Janine is a qualified counsellor who provides a welcoming, supportive and compassionate counselling service. Working with individuals of various ages, great importance is placed on a strong and respectful therapeutic alliance. Janine is passionate about helping each person achieve the change they would like to see in their lives, with a goal of encouraging the pursuit of a rich, meaningful and values-guided experience of life.

Through a warm and collaborative approach, each person is nurtured, supported and listened to. They are encouraged to grow in self-awareness and self-acceptance of their thoughts, feelings and emotions, of both how they are experienced, and how they would like to experience them. Compassion and kindness to oneself are of paramount importance.

Janine has successfully completed a varied range of studies, including; Post-Graduate Diploma of Psychological studies (Deakin University), a Bachelor of Arts/Communications(Deakin University), has obtained Certificates of Counselling, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT for trauma, ACT for grief, and is continuously engaging in further studies to support ongoing professional and personal development.