I am a counsellor and supervisor with more than 20 years experience in mental health. I work with adults navigating trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, relationship difficulties, workplace stress, life transitions, and impact of difficult or overwhelming experiences.
I have worked across community, organisational, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) settings, supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds to find greater clarity, resilience, and emotional wellbeing. My qualifications include a Master of Social Work (Counselling) UNSW, Mental Health Accreditation AASW and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Accreditation EMDRAA.
My approach is warm, compassionate, and non-judgemental. I believe healing happens when people feel genuinely heard, supported, and empowered to reconnect with their own values and strengths.
I offer counselling in person in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, online, and through walk-and-talk sessions in nature.
Hi, I’m Perina.
What I offer
I work collaboratively to create a safe, supportive space where we can explore what's happening beneath the surface, make sense of difficult experiences, and develop strategies for constructive change.
Sessions are tailored to you, drawing on a strengths-based, trauma-informed framework including EMDR, mindfulness, somatic approaches, parts work, and internal resourcing.
Our work together can help to ease distress, build resilience, create healthier relationships, and to strengthen a sense of connection to yourself and your values.
Counselling may be helpful if you’re experiencing:
Trauma or the effects of past experiences
Grief, loss, or significant life changes
Anxiety, stress, or feeling overwhelmed
Relationship challenges
Workplace difficulties, bullying, burnout
Low self-esteem or loss of confidence
Emotional patterns that feel hard to change
A desire for greater clarity, growth, and wellbeing
I offer counselling and professional supervision, in person or online, and am an NDIS and Medicare Mental Health Care provider.
Testimonials
Perina’s counselling set me at ease from the very beginning with her attentive listening and validating my experiences. She was able to support me with seeing more clearly the actions I needed to take in alignment with my values. She helped me to identify my needs and to express what I needed. I've returned to a calm, strong state where I can act gently and connect more with those who matter to me. GM
Perina’s supportive counselling and guidance through EMDR therapy was better than I could have imagined. From the very beginning assessment and resourcing sessions I felt empowered by developing more helpful, preferred ways of being. I gained insights into my habitual patterns in relationships and was able to process a series of traumas in an easeful and rapid rate. I've begun living freely and happily, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. AC
I appreciate your time and patience listening to my life problems, it helped me to change my life around with positivity and leaving the past behind. I am unable to describe what magic you have done, but this is from the bottom of the heart, I believe you will be a lending hand to not just me, but lot of people in need during their worst times. MV