I help capable, intelligent women feel calm, confident and back in control after life’s greatest adversities.
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“I’ve been attending different therapies for more than 10 years with little actual progress! I have only attended 4 sessions over three weeks and I feel amazing!”
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BRISBANE PSYCHOTHERAPIST FOR CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT WOMEN
Hello.
I help capable, intelligent women resolve anxiety, trauma and emotional pain in weeks, not years – rapidly, effectively, and without endless coping strategies that never quite work.
My method is one I developed and tested first on myself after ten years of standard therapy that never resolved what I came in with, and refined since with hundreds of women worldwide. It reaches what open-ended talk therapy alone cannot: the nervous system, the underlying pattern, the parental wounds that surface the moment you become a mother, and the identity you rebuild once the old story is finally resolved.
Based in Brisbane and working online with women worldwide, I’m a qualified psychotherapist, Master NLP Practitioner and Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR (Parts 1 & 2, with Part 3 in training), Complex Trauma and other trauma-specialist trainings.
If you have already tried therapy and want something different, I’d like to hear from you.
This is my story.
I spent ten years in therapy that never resolved what I came in with. Then I found what did.
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ANXIETY AND PTSD
I lived with anxiety and PTSD for more than ten years. I know what it is like when your mind and body stay locked in survival mode long after the danger has passed – and I know what it takes to resolve it, because I did.
The sense that something terrible could happen at any second. Intrusive thoughts. Hypervigilance. The pressure to perform perfectly on the outside while something underneath spiralled out of control.
Like most capable, intelligent women, I was busy and reasonably good at appearing fine. I thought it would settle with time.
It didn’t settle.
I did what you are supposed to do. I sought help.
Over ten long years I talked about what had happened, again and again, to people who listened kindly and meant well. I collected coping strategies. I learned to breathe through it, sit with it, notice it and reframe it. Yet the anxiety, depression and panic stayed just beneath the surface.
As I suspect you have already discovered, insight does not change how you feel. You can understand exactly why you are anxious and still be anxious. You can know an event is in the past and still have a nervous system that behaves as though it is happening right now.
It is bad enough to feel like a statistic without also feeling like you have failed at therapy. I had not failed. I had been given the wrong treatment for my problem.
Everything changed when I found a practitioner who worked with the nervous-system responses keeping my symptoms active, rather than the story of how they began.
That opened the door – and I walked through it myself. I trained in those methods and used the techniques I now teach to resolve my own anxiety, depression, PTSD, panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. The treatment was rapid, effective and lasting, and I did not have to retell my story.
I got my calm back. My confidence returned with it. I rebuilt a sense of personal strength, resilience and control that ten years of talking had never given me. After a decade of suffering, it was a transformation I had stopped believing was possible.
My recovery is the reason I became a psychotherapist. It shaped the methods I chose to train in, the women I chose to serve, and the standard I hold my treatment to.
I cannot stand needless suffering – particularly when failed coping strategies leave a woman believing she is the problem, reinforcing a lifelong sense of being ‘not enough’. Every year lost to unresolved anxiety, trauma or emotional pain can never be recovered, and the impact reaches far beyond her to her family, her relationships and her work.
I will not offer a woman a technique I have not proven on myself – and I do not believe any practitioner should.
The therapy I needed is the therapy I now provide.
ANXIETY, TRAUMA AND EMOTIONAL PAIN IN CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT WOMEN
You have spent your life functioning brilliantly on the outside – running your household, your career, your family and the emotional weather of everyone around you. You’ve done the reading. You’ve been to therapy, probably more than once. You would tell anyone you’re coping.
What you would not say is that beneath the functioning, something has been quietly wrong for years: an exhaustion sleep does not fix, a lifelong belief that you are ‘not enough’ no matter what you achieve, and – if you are a mother – the fear that you are silently passing it on to your children.
Women usually book when…
Often after a specific adversity…
Others can’t point to one event at all, and simply know that something hasn’t felt right for a long time. Either way, you don’t want to remain in therapy indefinitely. You want to understand what is happening, resolve the patterns driving it, and reclaim control of your life.
By the time a woman first sees me, she has usually spent a great deal of time, money and tears trying to resolve her problem.
WHY THE RESULTS ARE DIFFERENT
I know what it is to do everything right and still feel nothing change – and I know the moment it finally does.
What this means for you: You won’t have to explain what it’s like. You won’t just feel understood – you’ll feel better.
I don’t measure success by attendance or hours completed. I measure it by whether your symptoms, behaviour, relationships, sense of self and daily life are changing – and I track that actively throughout treatment. More than 35 women have said so publicly, in five-star Google reviews.
What this means for you: You won’t spend months wondering whether therapy is working. You’ll know, quickly.
My method is structured, sequenced and works at five distinct layers, in order. Every session has a clear focus and an expected outcome.
What this means for you: We review your progress as we go. The goal is not to understand the problem. The goal is for it to be resolved.
I’m a Master NLP Practitioner and Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, trained by practitioners in the direct lineage of NLP’s original creators, and I trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR in Singapore. Much of what I use day to day simply isn’t taught widely.
What this means for you: The techniques you’ll experience have been developed, tested and refined by some of the most respected practitioners in the field.
I will always be honest about what I can help with, what treatment requires and what results can reasonably be expected. Not every symptom is purely emotional: hormonal changes, menopause, neurodivergence, medication, sleep and physical health can all play a part. If I believe something else is contributing, I’ll say so and point you to the right care.
What this means for you: Your recovery comes before ego, industry convention or profit. I care about getting you the best possible outcome, not about making promises I can’t keep.
This is deliberate. It is how every woman receives the focus and precision that produces measurable results.
What this means for you: Once we begin, you have my complete attention. It also means places are limited, and there is occasionally a short wait.
MY VALUES
Five commitments that govern every session.
QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
I’m a qualified psychotherapist, Master NLP Practitioner and Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR (Parts 1 & 2, with Part 3 in training), Complex Trauma and other trauma-specialist trainings. I’ve trained with leading experts in modern psychology, neuroscience and trauma treatment – always working within professional standards and ethical guidelines.
My professional training and certifications include:
I don’t apply every technique to every woman. I select and combine them according to your symptoms, your circumstances and the outcomes we’re working towards – and I continue to invest heavily in supervision, the latest research and advanced professional training, travelling internationally on a regular basis to train with the leading experts in the field.
I will not offer you a technique I have not proven on myself.
WORKING TOGETHER
My clients describe me as...
You won’t be asked to perform, to have it together or to explain yourself perfectly. You won’t be pushed to relive painful experiences in detail.
I’ll explain what we’re doing and why before we begin, and you’ll remain involved, informed and in control throughout. I’ll also be honest with you about what I think is happening and what I believe will help, because that is what I would have wanted.
I work online, worldwide – with women across Australia, from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra to regional and remote communities, and internationally in the UK, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and beyond. Wherever you are, if you have a private space and a good connection, we can work together. In-person sessions may be available in Brisbane on request.
Warmly, Sarah.
LET’S TALK · BRISBANE AND WORLDWIDE
If any of this sounds like you, the next step is a free 15-minute private phone consultation. There’s no pressure – just a brief, three-minute checklist beforehand, to let me know what you’re currently struggling with and what your ultimate goals are. Then we talk it through, and I’ll tell you honestly whether I believe I can help.
I’ll only recommend a program if I believe I can help. If you’d be better served elsewhere, I’ll tell you and point you in the right direction.
SEE WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT ▸You don’t have to keep pushing through this on your own. Book your private consultation today.
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