https://www.fionasimpkin.com/contact-fiona-simpkin daily 0.75 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594897038653-B6X3C2FOPQMKERTCQS1P/dan-freeman-7Zb7kUyQg1E-unsplash.jpg Contact - Location Meet in person: Counselling can be conducted in person in Cammeray. This is a quiet, private space 10 minute’s drive from the Sydney CBD, with convenient parking or a short walk from the Abbot Street bus stop. Meet online: Many clients are appreciating the convenience and effectiveness of online counselling. Since Covid, telehealth skills have become a necessary counselling tool. All you need is a room where you won’t be overheard or interrupted, a mobile device and internet service. Confidentiality: Protecting your privacy will inform every aspect of our work, from the physical access to our meetings, to security online and password protection on all personal records and casenotes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594895314713-FRJAGLYKZDSFTSRULZMU/Online.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594895329234-VRSJEVSOFVW99L2LOAUO/lock.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594895286182-0HNVOFZR08UEJIPDYUBN/In+person.png https://www.fionasimpkin.com/about-fiona-simpkin daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594879559739-BGMJ50L8DZH74N1RWA92/About+Fiona About - About Fiona I grew up in Sydney, and spent 8 years living and working overseas before returning to the northern beaches. My interest in seeing people develop and thrive has taken me from primary teaching and chaplaincy to counselling and psychotherapy. I’m passionate about my family and dogs, my Christian faith and seeing people live ‘life to the full’. https://www.fionasimpkin.com/why-counselling daily 0.75 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594876806165-HFU8QEE05L6VAMK88P4W/Transparent+HALF.png Why Counselling - “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” – Leonardo da Vinci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594900508864-VBDI34BMU94KGQCZF8B9/Toolkit+Icons.jpg Why Counselling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1595907839494-JHZ7FHV1I9H6NBOAF4HP/Toolkit+Icons6.jpg Why Counselling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594900105097-BMN0PDJDLCZVFIAAHFXF/Toolkit+Icon.jpg Why Counselling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594900229674-NEKS5CUTW9XIXL0BQKIX/Toolkit+Icon3.jpg Why Counselling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594900363997-YL3QJ9FBHOFN2E6GM1L9/Toolkit+Icon4.jpg Why Counselling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594900169335-YAK5HUA60UDUEYEI3U0N/Toolkit+Icon2.jpg Why Counselling https://www.fionasimpkin.com/home daily 1.0 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594867828342-9L6QDLXQ0S2TRM4AQ4QR/Transparent.png Home - “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” - C.S. 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Hope keeps us going through life’s challenges, enhances mental strength, builds resilience, gives us perspective and helps us to be kinder to ourselves and more generous in our relationships. Clients often describe a sense of hope just by making their first appointment. Hope gives us the courage to change for our own well-being and for the good of those around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594859572741-SLWOFDXHHJ51PVB027YD/00+Practical+EDIT.jpg Home - Practical The work we do on ourselves is not only helpful for current challenges, but is an investment in future relationships. I use an integrated approach which draws on Bowen Family Systems Theory, Trauma Informed Care, and contemporary psychodynamic thinking to help us understand challenges in the context of our family and backgrounds. A range of practical, achievable and effective take-home tools and skills to help make change a reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0f92eb6d4ce93976a1b25b/1594859465019-7A45MZPU7OESE7P8PJKU/00+Personal+EDIT.jpg Home - Personal Feeling understood and heard is at the heart of effective counselling. When trust is established we have the have confidence to share what has perhaps never been safe to share. Our most important session is the first one, where my hope is that you sense a warm connection and feel genuinely heard. 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