alex quirk
supportive & explorative counselling

I’m Alex, a counsellor working together with people to create lasting change. My practice is grounded in the belief that our painful emotions and struggles offer us unique opportunities for growth, if we are willing turn towards them and listen. As such, I offer an explorative approach to therapy - one which invites you to deeply acquaint yourself with your inner world rather than to suppress it. This process requires courage, but in a trusting and safe relationship, it ultimately brings long-lasting transformation. ​

 

It is important to understand that the approach to counselling I offer differs significantly from dominant medical models of psychological care, which often prioritise symptom reduction techniques and, in doing so, can overlook the deeper dynamics causing your pain. My work invites a lessening of distress not through quick fixes, but as a naturally emerging outcome of the process of inner exploration and integration. The duration of your treatment is guided entirely by your needs, whether shorter or longer term counselling is required.

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I hold a Master of Counselling and am registered as a Certified Practicing Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). My academic research has explored the nature of spiritual meaning-making and experiences of self-transcendence in substance addiction recovery. The theoretical and philosophical interests informing my practice are broad, but are guided mainly by the psychodynamic, existential and humanistic traditions.