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.

Counsellor and narrative therapist Frederikke Jensen

Welcome

Hello, I am Frederikke Jensen she/her, a master's-qualified registered counsellor with an undergraduate in psychology.

I help people find resilience and agency in dealing with problems and psychological pain.

Services I provide in my counselling practice:

  • Counselling for relationship problems with family members, friends and partners: Including counselling, where there has been violence, abuse or coercion in a relationship.
    Please note that if your situation is acute, your local Orange Door is the best place, as they can help get you to safety and assess the risk with you.

  • Counselling for anxiety and stress: Feelings of fear and hyper-vigilance.

  • Counselling for trauma, grief and suicide bereavement: Experiences that have had a shattering effect.

  • Counselling for depression: Feelings of overwhelm and difficulty in living and giving up.

  • Counselling regarding roles and identity or a disrupted sense of belonging.

Keep in mind, symptoms are only what we see on the surface. Problems like anxiety and depression, for example, 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 knowledge about attachment and how early life shapes how we deal with current life problems.

  • 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.

    You can read more about my approach to therapy here.

Throughline Journal

Finding throughlines of resilience, hope, and understanding in the midst of change

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Grief counselling as a different “hello again”
Grief counselling as a different “hello again”

Grief counselling is not just about grief, and the process of mourning often encompasses more than the ache of loss — to make sense of what has happened, approaching relationships, be it with people, with a job loss, a loss of a physical capacity, or a home, we can say “hello again”, but on different terms.

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Suicide bereavement: Every story is different
Suicide bereavement: Every story is different

Everyone’s story leading up to suicide bereavement is unique, albeit in many cases also similar to some other people’s stories. Whether you were a colleague, a doctor, a teacher, a friend or a close family member, the despair of losing someone to suicide can feel shattering in many different ways.

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Loneliness and the ask for Belonging
Loneliness and the ask for Belonging

It is the time of year for get-togethers of all sorts. But it is also a time of painful loneliness for some and yearnings of belonging.

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Next steps

To discuss how therapy might support you, please get in touch.