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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 can be difficult and overwhelming. Counselling offers a supportive space to work through those difficulties.
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No matter how overwhelmed you feel, therapy offers a space to develop trust in your process so that you replace overwhelm with self-compassion and self-acceptance.
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Creating space to see yourself clearly and non-judgementally is what allows opportunities of transformation to arise.
Counselling With Me
I specialise in assisting individuals navigating life's challenging transitions, which can encompass a wide range of experiences like break ups, family loss and grief, illness, childhood experiences, career shifts which often express themselves as anxiety, depression and stress.
I 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.
Counselling for you
Through open dialogue about the issues you experience, you develop the ability to truly listen to your inner voice and unravel the stories of your life. The process is inherently self-guided, with my support aimed at helping you achieve your desired outcomes.
As you engage in this process, you will identify the internal & external conditions which influence your experiences, perceptions and decisions. This in turn can lead to reducing the feelings of anxiety, depression and stress.
By dedicating yourself to this work, you'll experience 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
Clarifying and understanding issues rooted in systemic & historical oppression - including addressing issues of collective trauma arising in climate change, colonialism, capitalism, sexism, abelism, 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
“My actions are my only true belongings.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh