Inner Work
Individual therapy that makes space for body, psyche, creativity and meaning
At Heartspace, therapy is approached as a collaborative process of exploration and discovery. Together, we listen closely to what is present through conversation, the body, dreams, imagery, creative process and other expressions of your inner world.
Grounded in a transpersonal approach, Inner Work recognises that understanding can arise in many ways — through reflection and insight, but also through feeling, sensation, image, symbol, imagination and intuition.
With care and compassion, we follow what feels meaningful and explore the connections that begin to emerge, supporting a deeper understanding of yourself and what may be seeking healing, expression or change in your life.
What might bring you here?
People are drawn to this work for many different reasons. You may be:
moving through change, uncertainty or a significant life transition
feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck or unsure of your direction
noticing patterns, emotions or experiences that continue to return
wanting to understand yourself and your inner world more deeply
curious about dreams, imagery, synchronicities or experiences that feel meaningful
longing for greater meaning, purpose or connection
wanting to reconnect with creativity, intuition or parts of yourself that have become quiet
seeking a space for personal, psychological or spiritual exploration.
You may also simply have a sense that something is shifting within you, even if you cannot yet put it into words.
That is enough of a place to begin.
What Inner Work may support
Presence
Slowing down enough to notice what is happening within you, and developing a greater capacity to stay present with your experience.
Meaning
Exploring the patterns, experiences and transitions of your life with greater curiosity, helping you make sense of what may be unfolding.
Wholeness
Making space for more of who you are — including aspects of yourself that may have been forgotten, pushed aside, silenced or yet to be discovered.
Creativity
Reconnecting with imagination, image and creative expression as ways of knowing, exploring and giving form to inner experience.
Embodiment
Deepening awareness of the body and its signals, rhythms and responses, and cultivating a more grounded relationship with your lived experience.
Inner Guidance
Developing greater trust in your own inner knowing, values and sense of direction, particularly during times of uncertainty or change.
Working Together
There is no single way into Inner Work.
You may come with something specific you would like to explore, or simply begin with what you have been noticing, feeling or navigating in your life.
Sessions are responsive to you and may draw from several interweaving pathways.
Conversation & Reflective Inquiry
Sometimes the work is primarily conversational.
Through transpersonal counselling and reflective dialogue, we can explore emotions, relationships, recurring patterns, life transitions, questions of identity and meaning, and whatever feels most alive or important for you.
Creative & Symbolic Process
At other times, words may not be enough.
Dreamwork, imagery, metaphor, meditation, journalling and creative process can offer other ways of approaching what you are experiencing. Art-making may also be invited as a way of exploring and giving form to something that is difficult to put into words.
No artistic experience is needed. The emphasis is on exploration, expression and meaning-making rather than artistic skill or outcome.
Body-Based & Energetic Work
Our inner lives are not experienced through the mind alone.
Where appropriate, sessions may include body awareness, nervous-system support, kinesiology and subtle energetic approaches, offering ways to listen through the body and support grounding, regulation and integration.
You may come with a particular approach in mind — such as kinesiology, art therapy, dreamwork or conversation — or we can explore together what feels most supportive. Your preferences and choices are an important part of our work. You may wish to stay with a particular pathway, explore something different, or weave together multiple approaches.
In-person & Online Therapy
In-person Therapy
In-person sessions are available from my private practice in Lesmurdie, in the Perth Hills.
Working together in person allows us to draw from the full range of approaches, including creative and symbolic process, dreamwork, body-based work and kinesiology.
If you are new to Heartspace, your first session allows additional time to explore what brings you here, what you are hoping for from our work together, and how we might begin.
Online Therapy
Online sessions offer a quiet and accessible way to engage in Inner Work from your own environment.
Although kinesiology is not available online, we can work through conversation and reflective inquiry, dreamwork, imagery, creative and symbolic process, meditation and body awareness.
For some people, being in their own space can offer a particularly comfortable way to engage with the work.
Preparing for an online session
Online therapy sessions are held via Zoom and are most supportive when you’re able to settle into a quiet, private space.
Before your session, it can be helpful to have:
a comfortable place where you won’t be interrupted
a stable internet connection
paper and a pen
any creative materials you may have on hand
Simple is more than enough. If we decide to use creative process during our time together, we can usually work with whatever materials you have readily available.
Where possible, I encourage setting this time aside as you would an in-person session — stepping away from emails, notifications, and other demands so you can arrive fully and give yourself space for the process.
Important considerations
At times, additional care, therapeutic support, or specialist treatment may be needed alongside — or prior to — this work.
Please reach out before booking if you are currently experiencing severe psychological distress, have had a recent psychiatric hospitalisation, or are under active care for a serious mental health condition. This allows us to consider together what may be most supportive for you at this time.
Illness and in-person sessions
For the wellbeing of everyone, please do not attend in-person sessions if you are unwell, including with cold, flu, COVID, or similar symptoms.
Where appropriate, your session may be rescheduled or moved online.
Frequently Asked Questions
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You don't need to be certain or have a clearly defined goal before beginning.
Some people arrive with a particular challenge, transition, or area they would like to explore. Others simply have a sense that something in their life is asking for attention, even if they can't yet put it into words.
If you’re drawn to a gentle, relational and depth-oriented approach that makes room for body, psyche, creativity and meaning, Individual Therapy at Heartspace may be a supportive place to start.
If you're unsure, you're welcome to get in touch with any questions.
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Transpersonal therapy means “to go beyond the persona” — beyond the roles, labels, and stories we usually identify with.
It creates space not only for what is happening in your life now, but also for deeper questions of meaning, creativity, values, purpose, and spiritual or existential experience.
This approach can be especially supportive during periods of questioning, transition, or inner change, when life may feel uncertain or difficult to navigate. No particular belief system is required — only openness to your own process.
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Kinesiology is a holistic, body-based approach that uses gentle muscle monitoring as a way of listening to the body's responses and identifying areas of stress, imbalance, or support.
Within Inner Work, kinesiology may be used as one of several pathways for exploration and healing.
Kinesiology is offered during in-person sessions only.
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Creative process might include simple drawing or mark-making, collage, clay, imagery, journalling, working with metaphor, or responding creatively to a dream, feeling or inner image.
There is no requirement to create something aesthetically pleasing. The process itself becomes a way of exploring and giving form to inner experience.
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Not at all.
Creative processes are always invitations rather than requirements, and no artistic experience is needed.
Many people arrive feeling unsure about art-making, only to discover that simple creative exploration can offer unexpected insight or give expression to something that has been difficult to put into words.
If creative work doesn’t feel right for you, we don’t need to use it.
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There is no prescribed number of sessions.
Some people come for support around something particular; others value an ongoing space for deeper exploration and reflection.
We can allow the rhythm of the work to emerge according to your needs, circumstances and what feels supportive.
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Both offer space for conversation, reflection, dreamwork, imagery, symbolic exploration and many forms of creative process.
In-person sessions also allow us to incorporate kinesiology and a wider range of art materials and body-based approaches.
The depth and relational quality of the work can be present in either setting.
