Meet Nisha
Trauma-Informed Counsellor & Somatic Practitioner
“Life’s turning points often awaken strengths we didn’t know we had. I support individuals and couples through grief, relationship challenges, and major life transitions with compassion and trauma-informed care.”
Hi, I’m Nisha
I Came to This Work Through Lived Experiences
I’m Nisha Trivedi (she/her) - a PACFA-registered clinical counsellor, somatic therapist, and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) facilitator based in Brisbane. My work integrates counselling, nervous system regulation, and somatic awareness to help you feel grounded, connected, and whole again.
Beyond my professional role, I am a person shaped by grief, cultural shifts, fertility challenges, and the strength of silent survival. Hence, I acknowledge that reaching out for support can take a lot of courage. I am committed to providing a warm, safe, empathetic, compassionate, respectful, and collaborative space to explore your presenting difficulties and work towards achieving your therapeutic goals by integrating talk therapy and somatic practices.
If this resonates, let’s connect and explore how I can support you on your path toward embodied healing and growth.
My Journey: From High-Functioning Survival to Embodied Healing
After nearly two decades in the corporate and government sectors, I was a woman who looked capable and composed on the outside, yet inside, I was carrying the invisible weight of cultural expectations, grief, fertility loss, and the constant pressure to hold everything together. Like many first-generation women, I knew how to survive. What I didn’t yet know was how to feel safe.
That began to change in 2017, when a health scare became a turning point. I started to recognise how unresolved trauma, chronic stress, and emotional suppression had been living in my body. I began to understand that holistic healing cannot be just a cognitive process; it must be embodied. It asks us to reconnect with our breath, our sensations, and the stories we carry within.
What followed was a slow, somatic, and deeply humbling process of relearning safety. Through trauma-informed counselling, body-based therapy, and nervous system regulation, I began to rebuild self-trust and feel at home in my body again.
“Trauma creates change you don't choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” - Michelle Rosenthal
These experiences reshaped my sense of self, cultivating deeper compassion and resilience. They sparked a dedication to healing that honours the entire person-mind, body, and spirit. This path led me to specialise in evidence-based, somatic, and culturally responsive care, enabling me to support others with genuine respect for their individual journeys. Through this holistic approach, I am committed to nurturing connection, growth, and meaningful transformation for those I serve.
Today, I sit beside my clients with reverence for what they carry and a grounded belief in the possibility of healing that lasts and healing that begins when we no longer have to carry it alone.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. I look forward to walking alongside you at New Leaf with Nisha.
Warmly,
Nisha
My Focus
I work with individuals across Australia, offering in-person sessions in Milton and Indooroopilly, and online therapy nationwide.
I have a special interest in supporting people through life transitions, because these moments often bring to the surface what has been carried quietly for years.
With compassionate somatic support, turning points become chances for integration, resilience, and self-leadership. Change often reveals hidden layers of developmental trauma, unnamed grief, and family or cultural patterns.
Research shows that transitions in relationships, fertility, career, migration, or identity can activate the nervous system in ways that echo earlier experiences.
“Life transitions remind us that healing often begins in moments of change.
This is where I love to meet people, in the in-between, when the old no longer fits and the new is still forming.”
My Embodied Values
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CONNECTION
Prioritising authentic relationships with self and others, creating a sense of belonging and being seen.
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WELL-BEING
Encouraging emotional, mental, and physical wellness through holistic approaches.
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GROWTH
Supporting personal and relational evolution with humility, self-awareness, and empowerment.
How I Work
Therapy with me is a collaborative and gentle process. Each session is guided by curiosity rather than correction, allowing space for whatever arises such as thoughts, emotions, or body sensations.
During each session, I pay attention not only to what you share but to how your body responds, supporting you to notice and trust your inner experience. I hold space with deep respect for human differences, recognising that every individual and couple carries unique life experiences shaped by culture, relationships, and history.
My aim and commitment is to listen, witness, and hold what feels painful for you and helping you understand how past experiences may have influenced your coping strategies and relationship patterns, which possibly, may not be serving anymore. Over time, this awareness supports emotional regulation, relational safety, and greater self-trust.
Our work may include moments of quiet reflection, grounding, or mindful movement, always led by choice and attunement to your needs. My intention is to meet you where you are, walk beside you, and support sustainable, embodied healing.
Therapy is available in English, Hindi, and Gujarati.
Credentials & Trainings
I am committed to lifelong learning and continually deepening my understanding of evidence-based, trauma-focused care. My qualifications reflect a blend of clinical, somatic, and mindfulness-based training, shaped by both science and lived experience.
I have had the privilege of training with respected leaders and institutions in the fields of counselling and body-based healing. My qualifications include:
Master of Counselling | Monash University, Australia
Trauma Centre Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) | Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI), Massachusetts, USA
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) | Externship and Core Skills with EFTTA, Australia
ACT for Beginners | Dr. Russ Harris (author of The Happiness Trap)
Introduction to Relational Gestalt Therapy | Gestalt Therapy Brisbane, Australia
Motivational Interactions (MI) | Australian Psychological Society (APS), Australia
Level 1 Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher Training | iRest Institute, California, USA
Bachelor of Science | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
I engage in regular supervision and reflective practice to ensure my work remains attuned, ethical, and responsive.
Modalities I Integrate
I integrate and interweave a range of evidence-based and somatic approaches within trauma-informed counselling and body-based therapy to support whole-person healing from the inside out.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – for building secure relational connection
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – for values-based self-compassion
Internal Family Systems (IFS) – for healing inner parts with curiosity
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – for awareness of thoughts and behaviours
Interpersonal Neurobiology – for understanding attachment and regulation
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) – for reconnection with the body through choice
iRest Yoga Nidra – for rest, integration, and nervous system balance
