Sabrina’s has a passion for providing a safe and affirming environment for neurodivergent people (Autistic, ADHDer, Dyslexic, etc), recognising neurodivergence as a natural difference that requires acknowledgement and support, rather than a disorder that needs to be fixed. She supports children, families and schools to understand and support neurodivergence through individual sessions, parent and family support, and collaboration with schools and the systems surrounding the neurodivergent person.

This is done through supporting you to understand your individual neurodivergence and recognise your unique strengths, whilst collaboratively develop strategies to manage the stress and triggers of living in a neurotypical world. The focus in sessions with Sabrina is on safety, self-regulation, self-advocacy and problem-solving rather than masking or attempting to eliminate neurodivergent behaviours.

As a queer woman herself, Sabrina understands and appreciates the mental health and wellbeing benefits of being able to live an open and full LGBTQIA++ life. She understands that LGBTQIA++ people seek counselling support for the same reasons as everyone else, and will make no assumptions that sexuality, sexual identity or gender identity are problematic or causing distress. However, she is also aware of the many challenges that can be faced, and the discrimination or sense of feeling unsafe that can occur.

Her focus will be on supporting you as an expert of your own experience, with your own goals and being guided by your needs, whilst also having the understanding of the context that might be at play.

Sabrina believes that everyone has the right to choose how they express and identify their gender, which might be different to the sex they were assigned at birth. Her focus is on supporting transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming and gender questioning folks on this journey. 

She will support you to explore your gender and find a gender role that feels comfortable for you. This can include exploring the associated social, legal and medical transitions that you might like to go through as well as managing any distress or anxiety associated with discrimination, minority stress or marginalisation.

Sabrina provides support for young people and adults, as well as parents, family and allies.

Sabrina provides support to children, young people and adults around sexual wellbeing. For children and young people, this includes those engaging in sexualised behaviour, as well as puberty education and sexual education including enthusiastic consent and safety. 

In adults, Sabrina provides support to those experiencing sexual anxiety or prior trauma experiences, supporting people with intimacy, exploring sexuality and sexual pleasure, safety and enthusiastic consent. Sabrina is sex positive, sex worker inclusive, and supportive of those within different relationship structures.

Sabrina works with people who struggle with anxiety disorders such as Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder. Using a combination of cognitive and somatic interventions, she is committed to supporting people to reduce symptoms and the impacts their anxiety has on their day-to-day life.

Some folks prefer to use the word “disabilities” while others prefer “diverse-abilities”.  Whichever language people prefer to use, Sabrina believes that everyone has different abilities, including those that are physical and invisible to the eye, but that one group of people aren’t more able that others. Despite this, she is aware of the impact of ableism and living in an ableist society. She will provide a safe, affirming and inclusive environment for people to come as they are and work on the goals that are important to them.

With experience working across hospitals and private organisations, Sabrina has an understanding about the impacts of long-term illness and chronic pain. Whether a new diagnosis or lifelong experience, she can support people to improve symptoms and pain by supporting the nervous system to feel safer and alter how the brain processes pain sensations and symptoms. With a focus on implementing strategies and working towards goals in line with their values and identity, and alleviating the mental health impacts of their illness, her belief is that people can move from survival and struggle to acceptance and improved quality of life.

Sabrina works with children, young people and adults who are impacted by trauma (either childhood, or recent situations) including child sexual abuse, family violence and sexual assault. This work is focused on helping clients address symptoms including Complex PTSD and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), impacts on daily life, and processing trauma experiences.

Sabrina provides therapeutic support to children, adolescents and adults with other concerns such as school and work stress, life changes, such as adjustments and transitions or life phases, interpersonal relationships, communication and boundaries, goal setting, skill development and self-care

Informed by her personal values, skills, and knowledge gained through her various roles and training, Sabrina provides one on one mentoring, as well as group reflective practice, training and workshops. 

 This experience in training has extended across various groups such as education with police services, corporate organisations, child focused services such as day care, and schools, community organisations, NDIS support workers, foster care organisations, and individual groups.

 This training can be focused on specific topics, reflective practice groups focused on supporting specific individuals or groups, or one on one mentoring and psychoeducation. 

Sabrina’s areas of training have included but are not limited to:

• Neuro-affirming and inclusive practice

• LGBTIQA++ affirming practice

• Trans and gender diverse affirming practice

• Responding to disclosure and child sexual abuse

• Mandatory reporting

• Trauma informed practice

• Responding to sexualised or aggressive behaviour

• Puberty and sexual education

• Supporting people with diverse abilities (including those on NDIS)

• Supporting young people in foster care, their families and carers

Please note, Sabrina is not an AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor.