About me
I'm Ange, a Mental Health Social Worker and Counsellor based in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. I provide individual counselling and couples therapy for adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship stress, attachment wounds, and major life transitions.
Originally from the UK, I’ve called Australia home for over a decade. Outside the therapy room, I’m usually near the ocean or walking along the coastline. Being outdoors keeps me grounded, and that steadiness carries into my work.
I bring over eight years of experience across the human services and mental health sectors. My background includes crisis counselling, family and domestic violence recovery, grief support, and working alongside individuals and families impacted by trauma. I’ve supported clients through separation, complex relational dynamics, and long-standing patterns shaped by early experiences.
As a Mental Health Social Worker, my training holds both the psychological and relational context in view. I pay attention not only to symptoms, but to attachment history, family systems, culture, environment, and power dynamics. Distress rarely exists in isolation. Understanding the wider picture often changes how we approach healing.
I genuinely care about the people I work with. Not just the issue that brought you in, but you as a whole person. Your history. Your strengths. The patterns that protected you. The parts of you that feel tired or guarded. Therapy works best when you feel seen, not reduced to a diagnosis or problem list.
My work is trauma-informed and neuroaffirming, grounded in evidence-based practice. I integrate EMDR therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) depending on what will be most helpful. Some sessions are structured and skill-focused. Others explore deeper relational themes and trauma patterns. Often, it’s a blend.
I’m steady and engaged in the room. I ask thoughtful questions and notice patterns, but I also bring warmth and humour when it feels right. Healing can be serious work, but it doesn’t have to feel heavy all the time. Sometimes a shared laugh in the middle of something hard creates just enough space to breathe.
KindSpace Therapy offers in-person counselling in Caloundra, supporting clients across the Sunshine Coast. Online counselling is available across Queensland and Australia.
