Paige Louise | Counselling + Somatic Support

SELF-AWARE ≠ UNSTUCK ✦ KNOWING ISN’T ALWAYS SHIFTING ✦ HUMANS ARE COMPLICATED ✦ WE CAN WORK WITH THAT ✦ SELF-AWARE ≠ UNSTUCK ✦ KNOWING ISN’T ALWAYS SHIFTING ✦ HUMANS ARE COMPLICATED ✦ WE CAN WORK WITH THAT ✦

you know some of your shit, right?

02 / You already know a lot about yourself.

Maybe you could explain your attachment style to a stranger at the pub.

(Weird - but, me too.)

Maybe you’ve done therapy. Coaching. Read the books. Listened to the podcasts.

And yet, there can be a huge gap between understanding a pattern and actually being able to do something different when that pattern gets activated.

That gap? That’s the part I’m interested in. Not because I have some magic answer — but because understanding yourself and actually feeling different can be two very different things.

03 / We can talk, sure.

But we don’t have to stay in your head.

Talking matters. Understanding yourself matters - it does.

But sometimes you’ve understood something sixteen different ways and you’re still having the same fucking reaction.

Alongside counselling, I draw on somatic approaches to help us get curious about what happens beyond the story — the sensations, emotions and automatic responses that can show up before you’ve even had a chance to think. We go at your pace, and you always have a say in what we explore.

A note from someone who’s done the work

“In the 30+ years that I’ve been seeing psychologists, therapists and counsellors, Paige has been the perfect fit for me.”

“Her somatic work makes her different…”

Excerpt from a Google review · 1:1 client

04 / CONTRADICTIONS

There’s room for all of it here.

both can be true.

Love someone and be fucking furious with them.
Know you’re lucky and still struggle.
Want to change and really, really not want to.
Know better and not always do better.

I’m not interested in squeezing you into a neat little box or deciding which version of you is the “right” one.

Humans are complicated.
We can work with that.

05 / Hi, I’m Paige.

Qualified counsellor.
Writer. Chronic
question-asker.

and fellow complicated human.

I’m not going to sit silently across from you, nod occasionally and ask, “And how does that make you feel?” for an hour.

I’ll ask questions. I’ll notice patterns. I might gently point out the thing you just said that completely contradicts what you told me five minutes ago. And if I get something wrong? You can tell me. We’ll get curious about that, too.

We might talk. We might slow something right down. We might laugh. You might cry. (You can absolutely swear.) There’s no pressure to have some huge breakthrough every time we meet.

You don’t need to perform or pretend in any way, shape or form.

Just come exactly as you are. Bring what’s actually there.

What it feels like
in the room

“I never feel judged and her presence makes me feel safe enough to get really vulnerable.”

“The mixture of her talk therapy and somatic practice is extremely effective.”

Excerpt from a Google review · 1:1 client

06 / Sessions

Let’s getinto it.

Online 1:1 counselling + somatic support

60 mins · $150

Available Australia-wide.

You don’t need to know exactly what you want to work on before you start.

We can explore what’s happening, what matters to you and what might help — together. No perfect words, no performance, no pressure to have it all figured out.

Book a session →

You can be self-aware and still feel completely fucking stuck.

Maybe you could explain your attachment style to a stranger at the pub.

But we don’t have to stay in your head.

There’s room for all of it here.

Qualified counsellor.
Writer. Chronic
question-asker.

Let’s getinto it.

You don’t need another thing to overthink.

Maybe you could explain your attachment style to a stranger at the pub.

But we don’t have to stay in your head.

There’s room for all of it here.

Qualified counsellor. Writer. Chronic question-asker.

Let’s getinto it.

You don’t need another thing to overthink.

Qualified counsellor.
Writer. Chronic
question-asker.