Progressive Process

I'm so immensely grateful that I stumbled upon Lydia, let alone as early as I did in my private practice journey.

She's been a pillar of knowledge, thoughtfulness, and professionalism and the only thing I value more than the obvious depth of that wisdom is her unwillingness to share it outright! She consistently asks me questions to stretch my knowledge and explore my understanding when I'm sure she could be responding with directive answers and solutions, and I'm so, so grateful for the care she puts into your work.

Working with her has been invaluable for my growth and practice, and I hope she takes immense pride in her skills and the value she provides to supervisees.

Lydia has been an amazing support for our daughter (11 years old). She was able to build a wonderful rapport with our daughter so that she could develop a trusting relationship with her and get access to parts of her not many would. Our daughter really values her space with Lydia. It’s safe and flexible. She accommodates her needs with the right sensory tools to help with getting the most out of the session and seems very creative in her approach, something which our daughter responds to well. Lydia has an amazing approach to the really sticky topics of our life and helps her to process these in a safe manner. We have not been short on adverse life events, and Lydia became an amazing part of our support system. She skilfully catered for her needs through working on these individually and collaborating with us parents at times when appropriate. We can see a positive shift in our daughter’s self-awareness, thinking and self-confidence. Thank you Lydia.

My husband and I started couples therapy around 6 months ago and the sessions with Lydia have had a positive impact on all relationships in my life, including the one to myself. I highly value that she equally connected with both of us, never judges or takes sides. I feel like she puts in a lot of thought to adapt the sessions to our situation and needs rather than of following a universal plan. She also provides us with reflection sheets which allows us to work outside the sessions and get even more out of them.

Our sessions are online, which is great because it gives us the chance to sit together after the sessions and keep talking as a couple. I was positively surprised how well online session work because my idea of therapy was always that you have to be in the same room or lay on a couch. Despite the physical distance, Lydia has built a very trusting and profound relationship for which I am very thankful for.

I have had online supervision sessions with Lydia and I am happy to say that, She is very a approachable and genuine counsellor. She is also professional and experienced in terms of boundaries, diversity issues, ethical considerations ,legal considerations
regulatory considerations. Lydia did not just focus on case management approaches, but also concentrated on my work as future counsellor. This was an opportunity for me to reflect on my work and seek feedback. Overall I am satisfied with the sessions.

Lydia has created a supervisory environment that is supportive and authentic. As my supervisor, she has been instrumental in building my own reflective practice as a clinician which has increased my own confidence and clinical competence as a psychotherapist. I would highly recommend Lydia without hesitation to anyone in need of her services.

I have been receiving clinical supervision from Lydia for the past 18 months and highly recommend her. She is extremely knowledgeable in many areas of mental health practice and I believe my counselling skills have grown since seeing her. She provides a gentle, safe space for me to explore complex issues, which in turn helps me to feel more confident and supported in my work. Regular supervision sessions with Lydia is one of the best decisions I have made as a mental health practitioner.
J Trimboli

lydia has really helped me begin to move forward by helping me understand how i contributed to the aspects of my life i didn’t like. since i last saw her i’ve started setting boundaries with the ppl in my life, not quite perfect yet but i’m getting there. ive also started communicating with my family more and i think it’s rlly helping us grow together and learn to be better, slow progress but still very noticeable progress. A big thank you to her for all her help guiding me in the right direction, it really means a lot to me <3

Lydia has provided me professional counselling and psychotherapy supervision for a year. She has a great understanding of the therapeutic process, she asks great questions, and always provided a new and fresh perspective. Lydia has a natural exuberance and caring energy that feels very warm to be around.

Lydia is a supportive therapist who has walked gently alongside my healing journey. She listens emphatically, and provides clarity and guidance in spaces that can be hard to see and be in.

I have been working with Lydia for a number of years both as a therapist and a supervisor. Lydia by nature is calm, supportive, encouraging and my experience working with her has always been positive. Highly recommend

I have been meeting with Lydia every two to three weeks for around nine months now and continue to find the process to be excellent value and very beneficial. Lydia's gentle, kind presence and clear insight have helped me to genuinely move beyond things I was 'stuck on' for many years, and I am able to put into practice things that I've known for a long time I needed to do, but couldn't find it in me to do them. Not that this was my major goal in therapy, but I have landed a dream job and am working full time for pretty much the first time in my life. This has been a major unexpected benefit!

I experienced Lydia as someone who walked alongside me, providing a supportive environment, creating a safe space for the sharing of my personal and professional stories. Lydia cultivated a collaborative therapeutic alliance with me, fostering an authentic sense of trust between us. Aiming to provide insight and awareness of myself, Lydia introduce concepts, leading to practical enhanced coping skills; with the goal to empower me to cope more effectively and sustainably personally and professionally.

I went to Lydia for almost two years and I definitely felt like I grew up with her. I still remember how afraid I was for our first session. However after our first day, I felt a lot of weight taken off my shoulders and it was only the beginning. Lydia really knows how to make someone comfortable. She is an extremely kind and thoughtful person I’ve met and it’s safe to say I see her not only as a therapist but as an excellent teacher. Throughout each session I would always feel relief and did not have to worry about being judged.

I cannot thank her enough for all that she has done for me and for providing me with the correct counseling and guidance throughout the time I saw her. Thank you, Lydia.

So pleased I found Lydia, I'm so grateful for our conversations and the new ideas she has helped generate. She's been willing to talk about the hypotheticals and philosophically and then bring it all back to how i work and the cases I bring, and I really appreciate her flexibility in whatever direction I end up going.
I feel very lucky finding a supervisor who's interested in my growth as a professional, and not just what techniques I use with someone, and I'm excited to see what direction we'll go in next!

My weekly sessions with Lydia have become of great importance to me. Each session feels like the starting place for great positive change for the week to come. I have felt very held with care and guided in wisdom, through new understandings of myself. I highly recommend Lydia if you are looking to be understood, heard and helped.
Thank you Lydia for all your help🙏

Lydia has been extremely helpful to me both personally and professionally through her existential approach. She is keenly insightful and skillful in her practice and is unfailingly kind and trustworthy. I have felt safe, supported, challenged and encouraged to grow. I am extremely grateful to her!

Since a couple of month Lydia is my supervisor and I can say Lydia is amazing. Lydia is competent , shares her insights and tools in a wonderful way with me .It is such an true highlight to have Lydias supervision as I feel as (gestalt) psychotherapist you often work alone and to share my thoughts with Lydia is just so nurturing. For me personally it is perfect that Lydia is existential psychotherapist and so we think/feel often in the similar direction because I study as well logo therapy where also all is about meaning. I can recommend Lydia from the bottom of my heart as supervisor. I always feel enriched after my supervision with insights ,tools and a broader perspective. Thank you Lydia!

Lydia have been my Supervisor for the last year. She is amazing in providing professional advice on how to tackle counselling strategies in a different perspective. She’s able to offer me valuable guidance as I am new to this line of work. Her beautiful personality resonates through even with online supervision. I have build a strong foundation of confidence ever since I started being supervised by Lydia.

I have been seeing Lydia for clinical supervision for approx 1.5 years and i highly recommend her!

She has great insight and helps me to recognize my skills the different ways that I can best approach my work.
Additionally she is always kind and thoughtful when providing feedback and I never feel like she is ignoring my feelings or insights when we have a different view on something (even though she has much more practical experience than I do).

Lydia is also very flexible when it comes to setting appointments. I live in Victoria so this can be tricky - our sessions are always via skype and need to contend with time zones (including daylight savings) and when I get home from work.
Lydia is always cognizant of the time difference, and if our normal time is unavailable she works with me to choose a time that is not too late etc.

Lydia provides me high quality supervision for my Child Centred Play Therapy practices.

I have experienced a variety of sessions where I have been well prepared and Lydia’s supervisory experiences have really guided my own practices through her supportive ideas and delivery plans for future sessions.
I have also had sessions where I haven’t been quite so prepared, these sessions have equally brought huge areas of personal and professional growth for me.
Lydia provides honest, concise, expert support which has really suited my own learning style, I have no hesitations in asking for clinical help and support as she is incredibly approachable.

I see continued growth via supervision with Lydia, my hope is I get to have this experience for many years to come.