COUNSELLING & THERAPY FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH WELL-BEING
YOU are our Number 1 Priority!
Everyone is an individual with their own concerns,
unique to them.
No two people experience mental health and emotional well-being concerns the same.
At Obsidian our focus is on what is concerning
YOU!!
We see you as a whole person rather than just your mental health symptoms or 'diagnosis'.
NEW CLIENTS WELCOME
SELF-REFERRALS ACCEPTED
Minimal waiting times.
Carolyn's vision for Obsidian Counselling is to provide a warm, welcoming, accepting, non-judgemental, caring and safe space for her clients, where you are free to be your authentic Self. A further vision is to enhance the mental health and emotional well-being of the LGBTIQ+ communities, their allies, families and friends on the Sunshine Coast.
Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being Support
We provide professional and confidential* counselling, therapy and psycho-social support for a range of mental health and emotional well-being concerns with our Registered Counsellor Carolyn Rogers.
Support is available for individuals, couples, and relationships at our counselling
studio located in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Support is available for those 18 years of age and over** for the following mental health concerns:
• Depression • Anxiety • Low Mood • Stress • Grief and Loss • Addictive Behaviours • Low Self-Esteem • Anger •
• Self-Identity • Feelings of being Stuck • Trauma •
• Shame • Relationship Concerns •
LGBTQ+ Counselling
We also work with the unique Mental Health Concerns of those from the Diverse Sexualities, Gender and Kinship (LGBTQ+) Communities:
• Self-Identity...Who Am I? • Becoming your Authentic Self • Questioning and or Exploring your sexual-orientation or gender, including later in life •
• Internal Conflict • Minority Stress •
• Major Life Change including: Disclosing ('Coming-Out'^) your sexual-orientation or gender •
Group workshops and catch-ups are offered:
~ Rainbow Obsidian LGBTQ+ 25 Plus Group and expressive art therapy group held 1st & 3rd Monday
~ NEW ~ Weekly coffee catch-up on Tuesday mornings starting from the 11th May 2021
At Obsidian we offer a warm, welcoming, accepting, non-judgemental, caring, safe space with a personal & lived understanding of the unique mental health concerns experienced by our communities.
Working Together
The working relationship between you and your counsellor is one of the most important aspects of what makes counselling work (Wompold, 2015).
We work with you from a strengths based and future focussed, not a problem focussed, perspective to assist you to achieve your preferred future.
At Obsidian Counselling we believe our therapeutic technique should fit your needs, NOT you fitting into a specific therapeutic framework.
We use an integrative approach of evidenced based therapeutic techniques and tailor our style to suit YOU and YOUR unique mental health concerns and individual needs.
Carolyn has an holistic view of mental health and emotional well-being where the interconnection of the biological, psychological and social aspects of your life may disrupt or have an impact on your well-being.
Would you like to know more?
Humans are curious by nature, we love facts, information and to have an understanding.
To assist to satisfy your curiosity, we have created a specific page with many of the FAQs you may have. Each individual page also has lots of extra information.
Some quick answers:
- Self-referrals welcome, you don't need a GP referral
- Fees are applicable for all appointments
- New Clients Welcome
- You can book online
- Appointments available Monday, Thursday, Friday
- Carolyn is a Registered Counsellor with lived experience and University Qualifications
- Mental Health Fund rebates may be available
- Counselling, therapy, and psycho-social support available for a range of mental health and emotional well-being concerns
Everyone is welcome at Obsidian Counselling.
An Invitation for YOU to make an Appointment
We understand that going to a new place and meeting a new Counsellor for the first time, especially when you may be feeling quite vulnerable, may cause anxiety in some individuals
With this in mind we offer all prospective new clients the opportunity to have a
FREE 30 minute MEET and GREET
consultation with our Registered Counsellor Carolyn, grab a cuppa, and have a look around the counselling studio (Note Please: there is no obligation for a follow-up consultation).
~ APPOINTMENTS ~
To make an appointment please click the Book Now at the top of the page, select your appointment type, date and time from those listed or alternatively you can email us at obsidian.counselling@gmail.com for appointments.
Everyone is welcome at Obsidian Counselling.
* Confidential: There are limits to confidentiality if the Registered Counsellor feels you are risk of self-harm and or harm to others. Registered Counsellors are also bound by the limits of confidentiality set-out by their professional organisation and further government legislation. Carolyn follows the ethical guidelines set by PACFA (the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia).
^ At Obsidian Counselling we prefer the more accepting terms of Disclosing or Inviting In rather than "Coming Out"
Wampold B. E. (2015). How important are the common factors in psychotherapy? An update. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 14(3), 270–277. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20238
** Counselling and therapy available for those between 15 and 18 years upon request and is dependent on the clients ability to understand informed consent through Gillick Competence or with primary caregivers signed consent.