Would you like your physical and/or mental health issues to have a smaller impact on your life? Maybe you have been to see a medical practitioner or psychiatrist but would like other assistance to help alleviate the symptoms and help to find the cause, including assistance with chronic illnesses.
Would you like to be able to better connect with others and/or work out what is blocking you from finding your partner? Maybe you have avoided feeling your emotions in the past and built up a wall no longer needed (a heart wall).
Would you like to feel free to move forward in life? Maybe you are feeling stuck or blocked from moving forward in a particular area – such as: your career, relationships with family, friends or partner, mid-life crisis, suddenly living alone, or healing from trauma which has impacted many areas of your life.
At Compass Counselling we understand that life can be hard. Are you feeling lost, going through a separation or divorce or grieving the loss of a loved one? Are you in a challenging relationship/s, have past trauma, chronic illness, or are struggling with life transitions? Have you struggled to talk about these issues in the past but would like to talk to someone now?
Through a safe therapeutic relationship, we listen to you with empathy, compassion and a non-judgemental attitude. We use a variety of counselling techniques to help you heal and move forward in your life, such as Emotion Code, Body Code, Intuitive Healing, and Drama Therapy, working within both the conscious and unconscious mind. We respect you as a whole person, mind, body and spirit, meet you where you are currently at in your journey, and facilitate and support your healing in a holistic and gentle way.
Michele and Kitty are highly trained, being both qualified social workers and counsellors, with Michele having additional training in energy/intuitive healing and Kitty is also a drama therapist.
Take the first step – your future starts here.
Compass Counselling’s mission is to use the power of holistic therapies combined with social work to help you come back to/find your true self, remove blockages, embody your personal strengths and embrace all that life has to offer.
Michele and Kitty met in primary school in 1976 and have been best friends ever since! Their lives have had many parallels, beginning, as young adults, with both Michele and Kitty developing a strong drive and commitment to working with people and helping others, and ultimately choosing to become Social Workers and Counsellors. Michele has completed additional study over the last 5 years and now practices in the energy/intuitive healing space, using her skills to help your mind and body heal.
We look forward to walking alongside you in your healing and recovery journey.
By using energy healing you are moving the person into balance, where everything is in a more normal, healthy state, where conditions are right for the physical body to recover, thrive, and create healing on its own.
Everyone is born with intuitive abilities; it is our natural ability to understand something instinctively. This natural ability can also be attuned to our health, if you listen to your intuition, you can stay healthy. If you can listen to your body, you can transform any challenges into spiritual growth and enhanced wellbeing.
The Emotion Code is a simple and effective way to identify and release trapped emotions using muscle testing (which is often called kinesiology).
At Compass Counselling, Michele Chaseling uses The Body Code™, a powerful energy healing method developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson, to help you release underlying imbalances that may be contributing to physical discomfort, emotional distress, or limiting beliefs.
Drama Therapy (also spelt Dramatherapy) is a form of creative arts therapy that uses drama to facilitate change and healing. Clients do not need experience in drama to benefit from this creative method of therapy.
Michele and Kitty are qualified social workers and accredited through the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Social work is a university-qualified profession dedicated to assisting people to improve their lives, with a focus on their personal and social wellbeing.
Individual counselling sessions online or in person with Michele in Canberra ACT & Kitty in Northern NSW, using the following ways of working:
Michele uses:
Kitty uses:
Both Michele and Kitty use:
A Mental Health Plan or a referral from your doctor is not required unless you are a Department of Veterans Affairs client.
Yes, we offer a discounted rate of $100 per hour session. There are separate sessions to book into with the discounted rate on our booking page.
Both Michele and Kitty are registered with DVA to provide social work services. We welcome DVA clients, DVA Health Cards (Gold and White) are accepted as payment upon receipt of a doctor or a treating medical specialist referral.
If you are a victim of crime in NSW and have approved counselling you are able to book with either Michele or Kitty as they are both approved counsellors under the NSW Victims Services Approved Counselling Service.
For your initial session under the Victims Services scheme please book an appointment at least a week ahead as Victims Services need to approve your initial session prior to attending. Subsequent sessions can be booked any time there is an available appointment, no approval is required. All payments for these sessions will be paid by Victims Services, so please choose the Victims Services appointment types when booking, as no pre-payment is required.
If you would like more information about Victims Services counselling look at our Victims Services page: Victims Services Counselling Australia.
For your initial session under the Victims Services scheme please book an appointment at least a week ahead as Victims Services need to approve your initial session prior to attending. Subsequent sessions can be booked any time there is an available appointment, no approval is required. All payments for these sessions will be paid by Victims Services, so please choose the Victims Services appointment types when booking, as no pre-payment is required.
If you would like more information about Victims Services counselling look at our Victims Services page: Victims Services Counselling Australia.
Should either party experience technical difficulties, we will endeavour to email you straight away and/or try to reconnect online as soon as possible. If overall, more than 15 minutes of the session has not occurred due to technical problems we will offer to supplement this time, and if this is not possible, we will agree a reduced rate for that session in proportion to the service received.
Before the initial consultation:
In the initial consultation the therapist you see will explore your current difficulties and talk with you about how to proceed. We will want to ensure that your situation is best suited to having online therapy. However online therapy is not always suitable and, in such cases, we will try to recommend more suitable options that you might then wish to explore.
As therapists we aim to develop a trusting and friendly work relationship. To maintain the confidentiality and the boundaries of our work it is not appropriate to engage “socially” on any social network and social or professional forums.
As remote counselling is unique, the client needs to provide the counsellor with at least one support person as part of the intake form.
We look forward to walking alongside you in your healing and recovery and celebrating with you in your positive change and empowerment. We will get back to any enquiries within 2 business days.
