Services
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Individual Therapy — 1 hour (In-person & Online) $150
For when you want to understand yourself in relationship — with others, with the world, and with your own story. Relational, trauma-aware psychotherapy drawing on Gestalt principles of awareness, embodiment, and contact.
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Couples Therapy — 1.5 hours (In-person & Online) $210
Support for couples navigating communication, conflict, intimacy, trust, and disconnection. Together, we explore what gets difficult between you and work towards greater understanding, connection, and repair.
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Neuroaffirming Support — 1.5 hours (In-person & Online) $180
Focused support for autistic and ADHD adults who want more time to explore a specific difficulty, need or situation. We can work with burnout, overwhelm, masking, sensory needs, executive functioning, relationships or life changes, and identify practical supports and strategies.
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Group Work & Workshops
Experiential groups focused on presence, relational awareness, and belonging.
A space to explore contact, creativity, and connection in community. Please follow @relational_home for more information on upcoming groups.
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Online · Australia & International
Online sessions are available across Australia and internationally. When booking, select your local time zone to see appointment times where you are.
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Gestalt Therapy Students
Individual therapy for Gestalt therapy students seeking personal therapy as part of their training or for their own support and development.
For enquiries, email katia@relationalhome.com
Holding Hope Without Forcing Change.
As a Gestalt Psychotherapist, one of my roles is to hold hope for my clients while navigating uncertainty together. I have learned that this holding doesn’t come from simple reassurance or positive thinking; it emerges from expanding the complexity of experience and embracing change through a paradoxical lens.
The Paradoxical Theory of Change (Beisser, 1970), a core concept in Gestalt therapy, essentially suggests this: meaningful change does not come from trying to be something different but from fully accepting and being who we are in the present moment.
As I write this, I feel a sense of expansion in my chest, an embodied reminder that this approach gives me hope. Hope for myself, for others, and for the world. My personal therapeutic growth and professional development have been profoundly shaped by this theory. I am stepping into my own complexities and learning to lean into uncertainty with awareness. This ongoing process allows me to meet my clients with a deeper, more expansive presence.
Beisser, A. (1970). The Paradoxical Theory of Change. Gestalt Therapy Now, ed. J. Fagan & I.L. Shepherd, Harper & Row, New York
EDS & Chronic Illness Support
Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), hypermobility or another chronic health condition can affect far more than the body. It can shape your relationships, work, identity, independence, emotional wellbeing and the way you imagine your future.
Counselling can offer a place to talk about the parts of chronic illness that are often difficult to explain to other people: living with uncertainty, navigating pain and fatigue, changing capacity, medical appointments, feeling misunderstood, needing more support than you are used to, or grieving aspects of life that have become harder.
I offer counselling and psychotherapy for people living with EDS and related chronic health conditions, as well as their partners and couples navigating chronic illness together.
My approach is relational, neuroaffirming and trauma-informed. I understand that living with a chronic condition is not simply an individual psychological issue. Your experience happens within a wider context that includes your body, relationships, work, healthcare, accessibility and the expectations placed on you.
A note on my experience: My interest in supporting people with EDS is informed in part by my own lived experience of the condition. I offer support within my professional scope as a counsellor and psychotherapist and do not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment for EDS.
Therapy might include exploring:
adjusting to a diagnosis or changing health
chronic pain, fatigue and fluctuating capacity
anxiety and uncertainty around symptoms
medical stress and difficult healthcare experiences
identity, independence and self-trust
pacing, limits and the emotional impact of needing to do things differently
relationships, intimacy and changes in roles
communicating needs without losing a sense of mutuality
the experience of being a partner or support person
maintaining connection when illness takes up a lot of space
neurodivergence alongside chronic illness
If you are living with EDS or supporting a partner with EDS and would like to explore counselling, you’re welcome to complete the enquiry form below:
katia@relationalhome.com
+61 424 719 255