- Helen Keller
Robyn Bowman
Counsellor
Robyn Bowman Counselling
Kings Langley, Sydney NSW 2147
In Person + Online Therapy Australia-wide
Philosophy & Vision
My approach to therapy always prioritises your needs and goals. I take a very gentle and empathic approach, which offers hope & where you can be heard, respected and valued. Your story is paramount and I am honoured to be the person who hears it. We work as a team, I do not push you where you don't want to go, unless you ask me to.
I believe that counselling should be compassionate, kind and understanding. However, if you like, I offer strategies and experiential activities in the session and for (optional) homework.
Perhaps you need to put your many years of life into some kind of perspective and talk through your experiences to make sense of it all. Perhaps you are struggling with the overwhelming demands of your life, family, work or even the voice of your inner critic. Perhaps you need hope and support to move on from a painful or unhelpful situation. Perhaps you need help working through the loss of a loved one or pet.
Background
I bring to this work many years of personal and professional experience. There include school teaching, school chaplaincy, business management, parenting and working in the field of disabilities. I am currently also employed as a school counsellor part-time.
Services
Quality Provision
Clinical Registration requires me to participate in ongoing professional training and supervision. These activities, as well as peer networking, ensure the high quality of service you can expect, and a counsellor whose professional skill and knowledge continues to grow.
Areas of Special Interest
Accreditations
- Master of Counselling - 2019 - Excelsia College
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) - 1987 - Macquarie University
- Diploma of Ministry - 2015 - Mary Andrews College
Modalities
ACT - Art Therapy - Christian Counselling - Compassion-Focused Therapy - Emotionally Focused Therapy - Experiential - Mindfulness - Narrative Therapy - Person Centred - Solution Oriented - Strengths-Based
Therapy Approach
Therapy is first and foremost client centred, which means a gentle empathic approach, where we work as a team. The direction taken in therapy will be determined very much by your needs and goals. My approach is compassionate, kind and understanding. If you like, I offer strategies and experiential activities in the session and for (optional) homework.
My work with you is particularly informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) which work extremely effectively together, and make use of the types of strategies mentioned above. I also draw on Emotionally Focussed, Narrative, Art, Strength Based, Grief and Solution Focussed therapies depending on your circumstance.
Professional Associations
- Christian Counsellors Association of Australia Inc
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - Clinical
Practice Locations
9, 2-8 Solander Rd
Kings Langley NSW 2147
Please note that the Kings Langley room does not have wheelchair or stroller access due to being on the first floor without a lift.
417 Old Northern Rd
Castle Hill NSW 2154
Fees & Insurance
My Standard fee for a 1 hour session is $110.
Spots are available for clients on Health Care Cards, at $65 per hour.
You are also welcome to an initial free 15 minute phone consultation.
Payment Options
Credit and debit cards accepted. (1.4% surcharge)
Direct deposit payments also accepted.
Contact Robyn
Please contact me to make an appointment
A conversation with Robyn Bowman
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A complicated family of origin and experiences of my own child-raising years led me to see the value of someone external to talk to. I benefitted enormously from the kindness and empathy of a professional counsellor. I had always been interested in why people do what they do, why they think and feel as they do. It made sense to study this topic, and it evolved into a counselling masters where I made sense of more of my own experiences, and learnt that the value I had seen in previous experiences was actually evidence and science based. Its a wonderful career.
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Person centred, with deep listening, empathy and understanding. Through the compassion and help of the counsellor, the client can learn their own self-compassion. This has had the most significant impact on my counselling work.
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I'm very interested in anxiety, stress, overwhelm. I am particularly interested in health related anxiety, as well as perinatal mental health.
Additionally, grief and loss, aging, relationship change, parenting. -
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused therapy with the many excellent strategies, metaphors and activities that go along with those modalities. Additionally, on occasions, aspects of art therapy, narrative, solution focused and emotionally focused therapy. It depends very much on the need of my client.
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As soon as they have booked their first appointment. Such a huge step forward.
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As a counsellor, I continue in my own therapy. Life challenges continue and the listening ear, kindness, compassion and wisdom of a professional external to my life helps me to put struggles into perspective and work a way forward through each storm. I have (and do) benefitted more than I can express.
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The honour of hearing another's story and then seeing the weight of their concerns lift off their shoulders.
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Most days
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The most significant problem I see in the lives of people is the fear of judgement by other people, exacerbated by social media.
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Growing Yourself Up by Jenny Brown
The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris.
Inside Out (Movie)