Compassionate, affirming support that centres
women, queer, gender-diverse, and neurodivergent voices.
Among Puffins Counselling
Welcome, I’m Liz O’Neill
I’m a ACA registered counsellor and founder of Among Puffins Counselling, where I offer affirming online counselling across Australia for people who’ve never quite fit the mould.
I work with people whose lives have a lot of moving parts. That includes neurodivergent, queer, and trans folks, and women carrying heavy expectations. If you’re hard on yourself, find it hard to speak up for what you need, or are untangling , you’re in the right place
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Untangling experiences of depression, anxiety & responses to trauma.
Neurodivergent experiences including burnout & masking
Difficulty in relationships; attachment dynamics and boundaries.
Consensual non-monogamy, polyamory and non-traditional relationship structures
Separating personal responsibility from the impact of oppressive systems
Working with shame, increasing self-compassion, and rebuilding trust in your own experience of yourself.
Living with chronic illness, and the exhaustion of navigating a flawed medical system.
Queer & Gender-affirming support
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I worked in hospitality for a decade whilst pursuing a career in mental health, so I understand the nitty gritty details of shift work, insecure pay, substance use culture, burnout, and toxic workplaces with porous boundaries.
I live with invisible chronic illness. I know what it's like to live in a visibly able body, be held to expectations, and judged when you don't meet them - along with the grief and isolation that comes with changes in your capacity.
I'm a member of the LGBTQIAPK+ community, with lived understanding of navigating consensual non-monogamy; navigating things like jealousy, relationship anarchy, and not seeing your own relationship dynamics reflected in media, or understood by the people around you.
Areas of support
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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