About Kate
As a relational Gestalt psychotherapist, I feel genuinely grateful to do work that I love and feel both humbled and honoured to sit with people during some of their most vulnerable and authentic moments. My psychotherapy practice in Carlton and Essendon is informed not only by my professional training but also by my own lived experience of a personal therapeutic journey. I understand what it’s like to sit on the other side of the room, and I have a deep appreciation for how difficult life can feel at times. This, coupled with my belief that everyone deserves a safe space to be seen, heard, and understood, is what inspires me to offer accessible and affordable Gestalt psychotherapy.
I am deeply committed to my own ongoing professional and personal development, not as a pursuit of perfection, but as a way of becoming a more mature, grounded, balanced, resilient, and compassionate human being. I believe that the work I do on myself directly shapes how I show up for others — with increased empathy, care and integrity.
Outside of work, I am passionate about living a simple yet meaningful life — doing what you love, enjoying the present moment, and nurturing authentic connection. These values deeply inform the way I attempt to show up in my practice and in the world.
I have studied gestalt psychotherapy for four years, during which I completed an Advanced Diploma of Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy. I have a deep respect for Gestalt and its gentle yet effective approach for creating positive change in a safe, non-judgemental, and non-pathologising way.
I am also a professional member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
My Approach
I place an emphasis on the development of a healing and supportive therapeutic relationship, as research consistently shows that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes in therapy, often more so than any specific intervention or technique. This means I don't hide behind fancy interventions or create power dynamics of being the all-knowing therapist. Instead, as a dedicated Gestalt psychotherapist, I bring my honest and authentic self and a commitment to being of service to you and your therapeutic goals. My aim is to help you face the parts of yourself and your experience that have perhaps until now felt too hard to hold or acknowledge while relating to you with empathy, compassion, and care.
In addition, I named my practice ‘beyond words psychotherapy’ because it reflects a fundamental part of my therapeutic approach. To go ‘beyond words’ is to have the capacity to see and sense what is not being spoken and the willingness to bring this into awareness. Just as words can reveal much about ourselves and our troubles, so too can the unspoken, such as our body language, gestures, eye contact, our emotions, and how we relate to these, particularly in the presence of another. What this means is that while I am always interested in what you have to say, I am also noticing and bringing attention to that which is not said. This helps us to move the therapeutic encounter beyond merely talking about your issues to directly experiencing them between us. This is where I believe true healing takes place. When we encounter your troubles directly between us in the present moment, we are better able to understand your troubles and recognize what is required to move beyond them.
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