Welcome to my counseling practice.
Kookaburra Community is a mental health counseling practice that provides counseling (talk therapy) services. Take a look at the services I provide here.
Real change, the kind that heals, transforms, and lasts doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in safe, attuned connection. It’s deep work, and often hard-won, but it’s some of the most meaningful work we can do. As a old proverbs says, 'The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.' Therapy can be the space where those deep waters finally feel safe enough to be explored and from there, something new and life-giving can take root.
Services I provide.
Licensed Professional Counseling
I’m an Aussie Psychologist turned licensed professional counselor offering therapy in a space that’s warm, relational, and grounded in focused and intentional interventions. I offer a thoughtful, one-on-one approach to the people I work with, rooted in deep care and clinical integrity.
I’ve invested myself in therapeutic approaches that truly work, especially for people who want more than surface-level change. I’m trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), both of which center the healing power of emotion, relationship, and secure attachment. My work is also informed by attachment theory and developmental neuroscience, which help us understand how early experiences shape how we show up in the world and how we can grow beyond them.
Books and videos can offer helpful information, but they don’t replace the kind of healing that happens in a real relationship. Therapy is a place where you don’t have to perform. My job is to create a safe, judgment-free space where you can be fully yourself, explore the hard stuff, and rediscover your strength, dignity, and capacity for change.
Parenting Support and infant-toddler mental health and developmental guidance.
We offer counseling and group services for parents who are experiencing difficulty in adjusting to parenthood or in bonding with their child. We also offer specific help for infants and toddlers who have been impacted by trauma or toxic stress or developmental challenges. If you are needing support in promoting your child’s optimal development or with learning to become a tuned in and emotionally available parent, we are here.
Individual Counseling
Individual counseling with me is a space to slow down, get honest, and begin making sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface.
I specialize in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment Theory-based approaches, which means I pay close attention to the emotional and relational patterns that shape how we move through the world, often without us even realizing it. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, relationship struggles, low mood, stress, or the effects of past experiences, we’ll work together to create room for insight, clarity, and real change.
EFT helps us understand and transform the emotions that tend to run the show, while attachment-based therapy allows us to gently explore early patterns that may still be influencing your life and relationships today. Both approaches are grounded in research and focused on healing through connection, both with yourself and others.
This work is personal, deep, and human. And for those who want to integrate their faith or spiritual worldview into therapy, I’m absolutely open to that as well.
Circle of Security and other Parenting Groups
Kookaburra Community counselors are registered providers of the class; an 8 week parenting group that focuses on the building blocks of secure attachment and optimal development for infants and toddlers. More about Circle of Security can be found here..
Couples and Marital Counseling
Couples work is one of the primary areas I focus on now, and I genuinely love it. It’s a privilege to witness couples grow, shift old patterns, and develop a more secure, emotionally connected bond.
I use Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C), which is one of the most well-researched and effective approaches for helping couples move out of stuck, painful cycles and into deeper trust, safety, and intimacy. I also bring in principles from AEDP, which allows for a very warm and attuned way of unlocking what's beneath conflict, often leading to surprising moments of clarity and connection.
Whether you're preparing for marriage, working through long-standing challenges, or simply wanting to strengthen your relationship, this work can be transformative. Together, we’ll explore the emotional dynamics and attachment needs at play in your relationship, and begin to build a new way of relating that’s grounded in empathy, safety, and love.
Please note that couples counseling typically isn’t covered by insurance, but I can provide superbills for potential reimbursement. If you’re ready to explore your relationship in a deeper way, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
Meet Abe.
Starting therapy takes a lot of courage. It’s not easy to slow down and face the parts of life or yourself that feel overwhelming, painful, or stuck. If you’re here, something in you already knows it’s time to get to work.
I’m not a distant or blank-slate kind of therapist. I show up as a real person; present, honest, attuned. I care deeply about this work, and I want it to feel useful, safe, and even surprising in the best ways. You won't be met with quick fixes or forced advice with me. Instead, we'll focus on the most vital parts, following what feels most alive and important.
My work is rooted in attachment theory, AEDP and Emotion-Focused Therapy; approaches that trust in your capacity to grow when you feel seen and supported. We’ll look at the patterns that no longer serve you and make room for new ways of relating to yourself and others.
I grew up in Western Australia, beautiful beaches, big skies, dry red earth, and the sounds of kookaburras in the morning. These days I call the PNW home. I know the struggle of adjusting in life and symbolically, I am learning to love the grey mist, tall trees, and the sense that life can be both messy, painful and joyful and beautiful all at the same time.
Testimonials
Circle of Security Participant:
“Circle of Security has changed my parenting style and my relationship with my toddler. I used to become so angry when I did not know what my child needed but I now have a map to guide me and so much more confidence in myself and patience!”
Couples Counseling Client:
“ The emotion focused approach was perfect for us as we both grew up in homes that lacked emotional awareness. Our therapist was patient, and able to listen to the things that were damaging our relationship and help us see the negative cycles we were in and make the changes we needed to.”
Individual Counseling Client:
“I am less critical of myself after seeing Abe. My inner-voice was almost gone and all I could hear was self loathing thoughts and ideas. Counseling has been hard but my therapist has shown me that healing takes time and I give myself grace to change slowly now.”