Hi! Iâm Jennifer. Iâm the founder of Psychotherapy Central, President of the International Energetic Healing Association, co-founder of The Golden Woman Centre, and Ambassador for A Sound Life charity. I am a mum to two beautiful children, wife, daughter, sister and friend. I have a Masters degree in Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy. I am a licensed psychotherapist, counsellor and energetic healer, but you can think of me as a huge self-love advocate, a listening ear, and a holder of space for transformation and healing.
I am lucky enough to do work that is my calling, it is my vocation. I have over 16 yearâs experience working with individuals and groups. Leading international transformational retreats, seminars, writing accredited courses, e-books and blogs.
I grew up wanting to change the world. I saw the images of starving children in Africa in the 80âs and I wanted to help. That desire led me to study Political Science at university with a large does of Development Studies included. After university I worked for the Japanese government for three years, teaching English in their public school sector. It was such a completely different culture to the UK, I found myself on a steep learning curve. I feel like I did a lot of growing up there. I met my husband to be, I travelled a lot â India, Nepal, South East Asia, Europe, Chille, Southern Africa, including hitchhiking and camping through Botswana and Namibia and had a lot of fun.
A few years on I found myself in Australia with the love of my life, leaving my family in the UK, and decided to study kinesiology, energetic healing and reiki, mostly just for fun. And I LOVED it! I had found my resting place. My vocation.
Skipping a few years, I had the opportunity to run the biggest energetic healing centre in Sydney for over five years, I co-wrote an incredible transformative course that was accredited by the IICT and the IEHA, I founded the Psychotherapy Central online community (which currently has over 11,000 members). I have been working as a therapist in private practice for over 15 years and during that time have worked with over 10,000 people in the personal development and transformational space. I lead annual international deep dive retreats to India, France and Australia and run different online seminars and courses. I am currently the President of the International Energetic Healing Association and am involved in the global accreditation process.
OhâŠand my biggest projects? My two beautiful children and being playmate to my husband and our dog.
What I loveâŠ
My passion is supporting people who feel overwhelmed by self-criticism, stress, sadness, anxiety, doubt and fear to become more accepting of who they are and break through their own inner glass ceiling by calling on a unique combination of psychotherapy and energetic healing.
I help people who want to:
Work on family or relationship challenges
Recover from depression
Learn techniques to deal with anxiety
Improve their self-esteem
Overcome addiction
Connect more with their inner power
Heal attachment issues
Build inner happiness and a positive outlook
Create meaningful and fulfilling relationships
Better manage everyday stress and anxiety
I work with clients to assist them to access their own inner wisdom as they navigate lifeâs ups and downs, grow in self-compassion, have a better relationship with themselves and others, and to change patterns that are no longer helpful, in order to find more joy in life, be more authentically in the present and fulfilled, whatever may be going on. I work from the knowing that everything my client needs is already within them.
I know from years of supporting people experiencing struggle and from my own experiences as a client, that even when life feels hopeless and overwhelming, we all have the capacity to grow into more wholeness and strength, and we are all deserving of feeling more hopeful and joyous about ourselves and our life.
One of the most healing experiences we can have is to be deeply seen, heard, witnessed and acknowledged in a non-judgemental way by another person. I am so grateful to serve others as this loving witness and I am inspired by the resilience and strength I see in my clients every day.
I really look forward to supporting you in your own, unique journey of healing. After allâŠYou are the Art.
âWhen you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didnât get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you donât get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying âYou are too this, or Iâm too this.â That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.â â Ram Das
Qualifications you can Trust
M.A. Counselling & Applied Psychotherapy, JNI, Sydney, Australia.
B.A. (Hons) Political Science, Leeds University
Natural Therapies/Psych
Post Graduate Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy, JNI, Sydney, Australia.
Energy Healing Diploma, The Wellness Initiative
Kinesiology Cert. IV, Nature Care College
Reiki Level 1 & 2
Theta Healing Practitioner
Shamanic Journeying Practitioner
Courses
Focusing, JNI, Sydney
Mental Health, JNI, Sydney
Group Therapy, JNI, Sydney
Association Memberships and Affiliations
Australian Counselling Association (Level 1)
International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT)
Australian Transactional Analysis Association (ATAA)
International Energetic Healing Association (IEHA) â Honorary Lifetime Membership
A few other random things about me if you are still reading.
Iâm an INFJ in the Myer-Briggs personality types (apparently the rarest â who knew??)
I LOVE nature, I am happiest in a damp forest with vibrant green moss all over big oak trees (the Brit in me).
For a treat, I love mint Lindt chocolate.
I had quite difficult births with both of my children.
I have had to navigate a multi-faith family and home.
My favourite time of the year is Christmas because we host a big Christmas lunch and I love the sparkles and decorating.
I believe in the inherent healing ability of everyone.
Iâm so glad you are here.
Jen xx
