About Jeorge
I am passionate about empowering others to open to an expanded sense of possibility within themselves and in the world they live in.
While studying fine arts in my early twenties, I developed a deep interest in how the creative process can serve as a pathway to self-awareness, healing, and transformation. Drawn to Jungian psychology, I began exploring the unconscious through art, dreams, and psychodrama.
This creative and transpersonal approach has also supported me through my own physical and mental health challenges, deepening a lifelong trust in the body’s innate capacity to heal, grow, and transform unconscious and self-defeating patterns into greater awareness and wholeness.
Looking to give context, grounding and meaning to my intuitive healing process, I completed a Diploma in Transpersonal Art therapy at the IKON institute, followed by a bachelor degree in counselling at Notre Dame University.
To further refine and deepen the full embodied therapeutic experience for my clients, I then undertook four years of training to become a Certified Hakomi Somatic psychotherapist.
My training and experience as a therapist, and my implicit belief in the healing process, enables me to hold a safe and liberating space for my clients to navigate and transform through their own personal challenges with confidence.
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“My work as a therapist has become a rich and meaningful expression of gratitude. However this is only sustained by an ongoing commitment to my own inward exploration and personal development.
I believe that this is an integral requirement for those who have the privilege of holding a therapeutic space for another.”
Jeorge’s professional qualifications & experience
Qualifications
Certified Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapist (Hakomi Institute. USA)
Bachelor of Counselling (University of Notre Dame. WA)
Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy (IKON Institute Australia. WA)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training including areas in trauma, anxiety, depression & adolescence
Certified Meditation & Mindfulness teacher (Perth meditation centre)
Expressive therapies in art, sandtray, symbols & movement
Cert. in Alternative to Violence Program (AVP)
Cert. in MDMA for PTSD Psychedelic Assisted therapy (MAPS /Monash University)
Cert. Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (Mind Medicine Australia)
Cert. Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (Wild-Mind)
Professional experience
Professional experience:
Extensive experience as a Senior Counsellor at a major health service organisation that supports people with chronic health and neurological conditions providing: counselling, somatic psychotherapy, peer supervision and facilitation & development of groups
Private counselling practice with individuals, couples and group facilitation
Group & workshop development and facilitation:
Therapeutic groups for people with chronic health conditions (incorporating somatic approaches)
Mindfulness and meditation groups for both clients and health professionals
Wellness weekend retreats
Anxiety and depression workshops incorporating Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) principles
Dream groups - lucid and collective dreaming exploring symbology, meaning, guidance and integration
Internal family systems - experiential using sand tray symbols and somatic experience
Art therapy - body dialogue, focusing and transpersonal psychology
Alternative to violence program (AVP) - co facilitator for programs held in schools, community and prisons
Professional affiliations
Level 4 ACA Member
