About Us
AN ACCREDITED MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER/COUNSELLOR AND HER DOG...
HI! Welcome to Paws for Thought Counselling I am Karen and I will be your mental health counsellor, Tilly says woof too.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers and Medicare, I graduated from the University of New England with a Bachelor of Criminology and a Master of Social work.
I am passionate about providing grief and loss and trauma counselling and helping clients overcome depression and anxiety. I have training in:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Mediation
- Adult survivor of child sexual assault - female
- Adult survivor of child sexual assault - male
- Recent sexual assault - adult
- Recent sexual assault - child
- Physical assault
- Domestic and family violence
- Clients with a history of mental illness
- History of drug and/or alcohol use
- Have a cognitive impairment
- Clients who identify as LGBTQIA+
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
- Young people (16-21 years)
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Tilly and I are bringing our holistic, client-centred approach to Mental Health Counselling. We prefer to provide counselling out in nature as nature is a great assistant in healing the heart and mind at a local park or walk and talk, and we have an office for those who prefer to sit and chat...
I am a certified animal-assisted therapist through Therapy Dogs NSW. My love of training dogs led me to obtain my certificate III in dog training and behaviour and I am the owner and head trainer of Therapy Dogs NSW a training school for therapy, service and assistance dogs.