Empowering women to find clarity, direction and purpose.
Welcome to Graceful Empowerment Counselling for Women
Is your life complex and demanding? Are you navigating the many roles, expectations and challenges women face? Do you want to reclaim your confidence and find clarity, direction and purpose?
Graceful Empowerment’s holistic and person-centred approach focuses on you. Through personalised and practical strategies you can explore physical, emotional and identity issues in a safe, supportive space.
Whether you’re seeking support to overcome challenges or achieve personal growth, we’re here to help.
Regain your confidence, feel empowered and fulfil your potential. You deserve to feel great; so take the next step today.
You’re in the driver’s seat.
We believe that you’re the expert in your own life. You’re empowered to make your own decisions and create your own solutions. We’ll guide you through the process and support you to achieve your plan.
SUPPORTING YOU
At Graceful Empowerment we listen to you and support you in achieving your goals to make positive changes in your life. We’ll work with you to create a plan to meet your unique needs.
HOLISTIC APPROACH
We use a holistic and person-centred approach for you to explore your thoughts and feelings to solve your problems using your strengths, skills and resources.
SAFE SPACE
We provide a safe and reassuring space that is non-judgemental and respectful, allowing you to feel validated and understood.
We offer in-person sessions on selected weekdays, or online sessions to fit your schedule in the convenience of your own home.
APPOINTMENTS ➜
Meet Hilary
Hilary brings a wealth of experience from 30 years in senior management roles in the public and private sectors. Her compassionate and supportive approach empowers women to connect with their direction, clarity and purpose. Having juggled relationship and family life, health issues, and aging parents, Hilary knows the physical, emotional and identity issues that women face. She works sensitively and collaboratively, providing tools to empower women to make positive changes and live richer, more meaningful lives.
Hilary has a Diploma of Counselling, a Bachelor of Business, and has also practised Reiki healing and Shiatsu Therapy. Hilary is a board member at Sandybeach Community Centre and volunteers with Griefline and Delta Therapy Dogs. She enjoys spending time with her family, and walking her dogs at the beach.
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Counselling is a form of talk therapy; it’s a two-way conversation between a counsellor and a client to make positive changes in the client’s life. The client can explore their thoughts and feelings to solve their problems using their strengths, skills and resources in a safe and supportive space.
Counselling helps individuals understand their issues, develop coping skills, and address problems constructively. Counsellors provide empathetic, non-judgmental guidance, to help clients manage emotions and thoughts effectively with practical tools and strategies.
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My approach is person-centred, solution-focused, and strengths-based. We will work on your goals and solutions together and look at where you are now, compared with where you aspire to be. Sessions may involve various methods such as conversation, mindfulness techniques, writing, using therapeutic cards, and completing worksheets.
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People benefit from speaking with someone impartial, non-judgmental and understanding, and someone who is not part of their family or friends group. Counselling provides a safe space to explore your thoughts and feelings, gain new perspectives, and receive practical tips. It helps clients understand themselves better and make choices that feel right for them.
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In our first session, I’ll get to know you and learn what brings you to counselling and hear about your perspectives and experiences. From there we can create goals around what we will work on together in our sessions, to ensure we stay focused on the right things for you.
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The number of counselling sessions you need will depend on your unique challenges and goals, and what you feel you need to effectively resolve them.
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Yes. Everything that you discuss in your counselling session is private and confidential. There are a few circumstances in which the counsellor will need to break confidentiality:
If you are at risk of seriously harming yourself or someone else.
If your counselling records have been requested by a court of law.
If another party or agency has requested your information and you have agreed and provided your written consent to this.
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I am unavailable outside working hours and Graceful Empowerment Counselling is not an emergency service. If you require immediate support, contact emergency services immediately:
Police, Fire or Ambulance - 000
Lifeline - 13 11 14
Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
Griefline 1300 845 745 (8am to 8pm: 7 days)
Reignite your spark and renew your journey to well-being and empowerment.
Contact us today.
Appointments via telehealth Australia-wide, or in person in South Melbourne.
To book an appointment go to the online bookings page, or contact Hilary by phone or email:
P: 0416 001 154
NOTE: As a counsellor, I work outside the Medicare system. This means you do not need a GP referral or a Mental Health Plan. My fees are generally lower or equivalent to the gap fee for most services that offer Medicare rebates.
