JANET O'SULLIVAN

  • Counsellor & Somatic Psychotherapist
  • Traveller & lover of nature
  • Passionate about Yoga, Pilates & wellbeing
  • I have 2 red kelpie’s Kody & Indy
  • I walk for a few hours most days
  • I enjoy exploring & learning
  • I’m very curious
  • I have worn many professional hats
  • I am passionate about supporting others, building safe relationships and understanding people’s worldview
  • I am an avid storyteller​​
  • I am a mother to 2 children aged 20 & 18
  • Married for 20 years but not without significant ups and downs
  • I live with automimmune disease ​​​

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Building an acute sense of identity
  • Understanding The Self​
  • Body (Somatic) awareness and therapy
  • Mind & Body connection/trust
  • Understanding primal human behaviours (fight, flight, freeze)
  • Unpacking past trauma or emotional wounds and their present effects​
  • Importance of building internal and external resources and connections
  • Building emotional language
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Leaning into accountability safely
  • Learning how to self-regulate
  • Building curiosity and clarity
  • Understanding emotions
  • Understanding our values and beliefs
  • Building self-esteem and conviction
  • Making confident decisions
  • Building Agency
  • Embracing self-compassion
  • Trauma informed support
  • Exploring our purpose and meaning
  • ​Importance of attachment theory​
  • ​Understanding anger, anxiety & addiction through a supportive lens
  • Spiritual growth
  • Relationships & marriage
  • Living intentionally and consciously
  • Connections between our emotional and physical health and wellbeing
  • Understand how our environment affects our health and wellbeing

QUALIFICATIONS 

  • NeuroAffect Touch Foundation Training - in training
  • Group and Individual Supervision Training - Rise Up Model
  • Psychosynthesis Psychoanalysis - Unit 1
  • Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Graduate Diploma Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Bachelor Nursing - Registered Nurse
  • Diploma in Integral Yoga - Yoga Teacher Training
  • Yoga student for 19 years
  • Disability Support Worker
  • Youth Support Worker
  • Safe Environments for Children and Young People​ - 'Through their eyes'
  • Positive Behaviour Support Training​

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP

  • Member of the Australian Counselling Association - level 3