About Zara
"I believe in a truly person-centered approach. Each individual’s experience is unique, and I value working alongside my clients, who are the true experts on their own lives."- Zara
Zara is a counsellor and somatic therapist whose work sits at the intersection of relational therapy, body-based practice, and meaning-making.
As a neurodivergent practitioner, she understands the experience of moving through the world feeling out of step — and the pressure that often comes with learning to manage, perform, or hold more than feels sustainable.
Her practice offers a space where clients don’t need to explain or minimise what they’re carrying.
Zara works with adults who are navigating burnout, emotional strain, relationship patterns, or a growing sense that the way they’ve been coping is no longer livable.
Rather than focusing only on thoughts or symptoms, her work recognises that many of the patterns we struggle with live in the body — shaped by early relationships, long-term responsibility, and nervous system learning.
Professional Background
Zara holds a Diploma of Counselling and is a registered member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
Her training includes
Relational Embodiment Somatic Therapy
Complex Trauma Treatment (influenced by Janina Fisher’s work)
Parts-informed approaches
Attachment-informed therapy
Alongside her counselling work, Zara brings over a decade of experience in the wellness field, including training as a qualified yoga instructor.
How She Works
Relational, person-centred counselling
Somatic (body-based) approaches
Parts-informed understanding
Attachment-informed therapy
Nervous system-informed support
Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, her work supports clients to:
Understand the patterns they’ve developed to cope
Restore a sense of safety in the body
Respond differently in relationships…
and live in a way that is more sustainable.
Zara works particularly well with women who:
Care deeply for others
Hold significant emotional or practical responsibility
Feel burnt out or close to it,
are tired of managing everything..
and want their work, relationships, and home life to feel more steady and livable.
Zara offers sessions via telehealth to clients across Australia.
She lives on the Mornington Peninsula with her daughter and two cats, and values time in nature as a way of returning to rhythm and balance.
Her work is guided by a simple belief
Change doesn’t come from pushing harder,
but from learning to live in a more connected and relational way with our world, that no longer requires constant survival.
