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Basically, psychological trauma is defined not from the event itself, but from the fact that the individuals’ neurocircuitry and neurophysiology are overwhelmed, disrupted and negatively impacted to a degree that the individual’s neuropsychological mechanisms are unable to cope with the stress of the event. The cascade of symptoms that ultimately occur due to this inability to adapt to, and find meaning in the event lead to neuropsychological systems that maladapt and these mal-adaptations form the basis of the traumatic symptoms.
We are a private institute delivering psychotherapeutic services for trauma and stressor-related disorders. At Living Free, therapy goes beyond talk and becomes a holistic process that integrates the mind, body, and nervous system to support deep healing and growth.
Our team combines evidence-based methods with compassionate, client-centered care to help you move from survival to resilience. Whether you are navigating trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, addiction, anxiety, or chronic stress, we provide personalized support to help you recover and thrive.
Meet Our Clinical Team
Reshie is a Counselling Psychologist who specializes in treating PTSD, Complex Psychological Trauma, Addictions, and other Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise Specified (DESNOS).
Alexis is a psychotherapist who specialises in the treatment of addiction, trauma, PTSD, and other Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise Specified (DESNOS), including eating disorders.
Katrina is a PACFA-certified holistic psychotherapist and counsellor who offers a compassionate, client-led approach to healing. With training in Process Work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness.
Emma Donlevy is a counsellor and psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience supporting people with complex and diverse needs, particularly those impacted by trauma.
With over 20 years of personal practice, Annie teaches yoga as a way for others to return home to themselves—through body, breath, and mind. Based in the beautiful Southern Highlands of Australia.
Explore our range of therapies below. Each service is tailored to individual needs and delivered by our experienced team of psychotherapists, coaches, and instructors.
One-on-one therapy sessions designed for personalized care and recovery.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) A structured program for individuals needing more intensive, daily support.
A structured, evidence-based approach to changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Body-based practices to release trauma, regulate the nervous system, and restore balance.
Practical interventions to reshape patterns and create healthier habits.
Goal-focused coaching to build resilience and positive behavioral change.
A trauma-focused therapy that helps reprocess distressing memories.
A safe, guided method to gradually face fears and reduce avoidance.
A therapy designed to address distorted thinking and trauma-related beliefs.
Guidance on the role of nutrition in mental health and recovery.
Tools to improve sleep hygiene and restore natural rhythms.
Movement-based interventions to improve wellbeing and resilience.
A parts-based model that helps clients understand and heal inner conflicts.
Coaching for professionals managing stress, performance, and leadership challenges.
Our psychotherapy services are effective for a wide range of conditions, including:
Evidence-based methods built on DSM-5 criteria and neuroscience.
A holistic team including psychotherapists, yoga instructors, and coaches.
A compassionate, client-centered environment.
This means it is inflicted (often purposefully) by one human being onto another.
When such adversities occur in the context of close relationships and are perpetrated by the very human beings we should rely on for our survival and well being, they involve a level of interpersonal betrayal that create immense difficulties in the future with personal identity and therefore in relationships with others.
Some stressors can actually be life threatening due to the degree of violence, physical violation, and deprivation involved. Most however threaten the individual’s emotional, mental health and physical well being due to the degree of personal invalidation, disregard, neglect, abandonment, deprivation, active antipathy, and coercion involved.
Yes. Interpersonal trauma does happen within the family. This type of trauma which stands out from all other forms of trauma for a number of reasons, is now referred to as ‘family-of-origin trauma’ and occurs between family members or in other close significant relationships.
By far, the commonest forms of abuse (physical and emotional), assault and violence of all kinds occur between people who know each other, and more often than not very familiar with and even have close relationships with each other.
Over time, the victim becomes increasingly debilitated, despondent, or in a state of adaptation, accommodation, and dissociation with the perceived power differential between perpetrator and victim becomes ever larger and further compounded.
