With a focus on individual counselling, relationship therapy and EMDR, our counselling team draws on evidence-based tools to help you work through life’s many challenges. Led by counsellor and psychotherapist, Tracy Lynch, our qualified and experienced team take a heartfelt, client-centred approach to create a safe space for healing.
Rebecca Levy offers Counselling to Couples to increase loving connection within their relationship.
Rebecca is dedicated to assisting people to live in connection with themselves and their loved
ones by empowering them with tools and healthy strategies to resolve conflict, better
understand their own needs, improve communication and gain clarity on how each person
contributes to the relationship.
Her warmth, understanding, grounded and inclusive approach supports people achieve their relationship goals.
Rebecca creates a safe environment to support people in addressing what can be challenging concerns including:
Rebecca regularly witnesses the flow on effect this has on other areas of people lives including lower stress levels, better sleep, feeling happier and more connected to themselves and others.
Working with all genders, both individuals and couples, Rebecca also runs events and retreats. Her qualifications include Counselling, Gottman Relationship Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Theory, Attachment-based Therapy, Somatic Sex Education and is trauma informed.
She is a registered member of the Australian Counselling Association and President of Somatic Sex Educators Association of Australasia.
Outside of her work, Rebecca enjoys being in nature, dancing in the kitchen and spending quality time with loved ones. Her holistic approach ensures that every client she works with feels heard, understood, and empowered.
Appointment Type: Face to face and Online
Works with: Teens and Adults
Working Days: Tuesday
Appointment Type: Face to face and Online
Works with: Teens and Adults
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Appointment Type: Face to face and Online
Works with: Teens and Adults
Working Days: Monday to Saturday
Works with: Individuals and Couples
Working Days: Varies
Appointment Type: Face to face and Online
Works with: Individuals and Couples
Working Days: Varies
No, you don’t need a referral to make an appointment. Fill in the contact form below to make a booking. We’ll get back to you within 24 hours. Or call our Hub on (02) 4031 4241.
Yes, we currently offer telehealth appointments. Let us know your preference when making your booking so we can provide a link to the online appointment.
Our waiting period for new clients is only one week. As we have a growing team of counsellors, we’re able to fit in more clients, helping you access support sooner.
Individual counselling costs between $145-$220 per session. This is comparable to the Medicare gap you’d pay with most clinical psychologists.
Couples counselling costs between $170-$220 per session. This applies when couples see a therapist together or as individuals in the context of the relationship.
There is no cancellation fee if you notify us more than 24 hours before your appointment. If less than 24 hours’ notice is provided, you’ll be charged 50% of the appointment fee (unless it’s an emergency). Read our cancellation policy [link] for more information.
Give us a call on (02) 4031 4241 or email us to discover how our holistic approach to health and wellbeing can help you navigate whatever life throws at you.
ADDRESS: 9 Robert Street, Wickham
PHONE: (02) 4031 4241
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Mimi Bloom is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist who works with both adults and adolescents in a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, interpersonal and relational issues, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, social anxiety, bereavement, PTSD and trauma, domestic violence, addiction, OCD, and sexual abuse. She trained in the UK, completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), later following this with a Postgraduate Diploma in Hypnotherapy from the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy and Counselling. She has an interest in meditation and yoga, recognising how important the mind-body connection is to wellbeing and emotional health, and in this way likes to work holistically with clients. She is currently completing yoga-instructor training, and looks forward to being able to offer one-to-one yoga sessions, with a focus on the use of yoga for mental health and wellbeing, later this year.
Mimi Bloom grew up in Melbourne, Australia, but relocated to the UK to continue studies in opera and vocal performance. Having worked for a while as an opera singer, she retrained as a counsellor and undertook studies at the Manchester Counselling Training Centre and later at The University of Salford. Mimi moved to Newcastle at the beginning of 2022 from Manchester where she owned a successful private practice. She is excited to now be a part of Thrive Wellbeing.
At the heart of Mimi’s practice is the warm and genuine therapeutic relationship she achieves with her clients, which develops from the therapeutic conditions she offers; warmth and acceptance, a willingness to understand her clients from their point of view, and a commitment to be genuine and honest in all of her interactions. Although person-centred therapy is at the core of her practice, she also offers clients other modalities including CBT, Internal Family Systems (parts work), EFT (tapping), and hypnotherapy, often combining these to tailor a unique and individual way of working with each client.
Qualifications and training:
Toni is a counsellor, hypnotherapist, and EMDR therapist who specialises in treating anxiety, trauma and burnout.
Having graduated with a four-year degree in psychology, Toni has worked for more than 15 years in government, and non-government counselling roles, including 10 years of private practice.
Toni also holds diplomas in hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy, crisis management, and injury and illness prevention and management. She has completed comprehensive training in EMDR and is a member of The Australian Counselling Association and an Advanced Clinical Member of the Australian Hypnotherapy Association.
Toni facilitates workshops on promoting resilience and preventing burnout and is currently writing a book on this important subject.
She delivers two highly effective programs, in addition to her individual EMDR and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) work.
The first is her Accelerated EMDR program. Her clients have made profound, positive changes to their lives in just one week of longer, intensive EMDR sessions by reprocessing traumas, unhelpful beliefs and the difficult feelings that they trigger.
The result? The past tends to feel more distant and neutral, unhelpful beliefs and feelings are upgraded, and the person is able to live a more values-centred, satisfying life without those old blocks getting in the way of what matters most.
The other program that Toni delivers is called Stop Self Sabotage. This five-session program uses some of the most powerful tools in psychology, including hypnosis, to remove significant obstacles to achieving important life goals as well as to recover from burnout.
Toni is passionate about teaching the key to resilience and flourishing – to enhance a personal resource called Mindful Self-leadership. This asset enables people to live assertively and consciously according to their values and priorities.
When she’s not counselling, presenting and writing, Toni likes to play ukulele, hang with her husband and daughter (preferably at a beach) and stay as fit as possible.
Kylie Gallaher is the owner and principal therapist of Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Kylie is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Strategic Psychotherapist, Gordian Pillars Strategic Psychotherapist, and certified NLP practitioner.
Kylie is passionate about supporting a person’s journey to achieving real freedom from anxiety and anxiety related issues by offering truly empowering cognitive skill development and compassionate support along your journey.
She is motivated by the practical, effective and empowering nature of how Strategic Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnosis support real life changes rapidly. She believes the combination of a personalised strategic treatment plan and evidence-based knowledge are a strong partnership for an effective therapy experience.
Kylie has experience working with teens and adults of all ages who experience social and general anxiety, supporting them to be better versions of themselves as they move into adulthood, empowering them to make better decisions and experience the life they strive for.
Kylie has a special interest in the treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and has worked with children 9+ and adults with ARFID and other eating disorders. She has a lived experience with ARFID, which is at the heart of her special interest in the treatment of eating disorders and helping people improve their relationship and experiences with food and eating.
To support this, Kylie also has clinical training in eating disorder treatment in Australia and specialised treatment training in 4Rs Protocol, developed by UK Chartered Psychologist, Felix Economakis, who is acknowledged as one of the world’s most proficient SED/ARFID practitioners. She is also trained in Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Kylie is also completing certification in Gut Directed Hypnotherapy (completion October 2023) for the treatment of Tiers 1, 2 and 3 gut issues and conditions.
Qualifications and training: Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy, NLP Practitioner Certificate, 4Rs Protocol, Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, Coaching Resilience, Re-thinking Depression and Process-Oriented Hypnosis, Certified Gut-Directed Hypnotherapist (Oct 2023), Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) (March 2023), Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Gabrielle Lawrie has been a committed and passionate Relationship & Sex therapist for 14yrs who is highly recommended in our google reviews for creating a safe, non-judgemental environment where couples feel immediately at ease and understood, thus able to understand their partner or relationship issues in ways they haven’t before, which can bring enormous relief as they work to heal some of the following issues –
And she has worked with individuals in the following areas –
Alongside Gabrielle’s work in private practice she has also worked at Relationships Australia as a workshop facilitator running groups like Parenting after separation, Men & Relationships, Self-esteem & Communication, Women, Choice and Change (DV recovery) and as a health promotion officer at ACON LGBTI health, Lifeline as a suicide prevention counsellor, in High schools running Healthy Relationship skills programs for teens, facilitated workshops at Newcastle university for Sexual Health weeks and she does regular radio segments on Relationship and Sex Therapy issues on Newcastle Live radio.com as she has done in the past for Got Your Back Sista.
On top of this Gabrielle gets plenty of healthy relationships skills practice with her lovely partner of ten years and their beautiful 4yr old and 7yr old boys, where they navigate how to parent with ADHD and ASD in the mix, which seems to bring comfort to other parents experiencing the same growth opportunities, whilst they still manage to go camping with friends, enjoy backyard BBQs around the pool with their extended family followed by weekend escapes with good bushwalks, books and board games.
Gabrielle has her Masters in Sexology from the university of Sydney (CBT, SFBT, Narrative therapy), followed by training in Gottman Couples therapy, Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Resource therapy.
Appointment type: Face to face
Works with: Individuals and couples
Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Catherine is a highly skilled and experienced counsellor and clinical supervisor. Her natural warmth, rapport and empathy along with her non-judgemental approach support her passion for helping people through change and difficult situations…. “I will work with you at your pace on your terms.”
Catherine provides treatment for trauma, stress management, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, grief and loss, adverse childhood experiences, eating disorders, drug and alcohol dependency, gambling, compulsive shopping, relationship difficulties, anger management, low self worth, lack of self confidence, trust issues.
The initial session with Catherine will focus on getting to know you, understand your situation and explore how you got to be the way you are…. « Let’s find out what has happened to you. »
In subsequent sessions Catherine will focus on underlying negative beliefs and experiences that are causing you distress. When you feel ready she will guide you very safely through proven therapeutic processes to clear, heal and restore your sense of confidence and wellbeing.
“Trauma, distress and imbalance sit in the body as well as the mind and brain. It is essential to work on all levels simultaneously to change thought patterns, neural pathways and behaviours.”
Catherine uses Resource Therapy and EMDR, two psychodynamic therapies that support the mind/brain in activating its natural healing process. All Catherine’s work is supported with mindfulness, relaxation practices and positive resourcing.
« If you want to make changes in your life, if you are sick of feeling anxious, depressed, uncertain, dissatisfied, addicted – if life feels overwhelming – come and talk about it and together we will explore what you really want, what is stopping you, and how to make progress towards your needs and goals. What are you ready to change today?”
Catherine is a mother, grandmother, artist, teacher, yogi, lover of nature, loyal friend.
Appointment type: face to face and online
Works with: individuals, couples, teenagers
Working days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Qualifications and training: Bachelor Communications, Grad Dip Education, Grad Dip Counselling, Clinical supervision, Clinical Resource Therapy, Advanced EMDR, Attachment Focussed EMDR, Imago Couples Therapy, Emotional Freedom Therapy, Hatha Yoga and Meditation Instructor.
Registered member: ACA Level 2, EMDRAA
