Maria Carr Counselling & Wellbeing

Maria Carr Counselling & Wellbeing I'm Maria Carr, a qualified counsellor and intuitive energy healer with over 17 years of experience transforming lives.

Maria Carr Counselling & Wellbeing is a place that offers a compassionate and skilled professional to assist you to process, understand and manage your grief/loss, trauma, anxiety, and childhood wounds in a safe and nurturing environment. At Maria Carr Counselling & Wellbeing, I offer a unique blend of gentle, nurturing care and powerful, transformative results. My journey began in 2006 when I suddenly lost my husband while pregnant with our son, leading me to co-found Australia's first online forum for young widows and ultimately complete my Bachelor of Counselling specialising in grief and bereavement. What sets my approach apart is the seamless integration of traditional counselling with intuitive energy healing—a combination that creates profound, lasting change by addressing both conscious patterns and subconscious blockages. I provide specialised services including wellbeing counselling, grief holistic counselling, relationship counselling, holistic therapy, and inner child therapy. In each session, you'll receive:
- a safe, judgement-free space to express yourself
-completely personalised care tailored to your unique needs
-comprehensive support that addresses your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Whether you're struggling with grief, trauma, relationship challenges, or seeking deeper balance in life, I create a bespoke healing experience that releases emotional wounds, resets your nervous system, and guides you toward wholeness. Sessions are available both in person and online, making healing accessible wherever you are on your journey. Bookings - https://calendly.com/info-mariacarr

Today we celebrate women.Not just the achievements, the milestones, the strength that the world gets to see.I want to ce...
08/03/2026

Today we celebrate women.

Not just the achievements, the milestones, the strength that the world gets to see.

I want to celebrate the woman who is doing the quiet, courageous work of healing herself.

The one who is finally looking at the wounds she's been carrying, sometimes for decades. The conditioning that told her she was too much, or not enough. The grief she pushed down to keep going. The part of her that learned to shrink to stay safe.
That woman deserves to be celebrated.

Because true empowerment doesn't start on the outside. It starts when a woman chooses to come home to herself, to heal the inner child who never felt seen, to release the beliefs that were never hers to carry, and to trust her own knowing again.

I have sat with so many women in that raw, tender space between who they've been told to be and who they truly are.

And every single time, I watch something extraordinary happen when they give themselves permission to heal at that deeper level — not just talk about it, but feel it, release it, transform it.

That is the work I'm here for.

Happy International Women's Day to every woman bravely walking her healing path.

If something here is calling to you, DM me for a chat and see if I'm the right person to walk alongside you.

27/02/2026

You might find my work helpful if you're:

-Feeling stuck in patterns you can't seem to shift
-Experiencing grief or navigating a big life transition
-Struggling with anxiety or low mood that hasn't fully responded to other approaches
-Carrying past trauma that's still showing up in your present
-Feeling disconnected from yourself, from others, from life.

I believe real healing happens when we address the whole picture — mind, body and soul. They're not separate. They never were.

If this resonates, I'd love to hear from you. I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can have a chat and see if working together feels like a good fit.

www.mariacarr.com.au

26/02/2026

Do you find it hard to receive? Love, money, opportunity, joy?

Often, we unconsciously resist it — because of past hurts, limiting beliefs, or a deep-down feeling of unworthiness.

I work with people to gently bring awareness to those blocks and dissolve them energetically, so life can start to flow a little more freely. The shifts that follow can be quite remarkable — internally and externally.

If this resonates, I'd love to hear from you. I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can have a chat and see if working together feels like a good fit.

www.mariacarr.com.au

25/02/2026

Grief isn't only about losing someone.

It can come from the end of a relationship, a career change, a health diagnosis — any significant loss. And it lives in the body just as much as it lives in the mind.

I specialise in supporting people through grief in all its forms, working with both the emotional and energetic layers of it. Not to bypass the pain — but to let it move and transform, rather than getting stuck.

I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can have a chat and see if working together feels like a good fit.

www.mariacarr.com.au

24/02/2026

Releasing Old Versions of Yourself

Not everything we developed to survive still serves us.

Some of those coping mechanisms and identities we built — they were necessary once. But they can become the very thing keeping us stuck.

Part of what I do is help you compassionately recognise and release those outdated versions of yourself, so your authentic self has room to emerge. Clients often describe it as a real sense of coming home to themselves.

If this resonates, I'd love to hear from you. I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can have a chat and see if working together feels like a good fit.

www.mariacarr.com.au

So many of our adult patterns, fears, and limitations trace back to childhood.In my sessions, we gently explore those yo...
23/02/2026

So many of our adult patterns, fears, and limitations trace back to childhood.

In my sessions, we gently explore those younger parts of you that may still be carrying pain, confusion, or fear — and we create space for them to finally feel seen, heard, and validated.

This work is particularly powerful for healing core wounds around worthiness, belonging, safety, and love. Many clients describe feeling a sense of wholeness they hadn't felt before — like parts of themselves have finally come home.

DM for more information or visit www.mariacarr.com.au

So much of what we carry isn't just in our minds — it's stored in our bodies.I work directly with your nervous system an...
23/02/2026

So much of what we carry isn't just in our minds — it's stored in our bodies.

I work directly with your nervous system and vagus nerve to help shift you out of that constant state of fight-or-flight. When your nervous system starts to regulate, deeper healing becomes possible.

I also work with the fascia — the connective tissue that runs throughout your entire body. Trauma and unresolved emotion can become held there, often showing up as chronic tension, restricted movement or unexplained physical pain. Releasing the fascia is a really significant part of the healing process.

Alongside this, I incorporate lymphatic drainage work — supporting your body to clear and release what it's been holding onto, physically and energetically. So much stagnation — emotional and physical — can shift when the lymphatic system starts to flow freely again.

So much emotion and trauma also lives in the gut — and when we work there, the shifts can be really quite surprising.

Your body has been carrying so much. It's time to let it release.

DM to book a session or visit www.mariacarr.com.au

18/02/2026

We all have parts of us — often linked to an earlier age — that live quietly within our subconscious.

And sometimes, without us even realising it, that part is holding us back.
It might show up as a pattern you can't seem to shift. A fear that doesn't make sense. A belief about yourself that no matter what you do, you just can't seem to shake.

In my Inner World Sessions, we find that part. We go back to the age it started — and then we work through the entire timeline, all the way to present day.
Using a blend of counselling, intuitive energy healing, somatic therapy and fascia release, we work with your subconscious, your nervous system and your fascia to acknowledge that part of you — and then gently feel and process everything it's been holding. The trauma. The emotions. The fears. The limiting beliefs. The grief.
And then we release it.

This isn't about going back to relive the past — it's about freeing yourself from it.
People often describe feeling lighter, more themselves — like pieces of themselves have finally come back together.

If something in you is stirring as you read this, that's worth paying attention to.

I'd love to hold that space for you.
DM to book a complimentary 15-minute consultation or visit www.mariacarr.com.au

I love witnessing the transformation that takes place in front of me - when a client can finally understand where their ...
10/02/2026

I love witnessing the transformation that takes place in front of me - when a client can finally understand where their patterns were formed, where their limiting beliefs were established, where their conditioning was inherited.

It's one of the most profound moments in this work.

Many of our adult patterns, fears and limitations stem from unmet needs or wounding experiences from childhood.

That part of you that struggles to speak up? There's often a younger version of you who learnt it wasn't safe to have a voice.

That fear of being seen or taking up space? Usually connected to a time when being visible led to criticism or rejection.

Those patterns around money or receiving? Often rooted in childhood beliefs about worthiness and deserving.

Through gentle and compassionate exploration, we connect with these younger aspects of yourself that may still be carrying pain, confusion or fear.

I create a safe space where your inner child feels seen, heard and validated - perhaps for the first time. Through both counselling and energy work, we can identify where these younger parts of you may be energetically "frozen in time" and help them release stored emotions, trauma, fears, conditioning and limiting beliefs.

This inner child work is particularly powerful for healing core wounds around worthiness, belonging, safety, receiving and love. As we heal these childhood aspects, you'll often notice profound shifts in your adult relationships, self-concept and emotional resilience.

Many clients report feeling a greater sense of wholeness and integration, as these previously fragmented parts of self are welcomed home.

Sessions available in-person or online via Zoom worldwide.

DM to book your free 15-minute discovery call or visit www.mariacarr.com.au

Australian Day 2026Today we celebrate Australian of the Year and all the incredible recipients who inspire us with their...
26/01/2026

Australian Day 2026
Today we celebrate Australian of the Year and all the incredible recipients who inspire us with their dedication and service.

And I'd also like to celebrate something else.

Every single person who shows up each day to make this country a little bit better.

The teachers who see potential in every child.
The healthcare workers who hold space for people's pain.
The volunteers who give their time without recognition.
The small business owners who create community hubs.
The neighbours who check in on each other.
The people doing the quiet, unseen work of care.
The ones who choose kindness over judgment.
Who build bridges instead of walls.
Who show up for their communities, their families, their own healing.

Australia isn't brilliant because of one person or one achievement.
It's brilliant because of the collective - all of us choosing to contribute, to care, to do better, to be better.

So today, I celebrate you.

The counsellors, the carers, the healers, the helpers.
The people doing their own inner work so they can show up more fully.
The ones breaking generational patterns.
The ones choosing to heal instead of harm.

Every act of compassion matters.
Every moment of showing up counts.
Every person doing their bit makes a difference.

That's what makes this country extraordinary.
Not perfection, but participation.
Not one hero, but all of us together.

Happy Australian Day 🇦🇺

23/01/2026

Find Your Calm in 4 Simple Counts
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Box breathing is one of the most powerful tools you can use to regulate your nervous system - and it's completely free, always available, and takes just a few minutes.

This ancient technique, used by everyone from Navy SEALs to meditation practitioners, works by activating your parasympathetic nervous system, shifting you from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest mode.

How to practice:
Visualise drawing a box as you breathe:

Breathe IN through your nose for 4 counts
HOLD your breath for 4 counts
Breathe OUT through your mouth for 4 counts
HOLD empty for 4 counts

Repeat for 4-5 rounds, or until you feel your body soften and your mind settle.

When to use it:
Before difficult conversations, during moments of anxiety, when you're feeling overwhelmed, before sleep, or simply as a daily practice to build nervous system resilience.

Your breath is the bridge between your conscious and unconscious mind. When you learn to work with it intentionally, you give yourself access to deep healing and regulation.

Try it right now - your body will thank you.

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