Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
“Helping you to reach a state of health where you are free from limitations and able to go out and achieve your life purpose.”
- Michelle Hookham
It helps to talk
We can all experience feelings of distress at times. Often this can resolve by tapping into our own coping strategies and individual support systems. At other times, we just need to talk to someone who can help us connect with the underlying cause of what is wrong and find a way back to our own sense of balance.
Michelle is a Credentialed mental health nurse and has 25 years’ experience working in mental health services. She brings a diverse range of therapeutic skills to every consultation and has a strong reputation for supporting young people and adults in crisis.
Mental health consultations are one hour and usually 1 – 2 weekly initially and then as needed.
Michelle helps people who:
- Have a diagnosed mental illness
- Are feeling unsafe
- Are feeling sad or anxious
- Are experiencing emotional distress
- Need a mental health assessment
- Are stressed and can’t relax
- Have a history of trauma
- Are struggling with self-harm or addiction
- Don’t know where to turn
- Need coordination of care
- Are caring for people with any of the above.
Skills include:
- Problem solving
- Trauma-informed care
- Recovery-oriented practice
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programs
- Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
- Psychodynamic approaches
- Family Systems Therapy
- Care coordination
- Hearing Voices work
- Thinking Environment techniques
- Mindfulness
- Self-care
- Education about mental/emotional health
- Triage and assessment
- Time mapping
- Early intervention
- Relapse prevention
- Strengths-based approaches
- Integrated care with your other health professionals.
Become well, stay well
Michelle applies her diverse range of skills and adapts these intuitively to meet your needs in each session. It is Michelle’s experience that when people invest in their healthcare, work through challenges, get support as needed, learn how to detect early warning signs of relapse and apply interventions, mental/emotional health can flourish. People can become well and stay well and the need for hospital admissions and medication can significantly decrease.
If you would like more information or want to discuss how I can help, please give me a call on: 02 4577 4435
From The Client
“You’ve been a constant stabilising part of my life since I left hospital…you’ve been wonderful in helping me navigate my complicated start and help me on a course where I know that things can only get better…you’ve done so so much to help me make my life so much better than I would have ever imagined. I’m truly happy with how I have grown and how things have changed.”
“Thank you for all the support that you have shown me during the year. I appreciate your insights and wisdom. You have encouraged me and inspired me. I feel like you really listen and are always interested in my progress.”
