Grounded, relational therapy shaped by experience and training
Experienced Trauma, Couples and Family Therapist in Anglesea
Working with people in Anglesea, Torquay, Geelong, the Surf Coast & Australia-wide.
Hello, I’m Edward. Pronouns: he/him.
I’m a psychotherapist and family therapist based in Anglesea, working alongside individuals, relationships, and families seeking meaningful, lasting change.
My work is grounded in a systemic, trauma-informed approach, understanding you within the context of your relationships, family roles, and lived experience.
I draw from evidence-based family therapies as well as experiential and somatic approaches—including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Schema Therapy, and nervous-system-informed practice—to support relational healing and trauma recovery that engages both mind and body and creates lasting change.
This means our work may involve:
exploring relational patterns and early experiences
understanding different parts of your inner world
working with emotional and bodily responses, not just thoughts
developing new ways of relating—to yourself and to others
Proud Ally and supporter of LGBTQIA+ communities
Specific Areas I Provide Support
I support individuals, couples, and families navigating the following:
Anxiety, stress, and feeling overwhelmed
Depression, low mood, or disconnection
Trauma, complex trauma, and attachment wounds
Relationship and couples difficulties, including conflict and disconnection
ADHD, focus, and emotional regulation challenges
Navigating autism, neurodivergence, and difference
Sleep difficulties, burnout, and nervous system fatigue
Addictive or impulsive coping patterns
Family dynamics, parenting challenges, and relational tension
Life transitions, grief, identity shifts, and major changes
Experiences of harm, boundary violations, sexual abuse, and physical abuse.
Working with Couples
I love working with couples; I find it profoundly meaningful.
Most of us aren’t taught how to be in relationships, how to navigate difference, how to repair, or how much ongoing care relationships actually need. So it makes sense that, at times, things can feel stuck, tense, or distant.
I’m interested in is the pattern between you. These ways of relating often have roots in earlier experiences, in family systems, and in the roles you’ve had to take on over time.
The shift often comes when each person can recognise their part in the cycle, not from a place of blame, but with curiosity and accountability. From there, something new emerges.
As understanding deepens, couples often find a different way of meeting each other—with more clarity, more honesty, and a renewed sense of connection and joy.
Working with Families
Families today are navigating a lot.
I have a deep respect for families. I often meet ‘good enough’ parents who are doing their best, caring deeply about their children while feeling stretched, uncertain, and overwhelmed.
At the same time, many young people are facing challenges that are different from their parents' generations.
Often, what appears as a problem in one person is part of a broader pattern that involves everyone.
In our work together, we create space for each person’s experience—moving away from blame and toward shared understanding. From there, families can begin to shift out of stuck patterns and find more flexible, connected ways of relating.
Credentials & Training
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts (RMIT)
Graduate Diploma in Counselling (ACAP)
Graduate Diploma in Clinical Family Therapy (La trobe, The Bouverie Centre)
Currently Completing Master of Clinical Family Therapy (La trobe, The Bouverie Centre)
Additional Training:
Meditation Teacher Training
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Schema Therapy
Gottmans Couples Therapy
Somatic approaches to trauma
Attachment and Relational therapies