Trauma-informed Counselling and Somatic Therapy
Online across Australia
Support Grounded in Presence and an Ecological, Whole Person Approach
New Leaf with Nisha offers online trauma-informed counselling and somatic therapy for adults across Australia.
My work is grounded in the understanding that wellbeing is shaped by many interconnected influences, including relationships, family systems, culture, community, life experiences, and the body.
Rather than focusing on symptoms in isolation, I take a whole person approach that considers the broader context of your life and the experiences that have shaped it.
Areas I Commonly Support Clients With
• grief and loss, including disenfranchised and intergenerational grief
• relational trauma, attachment and recurring relationship difficulties
• emotional overwhelm, burnout, over-responsibility, caregiving and workplace stress
• fertility, IVF, pregnancy loss and reproductive experiences
• life transitions, identity shifts, migration, cultural expectations and belonging
Why Counselling & Somatic Therapy Together?
Counselling and Somatic therapy offer valuable, complementary pathways for exploring our human experiences with empathy and understanding. Through compassionate conversations, we can work together to make sense of relationships, loss, expectations, and the meanings we attach to our experiences. Somatic therapy invites us to pay attention to our present-moment bodily sensations, which can often deepen our understanding of what we’re going through.
I view these approaches as interconnected rather than separate. I recognise that everyone’s journey is unique; some may feel more comfortable with entirely conversational sessions, while others might benefit from including somatic awareness. My goal is to connect with you as a whole person, taking into consideration your relationships, family dynamics, cultural context, and life experiences, while honouring your feelings and experiences without reducing them to mere symptoms of distress.
Individual counselling offers a dedicated space to explore the relationships, losses, responsibilities, and life experiences that influence how you feel, cope, and relate today. This work may be particularly relevant if you have become used to carrying a great deal, adapting to others or functioning while privately feeling overwhelmed.
Relationship counselling offers a space to work with what happens between you when conflict, distance or difference becomes difficult. I have a particular interest in intercultural, mixed-heritage and interfaith couples navigating family expectations, migration, faith, and differing ideas about roles, responsibility and belonging.
Access New Leaf with Nisha's counselling and somatic work by secure video from Brisbane, regional communities and across Australia. Learn how online sessions work, what you may need for privacy and comfort, and how conversational and somatic work can be adapted to an online setting.
Somatic therapy brings attention to bodily experience alongside conversation. Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a specific choice-based movement approach within this broader body-aware work, with emphasis on agency, pacing and the participant's own experience.
Session Pricing
Individual Counselling Session - 60 Minutes
$197
Couples Counselling Session - 60 Minutes
$227
*Extended 90-Minute Sessions: I understand that some clients may benefit from a longer session to delve deeper into their healing process.
Availability: These sessions require prior booking request.
Pricing: Pricing for 90-minute sessions differ from standard sessions. Please inquire about the specific fee when you make your booking.
I am a provider with Medibank Private, HCF, Bupa, AHM and ARHG (St Luke's Health, Police Health, GMHBA, Emergency Services Health, Phoenix Health, see-u by HBF (previously CUA), AIA Health, Mildura Health, Teachers Union Health, Westfund, Teachers Health, Nurses & Midwives Health, Unihealth and Doctors Health Fund).
Please contact your insurer to confirm your eligibility.
What You Can Expect Here
Taking the first step can feel significant.
If you're considering counselling or somatic therapy, I invite you to request an obligation-free Discovery Call to learn more about how I work and whether this feels like the right space for you.