Among Puffins Counselling
Online Individual Counselling & Psychotherapy
Compassionate, affirming support to ease the burden you may be carrying, improve your relationship with yourself and shift patterns you might be stuck in.
A space that centres women, queer, gender-diverse, and neurodivergent voices.
Currently Accepting New Clients ✓
Evening Appointments Available ✓
Free 15 Minute Intro Call ✓
No Referral Required ✓
Low-fee Options ✓
Hi, I’m Liz!
I’m a registered counsellor, practicing therapist and founder of Among Puffins Counselling.
I primarily work with women, LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent people who are tired of living with pressure, expectations and survival strategies that no longer serve them.
I created this space to be a part of the mental health movement which centres people’s voices, stories and experiences over pathologising labels. Among Puffins Counselling is a culturally responsive, strengths based, and anti-oppressive practice which values collaboration, autonomy and celebrates difference.
Counselling here can range from targeting a specific problem to an open-ended endeavour of self development, depending on your current needs and wants for support.
Areas of interest
Untangling experiences of depression, anxiety or trauma responses
Neurodivergent burnout, masking, and emotional regulation; including RSD
Difficulty in relationships; attachment dynamics and porous boundaries
Separating personal responsibility from the impact of oppressive systems and internalised messaging
Shame, self-compassion, and rebuilding trust in your own experience of yourself
Living with chronic illness, and the exhaustion of navigating a medical system that hasn't listened
Gender-affirming support through identity exploration or transition
What Counselling Can Support You With
✓ Anxiety & stress
✓ Low mood
✓ Burnout
✓ Avoidance
✓ Anger
✓ Overwhelm
✓ Grief & loss
✓ Anticipatory grief
✓ Suicide Loss
✓ Losses others don't recognise
✓ Living with Chronic illness
✓ Navigating a new diagnosis
✓ Feeling dismissed by systems
✓ Identity exploration
✓ LGBTQIA+ experiences
✓ Gender diversity
✓ Consensual non-monogamy
✓ Relationship difficulties
✓ Life transitions
✓ Meaning & purpose
✓ Difficult family patterns
✓ Self Harm
✓ Shame & guilt
✓ People-pleasing
✓ Loneliness
✓ Difficulty with boundaries
✓ Self-worth & confidence
✓ Feeling disconnected
✓ Understanding Neurodivergence
✓ Masking & exhaustion
Appointments
Appointments are held online in a video format from wherever you feel most comfortable. Sessions run for 60 minutes.
Pricing
Sessions are $130.00 for an hour. Medicare rebates are not available for counselling or psychotherapy, and I’m not currently able to offer private health fund rebates.
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Liz offer’s online counselling and psychotherapy for women and LGBTQIA+ adults based in Melbourne, Victoria and across Australia. Liz’s practice supports people navigating grief and loss, including suicide bereavement, disenfranchised grief, and grief related to chronic or life-limiting illness. Liz work’s with survivors of childhood trauma, those living with chronic illness or neurodivergence (including ADHD and autism), and people exploring identity, relationships, and life transitions. Many of her clients come to therapy feeling let down, dismissed, or pathologised by traditional health or mental health systems. Liz’s work is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and non-pathologising. Liz draw’s on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you understand your emotional world with compassion and depth. Liz offer’s affirming, relational therapy for those seeking a space where their lived experience is respected and honoured.