30/04/2026
I didn’t set out to become a counsellor.
Like many journeys that end up meaning something, mine began somewhere else entirely—working as a technical officer, then years in pastoral care, walking alongside people in some of their hardest moments.
Sitting with grief. Showing up after crisis. Listening to stories that didn’t have easy answers.
Over time, something kept tugging at me.
A sense that there was more to this work of sitting with people… that there were deeper ways to help them reconnect with themselves, with others, and with something beyond the noise of everyday life.
That’s what led me into counselling.
MGA Counselling Services grew out of that desire—to create a space where people could feel genuinely seen, heard, and supported.
Not rushed.
Not fixed.
Just met, as they are.
But even that wasn’t the whole story.
I began to notice that some of the most powerful moments in counselling didn’t happen in the room.
They happened outside. Walking slowly. Sitting under trees. Letting the natural world do what it does so well—ground us, soften us, remind us that we belong.
That’s where Forest Therapy Victoria was born.
Nature Play 4 Kids followed a few years later. COVID stunted its growth though.
And alongside that, Life Therapies Victoria and High Sensitivity Australia emerged as a broader expressions of the same heart: supporting people through life’s complexity with care, curiosity, and practical tools for change.
These spaces—MGA, FTV, NP4K, HSA and Life Therapies—aren’t separate things to me.
They’re different expressions of the same calling.
To walk alongside people.
To help make sense of pain, grief, and growth.
To create spaces where people can breathe again.
Looking back, none of it feels accidental.
Each step—every role, every conversation, every challenge—has shaped the way I work today.
And I’m still learning.
Still listening.
Still walking.
www.mgacounselling.com.au
www.foresttherapyvictoria.com.au
www.natureplay4kids.com.au
www.highsensitivity.com.au
www.lifetherapiesvictoria.com.au
