come to this work by accident.

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Welcome

If you've ended up here, you're probably not just looking for any therapist. You're looking for someone who gets it without you having to over-explain yourself, someone who has done their own work and someone who is able to go with you beneath the surface, support you to tune into your body and hear what it's trying to tell you

I'm Laura, a psychotherapist based in Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire, working with women, mothers and couples in person and online across Australia. I've spent over ten years in therapeutic work with children and families, and I've been running Wild Hearts Counselling for the past three years, but honestly, what shapes the way I work isn't only the training, It's also everything I've lived through on the way here.

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My Apporach

Therapy with me is about slowing things down and tuning in, learning to listen to the wisdom that your body holds, and using that as our guide, leading us towards healing, understanding or a way back to yourself.

A lot of what I do is help people understand the gap between what their mind knows and what their body is still holding. That's where Internal Family Systems comes in, working with the different parts of you that show up in conflict with each other, the part that wants to rest and the part that won't let you stop. It's where somatic psychotherapy comes in too, paying attention to what's happening in your body in real time, because the nervous system often reacts before mind knows what’s going on. I bring in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy when it's useful, and expressive approaches like art and sand tray, because sometimes a feeling needs a different language than the one we use to talk about it.

I know what it means to be held well by someone else's care, and I keep doing my own inner work and mentorship for that exact reason. What I receive shapes what I'm able to offer you.

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What shapes this work

My understanding of this work isn't only academic. I've lived the disorientation of becoming a mother, the contradictions of it, the way it can undo you and remake you at once.

I've moved through my own grief and my own anxiety, and I’m not finished with the either, but I am no longer run by them the way I once was and have learnt to meet them with compassion.

Alongside that sits a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master of Psychotherapy and Counselling, over ten years working with families, various trainings over the years and a mentorship with a perinatal therapist. The training gives me a framework to work within. What I've lived gives me a way to meet you inside it.

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Beyond the therapy room

I'm mum to two wild and wonderful boys, and I have a partner who carries a lot of this with me. Our house is often a mess, and I can’t keep my car or my room tidy to save my life but we have a lot of fun.

Im a sucker for nature and being outdoors, and if I’m not at work or at home there’s a good chance you’d find me down the beach or in the bush. I’ve got a never ending list of hobbies that I’m itching to get to, and a much shorter list of ones I’m playing with at the moment such as Lyra (playing in hoops) and Yoga.

My friends say I'm the kind of person you can talk to about anything, which makes sense why I chose to be a therapist. Some of the main words people use to describe me are warm, grounded, open and playful and that’s what I bring to the space.

Here’s where we start…

I’d be honoured to walk alongside you

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