My Approach
Hello, I’m Reana. I believe that therapy is a journey we take together, one step at a time. My counselling style is gentle, collaborative, and deeply trauma-informed, ensuring that you feel heard and held in a space of complete safety. Whether you are an adult navigating a major life transition or a parent seeking support for a school-aged student here in Australia, I am here to help you rediscover your strength.
By choosing telehealth, we remove the barriers of travel and clinical waiting rooms, allowing us to connect from the place where you feel most grounded. This accessibility ensures that consistent, high-quality emotional support fits seamlessly into your life, providing a reliable anchor whenever you need it most.
How I Can Support You
Our Focus Areas:
- Life Transitions & Resilience: Navigating career changes, relocation or health challenges.
- Workplace Wellbeing: Managing burnout, professional stress, and interpersonal dynamics.
- Student & Teen Support: Helping school-aged students navigate the social and emotional hurdles of educational transitions.
- Relational Dynamics: Supporting individuals and parents in understanding and improving complex relationship patterns.
- Trauma-Informed Care: Providing a safe environment for those recovering from difficult life events.
Our Symbol
At Re-ana Counselling & Psychotherapy, our logo isn’t just design. It’s a quiet promise.
• Phoenix – Rising gently, not from fire — because growth doesn’t have to come from burnout.It’s quiet strength after hardship, and the courage to begin again.
• Tree – Rooted and growing, with branches of Renew, Restore, Reconnect, Rebuild.Your “Re‑” journey is unique, and it’s safe here.
• Circle & Waves – The sea reminds us that healing moves in ripples.The circle holds space for you — contained, calm, and safe.
• Teal Tones – Inspired by the sea around me on the Gold Coast.Calm for anxious moments. Clarity for hard decisions. Depth for the work we do together.
Healing, like the sea, moves in waves.
I’m here to help you gently Renew, Rebuild and Rediscover.
Professional Identity & Credentials
Qualifications
I’m professionally trained in counselling, guidance and education, including:
• Masters Degree: M.Ed.
(Guidance & Counselling ) – advanced clinical training in counselling.
• Postgraduate Diploma in School Guidance & Counselling: Post Grad Dip In Guid St
• M.A.C.A. (Level 4)
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology): B.A
• Uni Higher Diploma in Ed: U.H.D.E.
• Bachelor of Ed.: B.Ed.
Professional Memberships
• Registered clinical counsellor: Australian Counselling Association (ACA) – M.A.C.A. (Level 4)
• Professional Member: Queensland Guidance & Counselling Association (QGCA / APACS)