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about yolande

I’m a Perth based counsellor offering online counselling across Australia. I work with adults dealing with grief, illness and significant changes in life, when those changes affect their sense of self and leave them wondering what comes next.

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Yolande Barkhuysen

qualifications

  • Master of Counselling

  • Bachelor of Counselling

approaches I draw from

I don't use one particular approach with everyone. I draw from a range of counselling approaches depending on the person, what has brought them to counselling and what is useful.

  • Person-Centred Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Schema Therapy

  • Attachment-Based Therapy

  • Interpersonal Therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

professional background

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Counselling

  • 15 Years Management & Leadership

my story

I came to counselling the long way around.

I worked in management and leadership for 15 years, leading teams and dealing with many of the pressures that come with professional life.

I returned to study later in life, completing a Bachelor and then a Master of Counselling, and built a second career as a counsellor.

I also work in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP), supporting people dealing with work pressure, burnout, grief, relationship difficulties and major changes in their lives.

I work with adults going through significant change. Sometimes getting through what happened is only part of it. There can also be the question of how to live with what has changed and work out what comes next.

wondering if this is the right fit?

I welcome a brief initial conversation - no obligation, no pressure.

Yolande Barkhuysen, Master of Counselling

Based in Perth, Western Australia | Online counselling across Australia

ACA College of Supervisors | Australian Counselling Association (ACA)

If you are in crisis, please contact Lifeline 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636