Professional
Counselling
Kathryn Pekin, BA Social Work, MA Art Therapy, Dip Family Therapy, Dip Psychotherapy, Cert Wellness Coaching, Cert Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Medicare Provider Rebates, NDIS approved
Specialist Trauma Counselling for Adults
Trauma lives not only in memories, but in the body, in patterns of protection, and in the quiet places where words don’t always reach. My work brings together trauma‑informed counselling and creative, expressive processes to help adults gently explore what feels overwhelming, stuck, or fragmented.
In this space, you’re invited to slow down, reconnect with your inner world, and work with your experiences in ways that feel safe and manageable. Sometimes that happens through conversation; sometimes through imagery, clay, symbol work, or reflective art processes that help express what’s hard to put into words.
My approach is steady, respectful, and collaborative. I support you to understand the protective parts of yourself, soften the impact of past experiences, and rebuild a sense of grounding, clarity, and self‑trust. Healing doesn’t mean pushing yourself — it means creating room for your nervous system to settle, for your story to be held with care, and for new possibilities to emerge.
A practice shaped by compassion and creativity
As both a counsellor and an artist, I believe healing and expression belong together. This includes therapeutic counselling modalities, such as EMDR, CBT, Wellness Coaching, Psychotherapy and Art Therapy.
Some of the modalities offered in Counselling
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Psychotherapy
Combination of evidence based therapeutic approaches:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness‑based strategies
Strengths based
Person‑centred counselling
Psychoeducation
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Art Therapy
Where creativity meets emotional wellbeing
Use of art mediums to facilitate access to the subconscious. Can facilitate an enhanced psychotherapeutic experience and used in conjunction with EMDR.
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy.
A gentle therapeutic approach aimed at processing stuck traumatic memories. Bi-lateral stimulation utlising side to side eye movements helps our brains reprocess memories so that they lose its strong emotional charge. Helpful for PTSD, CPTSD. childhood trauma.
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Somatic therapies
Our bodies hold stress and trauma, gentle strategies to calm our nervous system so that we can better manage anxiety or pull ourselves out of a low mood or ‘shutdown”.
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Wellness Coaching
Collaborative goal setting around developing healthier habits and routines. An exploration of strengths, values and beliefs to enhance confidence and self worth.
Medicare rebates available
NDIS Approved
Kathryn has worked for over 30 years as a social worker and counsellor in regional WA and Perth. She has specialist focus on trauma recovery, providing structured, evidence‑informed support for adults experiencing the psychological, emotional, and relational impacts of trauma. Her practice is grounded in contemporary trauma theory, neurobiological understanding, and a client‑centred therapeutic framework.
She works with individuals who have experienced single‑incident trauma, chronic developmental trauma, or complex trauma presentations. Her clinical approach emphasises stabilisation, safety, and the gradual integration of traumatic material, ensuring that each stage of therapy is paced appropriately and collaboratively.
Kathryn incorporates modalities consistent with trauma‑informed care, including cognitive and somatic strategies, grounding techniques, and reflective processing. She also offers creative therapeutic methods when clinically appropriate, supporting clients to access non‑verbal forms of meaning‑making and emotional regulation.
Clinical focus areas
Complex and developmental trauma
Childhood abuse and neglect
Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse
Family violence and relational trauma
Trauma-related anxiety, hypervigilance, and dissociation
Grief, loss, and traumatic stress responses
Therapeutic approach
Trauma‑informed, phase‑based counselling
Emphasis on stabilisation, safety, and symptom regulation
Evidence‑aligned interventions for trauma processing
Collaborative treatment planning and clear therapeutic boundaries
Integration of creative modalities when clinically indicated
About Kathryn
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