About
Tricia is a clinical counsellor and supervisor, art therapist, somatic/body-oriented psychotherapist and well-being coach, dedicated to facilitating individuals to connect to their true nature, experience a deep sense of well-being, and enjoy fulfilling lives.
She has fifteen years of experience counselling adults, adolescents, and children from diverse backgrounds in private practice, in-patient and out-patient mental health units, sexual assault recovery service, and schools. Her clinical practice is supported by extensive professional training and supervision.
Tricia is also an explorer of human potential, with over twenty years of personal development experience. Through her personal and professional journey, she has gained a profound appreciation of the interconnected nature of our mental, emotional, physical, and energetic bodies; and how we are impacted by our relationships with one another and our environment.
This has led to her commitment to work holistically in support of the body’s native intelligence coming into balance and harmony, to facilitate healing, self- empowerment and transformation that deepens our innate aliveness, freedom, joy, connection, and purpose.
Tricia aims to provide a safe therapeutic container for individuals to navigate through their challenges, expand the connection to different aspects of themselves, and achieve a fuller experience of wholeness. She is also a clinical supervisor with an interest in supporting fellow therapists and helping professionals to prevent or recover from compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma or burnout, through trauma-informed supervision and reflective practice.
As an extension of her clinical work, Tricia provides individual coaching and group wellness programs for women who wish to let go of unhelpful patterns that hold them back, deepen their mind-body-spirit connection, and consciously create a life they truly love.
For more information, please visit Tricia’s website at https://www.evolvecounsellingandtherapies.com/
Education
Master of Social Science (Counselling)
Master of Art Therapy
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1: Treatment of Trauma & Level 2: Treatment of Developmental Injury)
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training Program (Levels 1 & 2)
Attachment-Focused EMDR for Healing Relational Trauma and Adults Abused in Childhood
EMDR Structural Dissociation Training
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) for Trauma, Dissociative & Other Complex Trauma Disorders (Levels 1- 3)
Alexander Technique Interweave Training for DBR Therapists
Havening Techniques Training
Theraplay (Level 1)
Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (TRE Levels 1 & 2)
The Non-Linear Movement Method Teacher Training
Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Wheel of Supervision Training (Parts 1 & 2)
Special interests
Complex Trauma, PTSD
Attachment disruptions
Emotional dysregulation & overwhelm
Burnout, compassion fatigue
Anxiety
Depression
Relational issues
Self-esteem issues
Identity issues
Eating disorders & body image issues
Life transitions
Grief and loss
Lack of life purpose
Psychedelic preparation & integration
Style
Tricia’s style is respectful, compassionate, collaborative and intuitive. She honours each client’s unique experience and innate capacity to heal by holding space for their nervous system to balance at the pace it needs. She invites mindfulness and curiosity as issues are explored, with a focus on building present-moment awareness of cognitive, emotional and somatic/body-based experience. Clients are empowered through learning practical strategies to strengthen their internal and external resources.
Modality & Approach
Tricia adopts a humanistic and integrative approach that is client-centred, trauma-responsive, strengths-based and culturally sensitive. She assists individuals to transform challenges and heal from the impacts of trauma by guiding them to tap into their inner healing intelligence and rewire unconscious patterns.
Individuals who wish to resolve issues at the core through a holistic, gentle, yet deeply transformative approach are likely to find Tricia’s work most beneficial, especially those who have engaged in therapy previously but still feel stuck.
Tricia is continuously expanding her knowledge and refining her skills, and her therapeutic offerings include a wide range of modalities that honour the mind- body connection. These are informed by leading-edge research and broad understanding of neuroscience, trauma and attachment theory, as well as practices based on ancient wisdom that continues to be increasingly validated by emerging scientific evidence.
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
Parts Work
Havening Techniques
Art Therapy
Sandtray Therapy
Play Therapy
Theraplay
Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (TRE)
Non-Linear Movement Method
PERSONAL INSIGHT
What is a quote or phrase that really resonates with you?
I love this quote by Sheree Bliss Tilsley as it beautifully illustrates my therapeutic approach:
"I will not rescue you;
For you are not powerless.
I will not fix you;
For you are not broken.
I will not heal you;
For I see you, in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through the darkness
as you remember your light."
What makes you feel grounded?
Becoming aware of my breath and feeling the support of the ground helps me to stay present and grounded.
What practices support your mental and emotional well-being?
Slow, long exhales help to calm my nervous system and embodied movement practices such as Non-Linear Movement Method, 5Rhythms and TRE allow me to connect with myself, release tension and de-stress.
What is your favourite music to practice to?
Currently my favourite song to practice to is "On the Nature of Daylight", by Max Richter.
CONTACT
To get in touch with Tricia, please email her at info.evolvetherapies@gmail.com
Location
Earl Street Clinic
10 Earl Street
Coffs Harbour
Google maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BMAw8xMhtTrh7d5Q6
DAYS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday