Counselling with Nikki Grae
A confidential space to make sense of what you are carrying — and to find a way forward you can actually live with.
Compassionate, evidence-based counselling for privately funded clients and NDIS participants, delivered securely online from wherever you are in Australia.
View Appointments & Fees Not sure counselling is right?A space to say the things you have been carrying alone
Counselling gives you a confidential hour to put words to what is going on — the grief, the anxiety, the relationship strain, the burnout, the decision you cannot seem to make. We talk it through together, and I help you find language for it and a way forward that fits your life.
I am Nikki Grae, an internationally accredited counsellor, clinical hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and coach. I work with individuals across Australia and have supported people through some of the hardest chapters of their lives, including serious illness and loss. My approach is grounded in proven therapeutic methods and shaped around you rather than a fixed program.
There is no hypnosis unless you want it. Some people use counselling on its own; others use it alongside hypnotherapy when there is a story that needs telling before a pattern can change.
Best for making sense of something painful — recent or long-standing — and deciding what happens next.
Evidence-based techniques, blended to suit you
Rather than working from a single school of therapy, I draw on four established approaches and combine whichever fit what you are dealing with.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Best when unhelpful thoughts keep pulling you back to the same place.
Practical, structured strategies to identify the thought patterns driving how you feel — and to test, challenge and change them. Useful when you can see the loop you are stuck in but cannot get out of it on your own.
Mindfulness Practices
Best when your nervous system will not settle.
Techniques that help you steady your attention and your body — improving emotional regulation, easing stress and giving you something concrete to use between sessions rather than only in them.
Person-Centred Counselling
Best when you need to be genuinely heard, not managed.
Your experience, your values and your choices lead the work. My role is to hold a supportive, non-judgmental space and help you think clearly — not to tell you what your life should look like.
Trauma-Informed Approaches
Best when the past is still shaping the present.
Difficult experiences are approached with care, at your pace, and never by forcing you back through the detail. Safety and choice come first, so that healing does not cost you more than it gives.
What I can help you with
Anxiety management
Evidence-based techniques to understand what is driving your anxiety and to reduce its grip on your days and your sleep.
Grief and loss
Compassionate guidance through the parts of grief that do not follow a tidy order — including losses other people may not recognise.
Chronic and life-threatening illness
Support that strengthens emotional resilience, clarity and hope while you manage a serious or ongoing health condition.
NDIS counselling
Tailored support for NDIS participants, focused on mental wellbeing, daily living skills and building capacity over time.
Stress management
Mindfulness and CBT strategies to bring your stress response back to a level you can work with, rather than one that runs you.
Trauma recovery
Safe, respectful and paced approaches to healing from past experiences, with your sense of control kept firmly intact.
Supporting resilience through chronic and life-threatening illness
Serious illness carries a weight that is rarely only physical. Whether you are absorbing a new diagnosis, living with fluctuating symptoms, or dealing with the emotional side effects of treatment, counselling can help you navigate the anxiety, grief, uncertainty and loss of control that come with it.
This work blends CBT, mindfulness, trauma-informed and person-centred approaches, alongside hypnotherapy and NLP where they are useful, to help you rebuild resilience, rediscover hope and find a renewed sense of purpose.
- Tailored to serious illness — trauma-informed, creative and person-centred methods chosen for the emotional realities of long-term health conditions.
- Holistic and integrative — CBT, mindfulness, hypnotherapy and NLP combined to address the psychological layers illness brings with it.
- Led by an experienced practitioner — Nikki brings a compassionate, intuitive and strengths-based approach drawn from extensive work with life-threatening illness.
- Safe and empowering — a judgment-free online space where your emotional needs are met with empathy, clarity and professional guidance.
What to expect
You do not need to have it all worked out before your first session. You only need to be ready to start talking.
Book your first session
Choose a time that suits you and complete your booking online. Sessions run securely by telehealth, so all you need is a quiet space and an internet connection.
Talk it through
Your first session is about understanding what brought you here and what you would like to be different. Nothing is pushed, and nothing is off the table.
Work at your pace
Together we shape the approach around your goals, and adjust as we go. Some people need a handful of sessions; others prefer ongoing support.
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Take the next step towards wellbeing
Your path to a healthier, more balanced life begins with one conversation. Have a look at session times and fees, or explore the other ways I can help.
Book Your Session Explore How I Can HelpEvolve Wellness provides counselling, hypnotherapy and coaching services and does not offer medical diagnosis or treatment. Nothing on this page replaces advice from your doctor or mental health practitioner. Individual results vary.