Gateway Counselling & Wholeness Centre
I am a counsellor in private practice and offer my clients a compassionate, solution-oriented counselling service in a safe confidental environment, enabling them to overcome obstacles and achieve their full potential. I am passionate about helping adults and couples improve their personal lives, marriages, and family relationships and I have a special interest in the impact of an oncology diagnosis on a marriage, grief & loss, step families, pregnancy, infertility, perinatal issue
Affordable, caring counselling service assisting couples to improve their relationship effectivness, perinatal issues, life transitions, intimacy & sexuality issues, infertility and involuntary childlessness, divorce and re-marriage challenges. I am also available for mentoring and coaching sessions. I have undergone specific training in non-directive pregnancy counselling, eating disorders and /divorce recovery/stepfamily issues.
ACT, Christian Counselling, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Existential, Marriage and Family, Narrative Therapy, Self Psychology, Solution Oriented
I believe the therapeutic relationship is the most important part of a healing journey so my orientation is towards therapy that is both integrative and relational. Your sessions with me will be non-judgemental, safe and confidential. I draw upon interventions such person-centred counselling, solution focused therapy, narrative therapy, DBT, ACT and EFT that are aimed at being flexible and adaptive to a wide variety of relational challenges and have a warm and compassionate focus in therapy. I have a special interest in supporting those seeking support through perinatal issues, divorce recovery, foster/kinship carer families, stepfamilies and re-married couples grow, thrive and succeed.
Counselling is very a personal and individual journey and it is my goal to assist you in identifying the issues of key significance for you and work with you to find the right strategies to assist. I individually tailor my counselling approach to suit your needs. It is my goal to collaborate with you to discover your change process and support you on your healing journey.
I have eleven years of individual, couple and family counselling, individual mentoring and coaching and group facilitation. I have served as the Centre Co-ordinator for the Gateway Counselling & Wholeness Centre, vice-chair of the Eating Disorders Association QLD and have served on boards as a committee member for a women's domestic violence refuge and 2 community centres. I have also served as secretary on the management committee of domestic violence counselling service WAVSS Logan. I am also currently a sessional lecturer at Christian Heritage College and I am right in the thick of writing a book on a strengths-based approach to becoming a thriving stepfamily. I am regularly asked to present training, group facilitation or be a speaker.
Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 12pm
Thursday2pm - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm (two Saturdays per month)
Ample free parking and close to bus stops.
I provide sessions at my rooms in Mackenzie or Mansfield. My fees are $80.00 for
a one hour session. Payment is due at time of consultation. Eftpos facilities available at both locations.
Cash, Eftpos and credit cards services are also available.
Cheques not accepted.
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Marcia WattsRelationship Therapist, Counsellor |
My passion is supporting couples and individuals to have great relationships. I have a special interest in supporting people through sexuality & intimacy issues, pregnancy & perinatal mental health challenges, the transition from couplehood to parenthood, divorce recovery, remarriage and building a great step/blended family. I offer counselling sessions in person at my rooms in Mansfield or Mackenzie on Brisbane's southside. I offer SKYPE sessions for existing/established clients....
