Colleen Brown Psychotherapy - Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Colleen Brown Psychotherapy - Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Helping clients heal from Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse through compassionate, trauma-informed psychotherapy.

In-person in North Adelaide & Windsor Gardens, and online internationally. Trauma Psychotherapist | Narcissistic Abuse Counselling | North Adelaide & Windsor Gardens | Online & International

Colleen Brown offers specialised Trauma and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery counselling from her therapy rooms in North Adelaide and Windsor Gardens, with online sessions available across Australia and internationally. With a deeply trauma-informed and somatic approach, Colleen helps clients process emotional wounds, regulate their nervous system, and rebuild their sense of safety, self-trust, and self-worth. Her work is ideal for individuals healing from toxic or narcissistic relationships, childhood trauma, emotional abuse, and long-term stress or overwhelm. Colleen provides a grounded, compassionate, and support.

Narcissistic abuse leaves a different kind of wound.It’s not just the sharp moments of cruelty ~ it’s the slow erosion o...
30/11/2025

Narcissistic abuse leaves a different kind of wound.

It’s not just the sharp moments of cruelty ~ it’s the slow erosion of your self-trust.

It’s learning to question your own memory, instincts, and worth.

It’s the confusion that lingers long after the relationship has ended…
the internalised belief that you were the problem,
even when your body quietly knows otherwise.

Many people who’ve lived through this discover that not every therapist truly understands the complexity of narcissistic abuse ~ the conditioning, the gaslighting, the trauma bond, the endless cycles of hope and hurt.

I do. I’ve walked this path myself, and I meet every client with the depth, clarity, and validation I once needed.

You deserve support from someone who truly understands you.

You deserve to feel safe, believed, and supported again.

~ Adelaide & Online
~ Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
~ Book a free clarity call via my bio

Colleen x

A small website glitch has now been resolved.If you tried to contact me recently and didn’t receive a reply, please emai...
19/11/2025

A small website glitch has now been resolved.

If you tried to contact me recently and didn’t receive a reply, please email me directly I never want anyone to feel overlooked.

Thank you so much for your patience while everything was sorted.

Sometimes we avoid the truth because we know that once we see it clearly, something has to shift.~ A chapter closes.~ A ...
16/11/2025

Sometimes we avoid the truth because we know that once we see it clearly, something has to shift.
~ A chapter closes.
~ A pattern ends.
~ A version of ourselves can’t come with us.

For many of us, that awareness triggers freeze ~ staying still, staying stuck, staying “fine” because it feels safer than change.

And sometimes the hardest honesty is the honesty we owe ourselves.

This week, just stay open.

Stay curious.

You don’t need to fix anything ~ just notice what truth you’ve been keeping at arm’s length, and why.

✧ What truth have I been avoiding because I’m scared of what it will require me to change? ✧

I sincerely apologise if you’ve been waiting for a response from me ~ I’ve just discovered this morning that my website ...
15/11/2025

I sincerely apologise if you’ve been waiting for a response from me ~ I’ve just discovered this morning that my website contact form hasn’t been working. It will be fixed as soon as possible.

In the meantime, please email me directly at hello@colleenbrown.com.au
and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you so much for your patience. 🙏🩷

Do you ever stop and take a moment to notice how far you’ve come in your healing ~ even if it’s only one small step forw...
12/11/2025

Do you ever stop and take a moment to notice how far you’ve come in your healing ~ even if it’s only one small step forward?

That one step matters.

It might look like no longer feeling obligated to reply to every message, or finally saying “no” when something doesn’t feel right. It might look like setting boundaries that protect your peace, even when it feels uncomfortable.

What I know is this ~ so many people focus on what they haven’t done, instead of feeling proud of what they have done. But every small shift counts. Every tiny act of self respect is a step toward healing 🙏🤍

Fill in the blanks with something true for you..I can be………… and still…………I use this practice often in sessions, because...
10/11/2025

Fill in the blanks with something true for you..

I can be…………
and still…………

I use this practice often in sessions, because so many of us were taught we had to choose:
~ strong or sensitive
~ independent or supported
~ healing or struggling

But the truth is ~ you don’t have to choose just one version of yourself.

You’re allowed to be layered.

Human.
In progress.
Becoming.

🦋

Be kind to yourself.You are doing the work most people never even attempt to do.And you’re doing it while still showing ...
10/11/2025

Be kind to yourself.
You are doing the work most people never even attempt to do.
And you’re doing it while still showing up for your life, and that is a lot. 🙏🤍

The thing about healing is…The more we grow, the more clearly we see which connections help us grown us and which quietl...
22/10/2025

The thing about healing is…
The more we grow, the more clearly we see which connections help us grown us and which quietly pull us back into old survival patterns.

Not every relationship can come with you and that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you’re evolving.

Take a moment this week to notice: who feels safe, regulated, easy?
And who still triggers the need to prove your worth?

Hello there,I’m back from my trip to Northern Ireland and Scotland and thought I’d share a few snaps from my travels. A ...
13/10/2025

Hello there,

I’m back from my trip to Northern Ireland and Scotland and thought I’d share a few snaps from my travels. A little fact you might not know about me is that I’m Irish ☘️ ~ I was born in Belfast and have spent my life between the UK and Australia. I went to primary school in Adelaide, and high school in both Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It was so special to go back, reconnect with family, and celebrate my Nana’s 90th birthday 🎉

I’m also happy to be home and feeling grateful to have my health back this week 🙏

Enjoy the photos, and if we haven’t spoken yet, I look forward to seeing you soon.

Colleen ☺️🙏

Have you felt this? That moment where the hardest person to walk away from is your old self? This is where healing begin...
08/09/2025

Have you felt this? That moment where the hardest person to walk away from is your old self? This is where healing begins... 🤍🙏

(beautiful quote by one of my favourite authors )

For anyone who needs this reminder: You matter.Not just for what you do.Not for how well you hold it all together.But si...
29/07/2025

For anyone who needs this reminder:
You matter.

Not just for what you do.
Not for how well you hold it all together.
But simply because you’re here.

Every day I speak to people who give and give
to their kids, their partners, their clients
until there’s barely anything left for themselves.

But your needs matter too.
~ Your rest matters.
~ Your joy matters.
~ Your healing matters.
~ Your mental health matters.
~ Your hopes & dreams matters

You are not an afterthought.

How could you start to honour your own needs a little more?

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