At A Drop in Emotion Counselling, we offer in-person and telehealth counselling from Northcote & Boronia designed to support mental health, personal growth and relationship wellbeing across the life course. Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, life transitions or relationship challenges, I provide a safe, non‑judgemental space and evidence‑informed approaches tailored to your values and goals. My commitment is to walk alongside you with compassion and clarity, helping you develop practical skills, increase emotional awareness and build lasting resilience so you can create meaningful change and greater wellbeing in your everyday life.
Services
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Couples Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Relationships can be one of the greatest sources of connection, comfort, and meaning in our lives. They can also be where we feel the most hurt, misunderstood, or alone.
Many couples come to counselling feeling stuck in the same arguments, struggling to communicate, or wondering how they became so disconnected from one another. Others are navigating a specific challenge such as a betrayal of trust, parenting pressures, intimacy concerns, major life transitions, or the impact of stress on their relationship.
Couples counselling offers a space where both partners can slow things down, feel heard, and begin to understand the patterns that keep them feeling disconnected.
My role is not to decide who is right or wrong. Instead, I help couples explore what is happening beneath the surface, improve communication, strengthen emotional connection, and develop healthier ways of responding to one another.
Whether you're hoping to rebuild trust, reconnect emotionally, repair from betrayal, or simply understand each other more clearly, counselling can provide a pathway forward.
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Intensive Couples Counselling —
An extended, focused counselling session? (typically a half-day to two full days) designed to address entrenched relationship issues, break repetitive patterns, and create practical plans for change. Sessions are led by an experienced couples therapist and combine assessment, targeted interventions, and skills practice in a concentrated timeframe.
Who benefits
Couples facing long-standing conflicts, repeated cycles of avoidance or escalation, or stalled progress in weekly therapy.
Partners seeking to make rapid, measurable change after a crisis (e.g., breach of trust, major life transition).
Couples wanting to deepen connection, clarify values and goals, and build durable communication and conflict-resolution skills.
Core features
Comprehensive intake and pre-session assessment to identify priorities and safety concerns.
Extended appointment(s) that allow for deeper exploration beyond the limits of standard 50-minute sessions.
Therapist-led interventions tailored to your relationship style (communication training, emotion-focused techniques, behavioural experiments, repair rituals).
Structured opportunities for practice, feedback, and rehearsal of new skills in-session.
Creation of a concrete, time-bound action plan with agreed steps, communication guidelines, and follow-up recommendations.
Optional partner or individual check-ins via telehealth after the intensive to support implementation.
Typical outcomes
Reduced intensity and frequency of the problem cycle.
Improved emotional attunement and clearer expression of needs.
Practical tools for managing conflict, preventing escalation, and repairing ruptures.
A shared plan for moving forward, including goals and checkpoints.
Practical details
Session length options: half-day (3–4 hours), full-day (6–8 hours), or two consecutive sessions over separate days.
Suitable for in-person or telehealth delivery depending on clinical assessment and couple preference.
Pre-session paperwork and a brief pre-intake call are required to assess fit and safety (including screening for domestic violence, substance use, or untreated mental health crises).
Post-session follow-up recommended: a short review session 2–6 weeks after the intensive to evaluate progress and adjust the plan.
When intensive counselling may not be appropriate
Active intimate partner violence, coercive control, or unmanaged severe mental health issues without concurrent specialized support.
When one or both partners are unwilling to engage in the work in good faith.
How to book:
Contact the clinic to arrange a pre-intake call and discuss available intensive session formats, therapist matching, fees, and any accommodation needs.
Sessions Available:
Northcote: Monday & Saturday
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Relationship Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Relationships are complex. Whether you're experiencing conflict with a partner, struggling after a breakup, navigating trust concerns, or feeling disconnected from someone important in your life, relationship difficulties can have a significant impact on emotional wellbeing.
Relationship counselling provides an opportunity to better understand your experiences, patterns, needs, and challenges within relationships.
Some people attend relationship counselling individually, while others attend with their partner. Both approaches can be valuable.
Together we can explore communication patterns, attachment dynamics, emotional triggers, boundaries, self-worth, and the ways past experiences may be influencing current relationships.
The goal is not perfection. The goal is greater awareness, healthier connection, and the confidence to approach relationships in a way that aligns with your values and needs.
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Perinatal, Pregnancy & Postpartum Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Pregnancy and early parenthood are often described as joyful experiences, but they can also bring uncertainty, overwhelm, anxiety, grief, and significant emotional change.
You may be navigating fertility challenges, pregnancy anxiety, a difficult pregnancy, birth-related concerns, pregnancy loss, changes within your relationship, or the emotional adjustment to becoming a parent. Even when a pregnancy is planned and deeply wanted, it is common to experience a mix of emotions that can feel confusing or difficult to talk about.
Perinatal and pregnancy counselling provides a supportive space to explore these experiences without judgement. Together, we can make sense of what you're feeling, strengthen coping strategies, and create space for both the challenges and the hopes that often exist side by side during this stage of life.
Whether you are preparing for parenthood, adjusting to life with a new baby, experiencing perinatal anxiety or depression, or processing a loss along the way, you do not have to navigate it alone.
Support is available through both in-person sessions in Northcote, Boronia and telehealth appointments across Australia.
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Anxiety Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Living with anxiety can be exhausting.
You may find yourself constantly overthinking, preparing for worst-case scenarios, struggling to switch off, or feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities and expectations. Anxiety can affect relationships, sleep, work performance, confidence, and overall quality of life.
Often people tell me they feel like they are always "on edge" but cannot identify exactly why.
Anxiety counselling provides a safe and supportive space to understand what is contributing to your anxiety and develop practical ways of responding to it.
Together we can explore underlying stressors, emotional patterns, self-criticism, relationship challenges, and the impact of past experiences. We can also develop strategies to manage worry, regulate emotions, and build a greater sense of confidence and calm.
You don't need to have everything figured out before seeking support. Sometimes the first step is simply having a space where you don't have to carry it all alone.
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Grief Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Grief is not something that follows a timeline.
Whether you have recently experienced a loss or are carrying grief from many years ago, its impact can continue to shape your emotions, relationships, and sense of self.
Grief can arise following the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, family estrangement, changes in health, infertility, miscarriage, or any significant life transition.
Many people feel pressure to "move on" or return to normal. Yet grief often asks something different of us. It asks to be acknowledged, understood, and integrated into our lives.
Grief counselling provides a compassionate space to process your experience, make sense of difficult emotions, and honour the significance of what has been lost.
There is no right way to grieve. Together we can create space for your unique experience while supporting you in finding a way forward.
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Women’s Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Women often find themselves balancing the needs of others while neglecting their own.
The pressures of relationships, family responsibilities, work demands, caregiving roles, and personal expectations can leave little space to attend to your own wellbeing.
You may be experiencing anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, grief, low self-worth, burnout, life transitions, or a sense of feeling lost in the midst of caring for everyone else.
Counselling provides a space where your experiences, needs, and emotions can take priority.
Together we can explore the challenges you're facing, strengthen self-understanding, develop healthier boundaries, and support you in reconnecting with yourself and the life you want to create.
You deserve a space where you don't have to hold everything together.
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Men's Counselling Northcote & Boronia
Many men have spent years carrying stress, pressure, responsibility, and emotional pain without feeling they have a safe place to talk about it. Or worse, actively told they should not feel these emotions that are completely natural for everyone.
You may be struggling with anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, burnout, grief, low mood, self-esteem concerns, or major life changes. You may also feel uncertain about how to express what you're experiencing or worry about being judged for doing so.
Men's counselling provides a confidential and supportive space to explore what is happening beneath the surface.
My approach is practical, compassionate, and collaborative. Rather than focusing on what's wrong with you, we work together to understand your experiences, identify unhelpful patterns, and develop strategies that support meaningful change.
You don't have to carry everything on your own.
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Online Counselling Australia Wide
Life can be busy, and attending in-person appointments is not always practical.
Online counselling offers a flexible way to access professional support from the comfort and privacy of your own home.
Telehealth counselling can be particularly helpful for people with demanding schedules, mobility challenges, caring responsibilities, rural locations, or those who simply feel more comfortable engaging from a familiar environment.
The therapeutic process remains the same. You will still have a dedicated space to explore your experiences, gain insight, and work towards meaningful change.
Online counselling is available for individuals and couples throughout Australia, providing accessible support wherever you are.