Holistic Counselling

A holistic approach to counselling provides support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs. This method of counselling considers a client's mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing, focusing on a person’s overall wellness. Sam will work with you at your own pace, with compassion and accountability. 

Holistic counselling understands that each person has had different life experiences and their thoughts and behaviours are often influenced by their age, gender, culture, heritage, language, faith, sexual and gender identity, relationship status and beliefs. You know yourself better than anyone so it is the role of the Holistic Counsellor to listen, ask questions and provide practical tools that you can use to become self-empowered and take control of your life and future. 

Integrating aspects of holistic life coaching into your counselling may be used, to help you to identify your strengths, passions and purpose as well as any self-sabotaging patterns or limiting beliefs. 

• Self awareness and emotional intelligence 
• Anxiety and stress management
• Depression and feeling stuck or numb
• Confidence, self love and self esteem
• Self Identity and finding your purpose 
• Goal setting, motivation and mindset 
• Self-sabotaging behaviours
• Supporting life changes (career, divorce, fertility etc)
• Relationships and communication 
• Special interest in supporting women's health 

Meditation is the practice of calming the mind and body through a range of techniques to train attention and awareness, whilst achieving physical relaxation, psychological balance, and enhancing overall health and well-being. There are many types of meditation, but most have commonalities such as:

• a quiet location with as few distractions as possible
• a comfortable posture (sitting or lying down)
• a focus of attention 
• an open attitude 

Unlike the stigma attached to meditation, you don't have to be deeply spiritual to practice. Empowered offers meditation classes suitable for beginners or those who would like to try a modern take on meditation. Our classes use a range of techniques including deep relaxation meditation, guided visualisation, breathing exercises, or activities that focus the mind on a particular object or thought. 

Like learning any other skill - It takes practice and some days are harder than others. The key is to find the style that suits you and practice regularly.  

• Reduces stress
• Improves sleep 
• Lowers blood pressure 
• Decreases muscle tension
• Improves concentration
• Enhances self-awareness 
• Promotes positive thinking 

Currently running meditation classes on Thursday nights in Appin, NSW 2560. Be sure to join our waitlist for updates on upcoming meditation terms and new locations! 

In our fast paced lives of always being connected, it's hard to take time out and switch off. No matter how much we know we need it, it's common for us to feel guilty or selfish when we do. However, taking time out for yourself allows you to be a well balanced, focused and positive person in the other roles you play in your lives, whether that role is parent, partner, boss, worker, friend or sibling.  

Our wellness workshops provide you with an opportunity to slow down, prioritise yourself and connect with likeminded people whilst you explore your emotions in a safe space. Our workshops are tailored to a range of themes from our original "Wellness Workshop" offering a bite size of a range of topics, to more specific themes such as positive thinking, self-love, anxiety, mind/body connection, women's health and life coaching just to name a few.  

Join us for a day or a few hours, in learning some skills you can take back and implement into your daily lives. 

• One Day Retreats - up to 6 hours which includes materials, take home work booklet, healthy snacks, herbal teas & vegetarian lunch. Bonus: self-care goody bags.
• Half Day Workshops - 3 hours which includes materials & morning/afternoon tea and selection of herbal teas.
• Express Workshops - 2 hours which includes materials & herbals teas 
• Weekly Programs - 1 hour group sessions which include materials & herbal tea

Designed to boost your team’s mood, energy, and productivity, these workshops are fully customisable to meet your unique workplace goals. From expert mindfulness, mental wellness and nutrition guidance to practical wellness strategies, Sam is here to help your team thrive both personally and professionally.

Why is Workplace Wellness so important? An effective corporate wellness strategy will help improve employee engagement, lower sick day and injury frequency, and foster a genuine sense of involvement among your employees. Whilst workplaces include health and wellbeing in their corporate strategies, it's common for employees to not feel the positive flow on of these initiatives. 

Empowered offers a range of services that may assist your business to ensure you are not only meeting your duty of care requirements, but offer a safe and supportive environment for employees to thrive. 

Sam has a background in Corporate Work, Health and Safety. Specialising in media and psychological safety, she also has experience in duty of care, trauma in media, mental health crisis management and implementing mental health strategies to all levels of staff.  After leaving the field to manage her own health, a passion project of an ethical and holistic business was established.    

• Corporate wellness strategy (Review & recommendations for both WHS and Psychological safety)  
• Corporate wellness programs (Custom development and implementation) 
• Corporate wellness workshops (One off or periodic workshops covering positive thinking skills, self-care, nutrition, meditation etc)
• Corporate stress management 
• Providing holistic counselling services to a business as a preferred supplier  
• Debriefing sessions following a workplace or community incident