Counselling helping you find solid ground
Counselling & Psychotherapy for helpers and helping professionals, Bendigo and online
Relief from psychological pain begins with the act of being heard—telling your story in your words.
Welcome
Hello, I help people find resilience and agency in dealing with the underlying reasons for psychological pain.
Frederikke Jensen, Narrative Therapist and Master’s qualified counsellor
Who I work with
In my private counselling practice, I see helpers and helping professionals from a range of occupations such as allied health, social workers, community workers, teachers, lawyers and carers for therapy, so they can continue working, helping and living well.
Helpers are not exempt from their own experiences of grief and loss, the impact of traumatic events, complex trauma, depression, loneliness, anxiety or problems in personal relationships or at work.
Workplace stress, burnout, moral injury or compassion fatigue can feel devastating as your work and the people you are helping initially brought you a sense of vitality and purpose.
If you have struggled for a while, taking time off work without relief, and given up on traditional means of self-help strategies, coaching or therapy that mostly focused on technique, and are still struggling, I invite you to take a deeper look at what is going on.
Benefits of therapy for helpers and helping professions
Engaging in therapy will reverberate to those around you—be it people you work with or people you love. Relief and recovery from burnout come over time as we work on understanding and creating space for new ways of being in all aspects of our lives: work, play, and love.
How I help helpers and helping professionals
Symptoms are what we see on the surface. Problems like burnout and work stress often cloak underlying issues in both your personal life and the workplace.
I use trauma-sensitive ways of working, which means considering how you cope when feeling overwhelmed.
I help people address the root cause of emotional and psychological suffering, inviting reflection upon the stories you carry with you.
An intention of curiosity in our work together invites understanding of yourself and others, making it possible for you to relate to work, interpersonal difficulties and life challenges differently.
I offer a calm space—a refuge to explore from, but also a place to do deep work—therapy is committed work that both client and therapist do together.
Read more about therapy with me
Throughline Journal
Finding throughlines of resilience, hope, and understanding in the midst of change
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