Helping you find solid ground
In-person counselling and psychotherapy in Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo and online.
Relief from psychological pain begins with the act of being heard — telling your story in your words.
Welcome
Hello, I am Frederikke Jensen she/her, a master's-qualified registered counsellor with an undergraduate in psychology. I provide counselling and psychotherapy to people in person in the Bendigo area from 76 Church Street, Kangaroo Flat.
I help people find resilience and agency in dealing with problems and psychological pain related to:
Relationships, family and parenting. Including counselling, where there is abuse or has been violence in a relationship. Please note, if your situation is acute, your local Orange Door may be the best place, as they can help get you to safety and assess the risk.
Anxiety and stress. Feelings of fear and hyper-vigilance.
Trauma and grief. Experiences that have had a shattering effect, such as suicide, bereavement or assault.
Depression. Feelings of overwhelm and difficulty in living and giving up.
Identity or a disrupted sense of belonging. Therapy can be that non-judgmental space to figure out who you are or what is ‘underneath’ a label or a diagnosis, and what it means to be you.
Keep in mind, symptoms are only what we see on the surface. Problems like anxiety and depression often cloak the underlying experiences that lead to the symptoms.
Who do you work with?
I work with adolescents from 15 years of age, adults, and older adults.
I mostly work with people longer term on problems that might have deeper roots, where infrequent therapy with a cognitive behavioural (CBT) approach has not made enough of a difference for you to feel better.
I also see people who are new to therapy and people who seek brief, intensive therapy to get through a difficult period in their lives.
What is your approach to therapy?
I am a narrative therapist using a psychodynamic approach helping people address the root cause of their problems.
The work I do is based on scientific evidence about attachment and how early life shapes how we deal with current life problems and the benefit of longer-term and intensive therapy.
We work as much in the here and now — gradually finding new possibilities by linking what happened to you in the past to present difficulties.
As a hopeful way of working, I invite curiosity into the room. An intention of curiosity in our work together, benefits your understanding of yourself and others — and how you relate to challenges, as well as offers of support, love and friendship from others.
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