What is Holistic Counselling?
What Is Holistic Counselling? A Whole-Person Approach to Healing and Wellbeing
At Signs of Abundance, holistic counselling is more than just talking about your problems — it’s about understanding you as a complete person. This means exploring not only your emotions and thoughts but also your physical health, relationships, life challenges, values, and even your sense of purpose. Holistic counselling looks at how all these parts connect and impact your overall wellbeing, helping you find balance, clarity, and lasting emotional healing.
What Makes Holistic Counselling Different?
Traditional counselling often focuses on specific issues or symptoms, such as anxiety or depression. Holistic counselling takes a broader view. It recognises that your mental, emotional, physical, social, and even spiritual aspects are all intertwined. For example, stress at work might affect your sleep, which then impacts your mood and relationships. By understanding these connections, holistic counselling supports healing in a much deeper and lasting way.
Imagine you’re feeling anxious. A traditional approach might focus on managing the anxiety symptoms. Holistic counselling would explore what’s going on in your life that’s contributing to that anxiety — maybe relationship challenges, unhealthy lifestyle habits, or feeling disconnected from your purpose. You work together with your counsellor to create practical, tailored strategies that support your whole self.
Who Can Benefit from Holistic Counselling?
Holistic counselling is ideal for anyone wanting to improve their emotional and mental wellbeing or navigate life’s challenges with more resilience. This includes people dealing with:
Anxiety and stress
Grief, loss, and trauma
Life transitions and uncertainty
Low self-esteem and confidence issues
Bullying
Relationship difficulties
Feeling stuck or overwhelmed
It’s especially helpful if you want to understand yourself better, heal old wounds, and build a more balanced and fulfilling life.
How Does Holistic Counselling Work?
During sessions, you’ll be supported to explore what you’re experiencing at your own pace. The counsellor uses a variety of approaches tailored to you, such as person-centred therapy, cognitive-behavioural techniques (CBT), mindfulness, and sometimes elements from other therapies like Gestalt or narrative therapy. The focus is always on your strengths and values, empowering you to make meaningful change.
For example, if you’re struggling with grief, holistic counselling might involve exploring your feelings deeply, learning healthy ways to express and release emotions, setting goals for moving forward, and developing new self-care habits like mindfulness or creative journaling.
What to Expect in a Session?
Your first session starts with a free 30-minute consultation to understand your needs and goals. After that, sessions are usually 60 minutes long. In these sessions, you’ll feel heard and supported in a compassionate, non-judgmental space. Your counsellor will guide you gently to discover insights about yourself and develop practical tools for healing.
You don’t need to prepare anything or have all the answers before coming — it’s all about what feels right for you in the moment.
Why Choose Holistic Counselling at Signs of Abundance?
Whole-person care: We focus on your emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
Tailored approach: Counselling is personalised to your unique needs and goals.
Supportive and compassionate: You’ll be listened to with empathy and respect.
Flexible delivery: Sessions available in person in Palm Cove, Cairns, or online across Australia.
Affordable options: Special rates for students, pensioners, and adolescents.
Tara is a clinical member of AHHCA and keeps up with all of her supervision and membership requirements.
Tara also has a Masters in Counselling with Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)
Tara is also a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and keeps up with all of the supervision and membership requirements.
Tara is also a clinical hypnotherapist if your session requires integration with hypnosis techniques and keeps up with all of the policies and regulations for hypnotherapy.
Tara is also a meditation, intuition and mindfulness teacher, helping you in trusting and believing in the power of your spirit within and incorporating mindfulness into your routines and choices
Tara is also a spiritual guide with over 15 years experience in guiding clients to their inner child, in-utero or past lives. If spiritual guidance of inner child healing or in-utero is required, it may take longer than the typical 60 minute session.
Tara is also a Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner, Level 2, trained by renowned, Delores Cannon and trained in Past Life Therapy. QHHT or past life therapy is a completely separate session from 2 hours to 5 hours.
Tara is an Akashic Records Intuitive Guide and Healer. These sessions are separate to holistic counselling but like past life regression hypnosis or therapy, these can compliment your holistic counselling journey.
Tara is also a Kundalini Yoga and Hatha Yoga Teacher and sometimes, may incorporate yoga principles into your sessions.
If you are not sure about whether holistic counselling or traditional counselling is for you, you can read this article here on the difference between holistic counselling and counselling here.
Here is a real life example of holistic counselling at play:
Real-Life Example
A client came to holistic counselling feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and disconnected from herself. Together, we explored how her stressful job, poor sleep habits, and unresolved grief were affecting her. Through counselling, she learned to set healthy boundaries at work, practice relaxation techniques, and gently process her grief. Over time, she found more balance, regained her confidence, and felt more in control of her life.
Holistic counselling offers a path to healing that honours your whole self — mind, body, heart, and spirit. If you’re ready to explore, heal, and grow in a supportive space, I invite you to book your free 30-minute intake session and begin your journey toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Book Your Free Holistic Counselling Introduction
Your first visit begins with a complimentary 30-minute introduction. There is no obligation to continue.
Choose your free 30-minute introduction:
Your First Holistic Counselling Session
If you would prefer to begin with a full counselling session, you can book a 90-minute first visit. The first 30 minutes are complimentary, so you only pay for a 60-minute session.
Adults: $111Students, pensioners & adolescents: $90
In Person – Palm Cove, Cairns Northern Beaches
Online – Telehealth
The discounted $90 rate for students, pensioners and adolescents can be selected when booking, where available.
After Your First Visit
Once you have completed your first visit, all ongoing Holistic Counselling sessions are 60 minutes.
Adults: $111 per 60-minute sessionStudents, pensioners & adolescents: $90 per 60-minute session
There is no obligation to continue after your free introduction. If you decide Holistic Counselling is right for you, you can book ongoing 60-minute sessions with Tara J Clarke.
Book your free session today — in person at Palm Cove or online anywhere in Australia.
For more information or to book, contact Tara J Clarke at Signs of Abundance:
Phone/Text/WhatsApp: 0481 33 6666
Email: tara@signsofabundance.com.au
Experience counselling that sees you as a whole person, supporting your unique journey of healing and growth. If you would like to learn more about what is the difference between holistic counselling and traditional counselling, go to this link here
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