Philosophy & Vision
Feel seen, met, heard, understood - feel all your feelings and feel better. It works. I'm here to help you to feel love, ache, longing, joy, grief, passion, belonging, hope. I understand trauma, addiction, bereavement and relationships. I understand mysticism, longing, life discernment, human suffering and loving. I can help you to heal and to discover the gift (your soul) hidden in the wound. Why not embody your soul? Incarnate your personal myth? How many lives do you have? I offer 1:1 sessions or 1:2 sessions for you and your sibling, friend or partner to have the conversation you both know you need to have, or join a 12-week therapy group. I also offer Breathwork, Constellations, Psychedelic-assisted Therapy, Retreats and Folktales. ;)
Background
For ten years I lived in a modern monastic community wherein I practiced ora labora (pray and work) as a daily rhythm. I completed a bachelor and master of theology while living a ritualistic and practical mysticism as routine rhythm of life. In those years I accompanied individuals and families through painful and beautiful life moments, I lead meditations, retreats, workshops and ritual ceremonies to honour the sacredness of life. My own pain and deep longings led me to enter therapy and it was many years before I began training to be a therapist and breathwork facilitator myself. More recently I worked at Malvern Private Hospital with clients and their families struggling with addiction and underlying trauma and relational conflict.
Services
What are your soul's longings?
Is your heart out of sync with your relationships?
Are you embodying your soul?
It's possible that the distress, depression, loneliness, grief, trauma, dislocation and alienation you feel are indicative of a deep call that is coming from within.
My service is to help you listen to your soul's whisperings.
I do 1:1 sessions in-person and online and walking. I also run psychotherapy groups and breathwork sessions for groups and individuals. Workshops, Retreats and Pilgrimages are also coming soon.
Quality Provision
I maintain registration with PACFA (psychotherapy) including a quota of annual professional development and supervision sessions. I am also registered with AMAPP (psychedelic-assisted therapy) and with HELD (holistic end of life care). I adhere to their codes of ethics and professional development requirements. I am a big believer in learning in any case, so I am always expanding my ways of working.
Areas of Special Interest
Accreditations
- Graduate Diploma of Counselling - 2020 - Australian College of Applied Psychology
- Certificate in Psychedelic-assisted Therapy - 2020 - Mind Medicine Australia
- Master Breathwork Facilitator - 2024 - Breathless Academy
- Master of Theological Studies - 2014 - Melbourne University of Divinity
- Bachelor of Theology - 2011 - Melbourne University of Divinity
Modalities
Attachment Theory - Dream Work - Ecological Psychotherapy - Existential - Interpersonal - Narrative Therapy - Person Centred - Psychodynamic - Somatic Psychotherapy - Soul Centred Psychotherapy - Systems Theory - Transpersonal - Trauma-Informed
Therapy Approach
I listen for resonance, attunement and co-regulation. You might know this as the feeling of being seen and heard, when you hear someone reflect back your feelings so accurately that your shoulders relax and you can breath deeper more restful breaths, the stress leaving your body for a physiological sensation of ok-ness and possibility. I hope that you feel a sense of not being crazy, that your intuition and your innate inner knowing, your senses are good. I am interested in your emergence and in supporting you to embody your personal myth, to incarnate your soul. I can help with stories, discernment practices and mysticism. I can also help by switching it up with groups, 1:1s, eco therapy, breathwork and other transpersonal rituals.
Professional Associations
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
Practice Locations
The Abbotsford Convent
1 Saint Heliers Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Abbotsford Convent has a large parking space.
The Kangaroo Ground Centre
25 Donaldson Road
Kangaroo Ground VIC 3097
Appointments
Weekdays 9am-5pm, in-person, online or by phone:
Monday - Kangaroo Ground
Tuesday - Abbotsford
Wednesday - Abbotsford
Thursday - Kangaroo Ground
Friday - Kangaroo Ground
Group Therapy - North Fitzroy (Tuesday Nights 6:30-8pm)
Fees & Insurance
Individual 50 minute session $180
12-week Group Therapy $1,440 (concession negotiable)
NB: These services are not covered by Medicare
Contact Vincent
Please contact me to make an appointment