Trauma Therapy in Hobart
Making room for a different future.
In person in North Hobart or Australia wide via telehealth. Private billing practice.
You know where your patterns come from. So why do they keep showing up?
You’ve spent time trying to understand yourself. You can recognise the patterns, connect them to past experiences and see what’s happening, sometimes even while it’s happening. But knowing why you respond a certain way doesn’t always make it easier to respond differently.
Trauma therapy can help you work with those responses, not just understand them. Using approaches including EMDR and attachment-informed therapy, we’ll explore what’s keeping you stuck and work towards meaningful change.
Always on alert
You notice the smallest changes in someone’s tone or mood. You find yourself reading the room, anticipating what might go wrong and struggling to properly relax, even when nothing seems wrong.
Feeling the need to explain yourself
You rehearse conversations, justify decisions that don’t really need justifying and feel guilty when you say no. Even when you know you’ve done nothing wrong, you still feel the need to make sure everyone else is okay.
Shutting down when things get too much
Sometimes you feel everything at once. Other times, you go numb, struggle to think clearly or feel disconnected from what’s happening around you.
Finding it hard to rely on others
You’re used to handling things yourself. Asking for help can feel uncomfortable, and even when someone offers support, it can be difficult to trust that they’ll follow through.
Trauma therapy that goes beyond understanding why
You’ve probably spent a lot of time trying to make sense of your experiences. You can recognise your triggers, understand your patterns and explain why you react the way you do.
But when something brings up an old feeling, all that insight can seem to disappear. You might find yourself shutting down, becoming overwhelmed or falling back into familiar ways of coping.
At Inclusive Minds, trauma therapy isn’t just about talking through what happened. I draw on approaches including EMDR, attachment-informed therapy and ACT to help you work with the emotional, physical and relational impacts of your experiences.
The aim is to help you respond differently in the moments when understanding alone hasn’t been enough.
Somatic therapy and nervous system regulation
Using somatic therapy approaches, EMDR, and internal family systems, we focus on nervous system regulation therapy to help your body process stored trauma so you can finally feel comfortable in your own skin.
Relational Connection Over Clinical Distance
Therapy isn’t just about the techniques we use. The relationship we build matters too.
I bring lived experience, warmth, curiosity and honesty into our sessions. I’ll take the time to understand you, notice patterns alongside you and gently challenge you when there’s something worth exploring.
You can expect a therapist who’s genuinely engaged in the conversation, rather than someone who simply sits back and listens.
Complex PTSD (CPTSD) Therapy
You might find yourself struggling with shame, people-pleasing, shutting down or struggling to trust others, even when you recognise these patterns.
Together, we can explore how those responses developed and work towards feeling less caught up in them.
What shifts when trauma counselling in Hobart gets real
Trauma therapy isn’t about becoming a completely different person. It’s about understanding how your experiences have affected you and finding new ways to respond to the things that feel difficult.
Feeling less on edge
Learning to recognise when you’re becoming overwhelmed and finding ways to feel more settled, rather than spending so much time anticipating what might go wrong.
Setting boundaries with more confidence
Understanding why saying no can feel so difficult and practising ways to express your needs without feeling responsible for everyone else’s reactions.
Feeling less responsible for other people’s emotions
Exploring the habit of reading the room, anticipating reactions and trying to keep everyone happy, even when it comes at your own expense.
Reconnecting with your own needs
Moving out of survival mode so you know what you actually want and feel worthy of receiving care.
How we work together
The 15 minute discovery call
A low pressure conversation to talk through what you're experiencing, answer your questions, and see if we're the right fit.
The deep work
Whether in person in North Hobart or online, we get straight into relational and somatic work using evidence based approaches like EMDR and attachment therapy.
Tangible progress
We track your shifts over time using structured progress support, giving you a clear living record of how far you've come.
Frequently asked questions about trauma and complex PTSD therapy
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Complex PTSD responds best to therapies that combine relational trust with body based processing. Because CPTSD is rooted in relational trauma and nervous system dysregulation, standard talk therapy alone often isn't enough. A combination of EMDR, somatic reprocessing, attachment informed care, and internal family systems helps treat both the brain and the physical nervous system.
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Somatic therapy focuses on physical sensations rather than just analysing stories. When trauma gets stored in the body, your fight, flight, or freeze response stays active. Somatic techniques teach your nervous system how to discharge trapped survival energy so your body realises the threat is over.
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Traditional clinical psychology often relies on diagnostic assessments and structured manualised protocols delivered from a position of clinical distance. As a lived experience trauma counsellor in Hobart, my focus is relational attunement. You get deep clinical expertise paired with real human presence, warmth, and collaborative challenge.
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Yes. I work as a telehealth trauma counsellor across Australia. Online somatic and EMDR therapy is just as effective as in-person sessions, allowing you to do deep trauma work from the safety and comfort of your own space.
Ready to stop running on empty?
You don't have to carry everyone else's emotional weight alone. Let's connect in person at my North Hobart practice or online across Australia with telehealth trauma counselling. You’ll find a safe space where you can finally step off the hamster wheel.
Private billing practice | Self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants welcome