About Janice

Welcome to Inspiring Strengths!  I am so happy to be here with you.

As a values-based supervisor, leader, and clinician, what is important to you is important to me. I am committed to highly ethical practice and I love what I do.  When we meet, I hope you will experience my passion for my profession; delivered with compassion and a healthy dose of humour.

Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)

• Certified Clinical Supervisor since 2015
• Registered Clinical Counsellor since 2007
• https://portal.pacfa.org.au/portal/TherapistProfile?Id=597

Clinical Supervisor and Leader

• 15 years' experience in Counselling Practice Leadership and Governance
• Clinical Supervision for general, alcohol & other drugs, child & family, refugee health, and family violence counselling
• Individual, Group Supervision and Supervision for Supervisors
• Supervision mentoring for Allied Health Practice Leads
• Supporting reflective and client-centred practices within multidisciplinary allied health teams

Counsellor

• 25 years' experience, specialising in emotional and mental health and wellbeing, behaviour change, chronic disease, and addiction.
• Strengths-based and trauma-informed counsellor, working within solution focused, compassion focused and attachment-based frameworks. 

Small Group & Team Trainer

Over 15 years' experience in developing and delivering workshops for counsellors and allied health practitioners and leaders:

• Health Coaching and Behaviour Change skills sessions
• Client-centred practice and engagement skills
• How to be a supervisee
• Becoming an Allied Health supervisor

Qualifications

• Masters of Counselling from Swinburne University of Technology
• Graduate Certificate of Alcohol & Other Drugs Work from Turning Point
• Advanced Certificate in Supervision from Centre for Supervision
• Diploma of Project Management from Gordon TAFE.

My career so far has predominantly been within community health in Melbourne, Australia.

I am motivated by excellence and ongoing deep reflection and learning.  As such I have a drive to support clinicians and supervisors to reach their potential. I see counselling as a privilege to walk alongside people and support their journey of recovery and discovery. I am excited to now work within my private practice.  

Welcome!

I have an eclectic approach and will tailor modalities according to what we are exploring at any given session, including:

• 7-eyed Process Model of Supervision
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Attachment Theory
• Systems Theory