About

Certified Counsellor

Melody’s experience includes;

• Positive/Respectful Parenting 
• Homeschooling 
• Cult Abuse/Religious Trauma
• Court Abuse 
• Estrangement 
• Confidence/Self Esteem Issues
• Social Anxieties
• Past Trauma
• Human Rights Abuse
• Women’s Rights/Issues
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)  
• Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
• Person-Centered Therapies
• Suicide Prevention – Yearly Attendee at Australian Suicide Prevention Summit 
• Ongoing Personal Development in a Range of Topics 
• Member of IICT (International Institute for Complementary Therapists)

Qualifications; 

• Diploma of Counselling – Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC) 
• With Majors in:
  • Mindfulness Counselling – AIPC 
  • Grief and Loss Counselling – AIPC 
  • Abuse Counselling – AIPC
• Courses/Further Training;
• Trauma Healing – ‘The Body Keeps Score’ with Bessel Van Der Kolk MD
• Freedom From Addiction – Mini-Course – ‘Drawing a Line in the Sand’ with Drew Wild & Ryan Hassan (Trauma Healing Therapist & Alternative Counsellor and Coach)
• Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth Workshop with Ramani Durvasula
• Techniques For Managing Narcissism – S, David Hall, PsyD (LMFT, LPC-MHSP) & Matt DeHart, MA (PsychMaven)
• Anxiety Through The Lens of Trauma – Mini-Course – Ryan Hassan (Co-Founder of The Centre for Healing) & Matt Nettleton (Psychotherapist, Holistic AOD Counsellor)
• Working With (and Acknowledging) Anger Using Embodied Processing – Mini-Course – Ryan Hassan & Matt Nettleton
• The Overwhelmed Nervous System – Mini-Course – Ryan Hassan & Matt Nettleton
• Therapeutic Metaphors (Art & Narrative Therapies)- Kim Billington, M. Couns. M. Narrative Therapy B. Ed.
• From Chaos to Calm – Positive Parenting – Natalie Ventura (Founder of See me Circle)
• A Return to Wholeness – Dr Gabor Mate