Michele Kirschstein (they/she)

Using an affirming, intersectional, collaborative and non-judgemental approach, I will support you to explore and make sense of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and their impact. I will help you figure out how to move forward in a way that feels right for you, and leave you with the confidence and ability to make use of inner resources and external tools when therapy ends.  

I work with people on a variety of issues and welcome enquiries from everyone. Some of the areas I have a particular interest in include:

• relationships (monogamous and non-monogamous; friends, family, partners and colleagues)
• identity exploration (gender, sexuality, race, culture, heritage, neurodivergence, sense of self)
• adult and childhood trauma (emotional neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, gaslighting)
• life transitions (loss, parenthood, career change, health diagnoses)

I also have experience working with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, family dynamics, coping with stress and self-acceptance.  

I actively understand that different identities and lived experience will shape how we experience the world and my approach considers the impact of systemic oppression on emotional, physical and mental wellbeing. I trust and value your lived experiences and the understanding you make of it and will always work in a consent-led, non-pathologising, identity affirming, and trauma informed way.