Counselling + Mental Health Services

Here at The Village Collective we are committed to providing families with access to skilled and highly trained mental health professionals. Our counselling and perinatal mental health team members work with you to strengthen relationships and facilitate joyful and confident parenting during the perinatal period. You don’t have to do this alone.

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  • Hello I'm Laura, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Clinical Supervisor, daughter, wife and mum of three energetic boys. With a Bachelor of Social Work and a Masters of Applied Social Science Counselling, I have worked across a diverse range of settings providing counselling support to children, adults and families for over fifteen years.

    I have spent over fifteen years treating individuals and families with a vast range of presentations. These include, complex trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, Suicidality, Non-Suicidal Self Injury, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and much more. As a mother, I am really passionate about supporting women throughout the perinatal period. Motherhood starts in preconception and is forever more (even if your baby has grown angel wings and left this earth). I support women through all stages of motherhood, from those who are thinking about starting a family, to those who want some parental guidance and support for their children or teenagers.

    As you share your story throughout your sessions, I'll offer you a range of tools and strategies to help you regain control over your mental health/wellbeing. Whether we tackle your issues with CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) or IEP (Intention-Based Energy Process) just to name a few, your treatment plan will be customised to meet your individual needs.

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  • Ashleigh is a Clinically Registered Counsellor & Supervisor with a Masters in Counselling, Honours in Psychology and post graduate certification in Health Science & Research and Autism & Behavioural studies. Ashleigh has since completed further training in the Gottman Method, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Clinical Supervision.

    Ashleigh’s extensive clinical background has primarily been working with families who experience Domestic and Family Violence, trauma, challenging behaviours with youth and navigating neurodiversity.

    Ashleigh believes that all challenging behaviours once served a function for you, to survive.

    Ashleigh works with you and your story to find your strengths and enhance those strengths to work towards positive change.

    Ashleigh is kind, affirming and assertive in her approach and wants to ensure you walk away with the tools to navigate your life a little smoother than before.