Emma May Faulkner
Miss Emma May Faulkner
Phone
Mobile
0423 701 722
Email
[email protected]
Website
https://www.brookred.org.au/counselling

Professional Profile

Qualification(s)
M.Couns.;
Registration Number
27777
Registration category
Certified Practising
Additional PACFA credentials

College of Counselling


Accredited PACFA Registrant
Offers telehealth
Yes

* Certified Practicing PACFA members have studied at AQF Level 7 (Bachelor degree) or above, with a minimum of 400 hours instruction in counselling or psychotherapy subjects, plus have a minimum of 40 hours client contact, and 10 hours of supervision.

Clinical PACFA members have met the education standards above and have accrued a minimum of 750 client contact hours, including 75 hours of supervision.

About me

My practice
My passion for counselling born out of the curiosity for the human experience and how we relate to the world around us. My experience has taught me that we all respond to our lived experiences in different ways and it is important to understand how we are responding and what this is getting in the way of. I am interested in understanding how these narratives we have created about ourselves, create problems and hinder the belief that things can change. I am interesting in unpacking these narratives to create new meanings and find solutions to problems that impact our world. I have been working in the Brook RED Highgate Hill community mental health centre for over 6 years as a peer worker, running groups and connecting with individuals and communities around mental health and recovery. During this time, I have also been practicing as the Senior Peer Worker which has allowed me to create change within community, and influence a work force of peer workers who are passionate about creating change, embracing conversations about recovery and using their lived experience to guide principals of practice. I am also currently working as a lived experience counsellor and supervisor in the mental health space. Alongside my work, I have studied a Bachelor in Behavioural Science Psychology (QUT), Graduate Diploma in Sexology (Curtin) and a Masters in Counselling (QUT). In my own lived experience, I have learnt that I am the person responsible in creating change in my life and a supportive system and perspective has been helpful to guide me. I use my own experience, passion and professional skills with the people I work with. I am counsellor who wants to listen with empathy, inspire with hope, and challenge with perspective. In my work, I am genuinely interested in hearing people’s stories to find solutions. I am humorous, passionate and kind in my work.

Counselling : from a lived experience perspective
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Brook RED Counselling is a space for individuals over the age of 18+.

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People access counselling for many reasons including concerns related to anxiety, stress and depression, grief and loss, relationship concerns, identity, self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, mental health, sexual health, and addiction.

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The objective of individual counselling is to work collaboratively with the counsellor to understand, make meaning and explore the impacts of our internal and external problems and how they are influencing our current world.

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Brook RED counsellors work collaboratively with clients to explore together what needs to change for problems to be less influential in one’s life, which allows clients to bring their own knowledge and skills to the counselling process alongside the counsellor’s knowledge.

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Brook RED counsellors use skills from trauma informed practices, use their own expertise and lived experience to guide and offer perspectives to presenting problems and challenges ideas

Payment: sliding scale, $25, $40, $65 $100
Practice opening hours
Wednesday 8-4pm
Issues I can help with
Gender Identity and Intersex issues (undefined), Lesbian & Bisexual issues (undefined), Anger, Anxiety, Chronic pain or illness, Communication issues, Depression, Eating disorders, Gay (undefined), Grief and loss, Life transitions, Low self-esteem, Mental health issues, Phobias, Relationship issues, Sex and sexual issues, Stress, Transgender (undefined), Trauma recovery
Type of therapy offered
Narrative therapy, Person-centred counselling, Solution-focussed therapy

Practice addresses

Practice NamePractice AddressSuburbStatePostcode
Brook RED88 Norton StMt GravattQLD4122