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COUNSELLING with
elisabeth van assum
Counselling with me invites you to transform life’s challenges as equals, together
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Life's challenges are at times difficult to accept. Counselling allows you to face those difficulties in a supportive space. Developing capacity to connect with your challenges generates self-awareness. And self-awareness is the foundation of healing.
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No matter how overwhelmed you feel, therapy offers a space for you to experience stability in yourself. You develop trust in your process through expressing your experiences in your own words, in your own time, at your own pace so that you replace overwhelm with self-compassion and self-acceptance.
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I respond to everything you bring into the session. There is room for all of you here. Creating space to see yourself clearly and non-judgementally is what allows opportunities of transformation to arise; and for you to choose something new, over staying in the same pattern.
Counselling With Me
I specialise in assisting individuals navigating life's challenging transitions, which can encompass a wide range of experiences like relationship shifts, family dynamics, physical changes, unprocessed childhood events, the grieving process… to name a few.
My calling is to facilitate you in understanding your issues through a process of self-compassion and self-acceptance. This work fosters an internal experience of reduced self-judgment and increased self-awareness which then leads to greater clarity and capacity to respond to your life, rather than react.
I am here to support you in your journey toward clarity so that you can identify your sources of strength and implement lasting, empowering changes.
Counselling for you
Counselling offers a transformative journey that encourages you to embrace every facet of your being. Through open dialogue about the issues you experience, you develop the ability to truly listen to your inner voice and unravel the narratives of your life. The process is inherently self-guided, with my support aimed at helping you achieve your desired outcomes.
A pivotal step is the act of naming and claiming the issues you experience and allowing the possibility of profound change to emerge. As you engage in this process, you will identify the internal & external conditions which influence your experiences, perceptions and decisions.
By dedicating yourself to this work, you'll unearth the insights necessary to make empowering and transformative decisions which can redirect your life into more fulfilling experiences.
areas of service
Recognising trauma patterns on quality of life which frequently manifest as anxiety, depression, & stress
Generating insight into the connections between adverse childhood events & quality of adult life
Exploring mid-life transition events including menopause, relationship changes, sexuality, elder care, career shifts, grief
Exploring gender & sexual identity, specifically coming out later in life, transitioning out of established heteronormative conditioning and connecting into more authentic experiences and expressions of self
Understanding the root causes of distress events arising in spousal, family, friend, collegial and community relationships
Clarifying and understanding issues rooted in systemic & historical oppression - including addressing issues of collective trauma arising in climate change, colonialism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and racism
attending to the impacts of working in mental & front-line health fields
Serving and inclusive of all members of the LGBTQA2+ population
Polyamory and kink informed
“My actions are my only true belongings.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh