Blue Jay Counselling
When something feels off but you can't quite name it - and the things you've tried aren't shifting it.
Relationship & Trauma Counselling for individuals and couples | Aberglasslyn, Hunter Valley & online across Australia.
Does this sound familiar?
You keep having the same argument with your partner and nothing resolves. Or you're snapping at the people closest to you and you don't know why. Maybe you're holding it together on the outside but something feels flat, heavy, or just off - and has for a while now. You've tried to talk it through, think it through, and push through. You've read the books, blogs and listened to the podcasts. You've tried to build better habits, but something still isn't shifting.
That's usually because what's driving it isn't on the surface. The way you react in conflict, the things that trigger you, the distance you feel - most of that was shaped long before this relationship or this moment.
People I work with start to notice changes in ordinary moments. They don't spiral for three days after a disagreement, they say what they need without shutting down. Things that used to derail them just don't land in the same way anymore. They feel like themselves again - and that changes everything around them too.
What working together looks like
Individual Therapy
You might feel overwhelmed, stuck in loops of thinking, or unsure why you keep ending up in the same place.
Maybe you're functioning fine on the outside but something still feels off.
Individual therapy is a space to slow things down and start making sense of what's driving it - not just what's happening, but why it keeps happening. As that becomes clearer, lasting change is possible.
Couples Therapy
You're having the same fight on repeat, or you've stopped fighting and just gone quiet. Either way, something between you has changed and you can't seem to get back to each other.
Couples therapy isn't about picking sides or figuring out who's wrong. It's about seeing the pattern you're both caught in - and learning how to step out of it together.
When that shifts, closeness and trust can start to return.
Eye Movement Therapy
Some experiences stay held in the body and mind long after they've passed.
You might not think about them often, but they still shape how you react, what you avoid, and how safe you feel.
EMIT helps the brain and body process what hasn't fully settled - supporting you to move forward without being pulled back.
People often feel lighter, less reactive, and more like themselves after just a few sessions.
Meet Skye Welbourne
I came to this work through lived experience, and it gave me a deep belief in what's possible when someone is ready to look underneath the surface.
I believe people are capable of far more than they give themselves credit for. Every person who walks through the door already has what they need. My job is to help them find it - to understand what's been driving the patterns, so they can start to do something different going forward.
The answers are usually already there. Sometimes you just need the right space to find them.
Find more about how I work here.