Meet Wellington

If you are human (like me), there will come moments in life when your hopes, dreams, and longing for a full and meaningful life feel shattered. Relationships fall apart. You experience pain that’s hard to name. You may find yourself hurting others—knowingly or unknowingly. Fear and shame can hijack your ability to love and connect, and despair can begin to swallow any glimmer of hope. For many, particularly within Christian or religious spaces, this pain can be compounded by well-intended but simplistic answers about the joy and freedom we are “meant” to have in Christ. These responses can leave us feeling unseen, spiritually inadequate, or pressured to move on before we have truly been met in our pain. Sometimes we push these experiences aside; other times we adopt them without allowing ourselves to face what is actually happening inside us. Neither path leads to deep or lasting healing.

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As a professional Christian counsellor, I am committed to offering a space where your suffering is taken seriously, your story is honoured, and hope is allowed to grow gently and truthfully. My work is client-centred, grounded in compassion, and built on the belief that the safety and quality of the therapeutic relationship are foundational to meaningful change.
 

My approach is shaped by several core convictions:
 

1. Your story matters—more than you may realise.

Our brains and nervous systems are formed largely through experience, particularly relational experience. While the past does not determine our future, it profoundly shapes how we see ourselves, God, and others. Understanding your story helps make sense of the present.
 

2. We are wounded in relationships, and we are healed in relationships.

Much of our deepest pain occurs in the context of connection. It is also within safe, attuned relationships that healing and restoration take place.
 

3. Lasting change requires new relational experiences.

Information alone rarely brings deep transformation. Long-held emotions, beliefs, and behaviours are not resolved through quick fixes. They are softened and reshaped through sustained, gentle, and curious exploration in the presence of another who is attentive, respectful, and safe.
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My professional qualifications include a Master of Counselling through the Australian College of Divinity, and I am a Level 2 member of the Australian Counselling Association. My own journey through family hardship, Christian communities, and my developing relationship with God has been painful, complex, and deeply formative. These experiences have significantly shaped how I understand counselling, suffering, faith, and healing. As your counsellor, I will never take you anywhere you do not choose to go. At the same time, I hold a deep conviction that healing, growth, and Christian counselling are ultimately oriented toward restored relationship — with God, with others, and with yourself. Your journey through anxiety, grief, relational struggle, addiction, trauma, or loss can become a place where God’s love and life are encountered in real, grounded, and transformative ways

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While I work with a wide range of clients, particular areas of interest include:
 

• Men’s issues

• Unwanted sexual behaviours

• Anxiety and depression

• Grief and loss

• Adolescents

• Relationship counselling

• Church and spiritual hurt

• Exploring personal story, family of origin, relational patterns, and significant memories