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Counselling grounded in clarity, care, and connection.

Welcome to Pivot Counselling & Training

At Pivot Counselling & Training, we offer counselling in a safe, respectful, and supportive environment where you can slow down and make sense of what you are experiencing.

We understand that reaching out can feel like a significant step, and our aim is to create a space where you feel heard, understood, and supported.

Whether you or a loved one are navigating anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, grief, or major life transitions, we work collaboratively with you to find a way forward that feels meaningful and supportive.

We are delighted to welcome you and hope this page gives you a sense of who we are, what we value, and how we may be able to support you.

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Anxiety, Stress & Trauma

Pivot Counselling is committed to walking with you as you deal with:

  • Ongoing anxiety or worry
  • Panic attacks
  • Social or performance anxiety
  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress
  • Difficulty switching off or relaxing
  • Stress, overwhelm, or burnout

Anxiety, stress, and trauma can affect the way a person thinks, feels, and moves through daily life. At times, the effects can be obvious and intense. At other times, they can sit quietly in the background, shaping how safe, settled, or steady a person feels.

Anxiety can show up in many ways such as, including persistent worry, physical tension, panic, difficulty sleeping, or a sense of being constantly on edge. For some of us, these experiences are also shaped by past or recent trauma, making it harder to feel settled, safe, or able to switch off.

Training and Professional Development

Pivot counselling provides a wealth of professional support for individuals facing a particular need, trauma or relationship issue. However, the best treatment may well be preparation, training us to be prepared for, aware of and able to grow before these events occur.

Individual and personal Training can play an important role in strengthening insight, building practical skills, and supporting healthier ways of relating, working, and responding to challenge. At Pivot training we offer a growth and resilience training that is thoughtful, engaging, and grounded in both professional experience and real-world application.

Our training can be tailored to a range of settings; workplaces, schools, community organisations, and practitioner groups.

This training may build you and your team in:

  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Communication and relational health
  • Psychosocial education
  • Workplace well-being and team functioning
  • Professional development for therapists and helping professionals
Training and professional development

Supervision

Pivot Training Supervision offers a reflective and professionally supportive space for practitioners to engage carefully with their professional practice, their clients, and themselves in the midst of practice. It can help strengthen clinical insight, ethical awareness, resilience, and clarity, while also supporting sustainable and responsible care. Professional bodies such as PACFA and ACA frame supervision as a collaborative process that supports practice, professional development, and practitioner wellbeing. Pivot training provides supervision that meets these professional accreditation requirements.

At Pivot, supervision may be offered in individual or group formats and can be shaped to suit counsellors, helping professionals, team leaders, and those working in pastoral or organisational settings. Depending on the context, supervision may focus on clinical work, reflective practice, professional identity, team dynamics, ethical decision-making, workplace pressures, or the relational and emotional demands of caregiving roles.

This may include support with:

  • Individual clinical supervision
  • Group supervision
  • Professional or workplace supervision
  • Pastoral supervision
  • Reflective practice and ethical decision-making
  • Sustaining practitioner wellbeing and professional growth
Supervision

Frequently Asked Questions

Your first session is a relaxed, confidential conversation where we get to know you and understand what you are hoping to work through. There is no pressure to share more than you are comfortable with, we move at your pace, and together we will map out a direction that feels right for you.

The number of sessions varies from person to person and depends on your goals, the nature of the concerns you bring, and your progress over time. Some people find that six to eight sessions meet their needs, while others benefit from a longer journey. We review this together regularly so you are always in the driver's seat.

Yes. Confidentiality is a cornerstone of our practice. What you share remains private, with only the narrow exceptions required by law, such as when there is an immediate risk of serious harm to you or another person. We will explain these limits clearly at the start of our work together so you can feel fully informed and safe.

Yes. We offer secure video and phone appointments for clients who prefer to meet from the comfort of their own space or who live outside the Adelaide area. Online sessions are conducted through an encrypted platform, and the quality of support you receive is the same as in person.

Pivot offers a range of professional development workshops and training programs for individuals, community groups, and organisations. Topics include mental health awareness, communication and resilience skills, and trauma-informed practice. Visit our Services or Events pages to see upcoming sessions, or get in touch to discuss a tailored program for your team.