It’s really nice to have you here! Relate Therapy offers warm, compassionate and professional therapeutic care to people experiencing a range of mental health concerns, as well as those seeking personal growth and better self-understanding.
Relate Therapy has a special interest in supporting people with eating disorders and body image concerns from adolescence to adulthood. Relate Therapy welcomes people of all genders and offers a range of evidence-based and creative therapies to support people with these concerns. Relate Therapy provides expressive and play therapies to children (and adults!) and offers parenting workshops and groups to parents. Relate Therapy welcomes people who come with struggles such as anxiety, trauma, depression, adjustment to life stages and also supports people who wish to understand themselves better.
Relationships are a central part of human life and wellbeing. Relate Therapy values the inclusion of family and significant relationships in therapy where possible and the strengthening of relational bonds. Relate Therapy values healthy relationships as a very important part of human functioning.
Relate Therapy celebrates the diversity of humans and honours diversity of body size, gender, sexuality, place of origin, body ability and neurology. Relate Therapy recognises power imbalances in western society and how that can also show up in the therapy room. Relate Therapy seeks to acknowledge and explore this where necessary and strives to deliver anti-oppressive practice. Relate Therapy understands this will never be perfect due to the nature of privilege and welcomes and encourages any feedback around where this could be improved.
Relate Therapy values community and connection as an important element of human wellbeing and good mental health. Relate Therapy holds regular groups and workshops to encourage and support the development of community and relational capacity. Relate Therapy understands different people have different needs around connection and encourages people to participate to their level of comfort.
Relate Therapy is committed to delivering professional, high-quality mental health care. This means we engage in regular supervision and ongoing professional development to ensure you are receiving an up-to-date, informed and reflective service. Claire is registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is a member of the Australia and New Zealand Eating Disorders Academy (ANZAED).
Claire is credential-led to provide eating disorder treatment with ANZAED.
I first engaged with Claire when seeking recovery support from an acute phase of disordered eating. The thing that struck me was the genuine care she had, and the time she took to really listen without judgement. Claire holds space in a compassionate and empathic manner and offers opportunities for deep exploration whenever you are ready.
I found Claire to be very knowledgeable and helpful. Her warm and friendly approach really put me at ease. She helped me to gain confidence as a parent and I took away really useful tools that are helping my family. I feel very privileged to be able to participate, the information was invaluable.
I recently participated in the Magic 1,2,3 parenting course to help with my 2-year-old with very intense emotional outbursts. Claire was kind and inclusive to all us mums in the group seeking some support tools, and the information was presented in a way that was easy to absorb and implement even for my tired baby brain.”
I really appreciated the opportunity to participate in the course. It was amazing and has given me so much more confidence and a sense that I’m not alone in this journey.
Please feel free to get in touch if you need any further information, or to discuss your needs further. You can email us here, or via the contact details below.