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Huon Counselling acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Tahun’e-linah, the Melukerdee people of the South-East Nation, and pays respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
How can counselling help you?
Counselling provides a private, supportive environment for you to work through any of life’s difficulties. Registered counsellors are professionals who are expertly trained in a range of theories and techniques to aid you in this process. You may see a counsellor for a very brief problem, immediate crisis, or for longer term difficulties. Seeing a counsellor can help with stress, relationship difficulties, loss and grief, chronic illness, mental health challenges, overcoming addictions, trauma, and parenting support – to name just a few of its many applications! Huon Counselling can assist you with any of these issues, using a range of approaches founded in sound research, adjusted specifically to your needs throughout the course of counselling. You can be assured that your values and beliefs will be respected, and that you will be supported as a unique person who is capable of determining your own path toward positive change.
Anna Hopwood
Anna is a lifelong resident of the Huon Valley, with a deep commitment to the wellbeing of all people in our local community. She enjoys working with clients of any age and background. She is particularly skilled in supporting those who are concerned that nobody will understand the struggles they face, and find it difficult to seek help. She also enjoys working with gifted adults around well-being, identity, and processing gifted-specific trauma. Anna believes that every person should feel valued and heard. She provides thoughtful understanding, a safe place to discuss life’s challenges and gentle support to develop courage, strength, happiness, and contentment.
Anna has completed 5 years of university education dedicated to psychology and counselling. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours in psychology, double majoring in psychology and philosophy and a graduate diploma in counselling. Her work draws on the combined knowledge of these disciplines, with a strong commitment to connected and flexible client-focused therapy, underpinned by the principles of psychological science.
Anna uses a range of techniques and approaches depending on clients’ needs and preferences. She can provide counselling support for a broad range of general life difficulties, and is competent to provide targeted therapy for many clinically diagnosed mental health conditions. She has training and interest in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), a trauma-sensitive therapy that has many applications and particular benefit for people who experience depression that has not responded easily to other treatments.
She has been working in the Huon Valley as a professional counsellor for five years, and she holds provisional registration as a psychologist while she completes a two year intership with Cocoon Psychology and Allied Health. Anna is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, and the Australian Association of Psychologists. She also holds membership with the Compassionate Mind Foundation, an international charity dedicated to the scientific understanding of compassion and its therapeutic applications.