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You may be feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted or like you’ve been carrying too much for too long.

Perhaps your child is struggling with anxiety, school stress, emotional outbursts, shutdown or masking deeper feelings beneath humour, avoidance or behaviour.

I offer one-on-one counselling and psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults in-person in Torquay and online.

Together, we create a compassionate and grounded space to slow down, explore what may be happening beneath the surface, and support greater emotional wellbeing, understanding and connection.

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Compassionate Counselling
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for those seeking support, healing and deeper self-understanding.

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You are more than a diagnosis, behaviour, wound or survival pattern.

This is a compassionate and non-pathologising space to explore what may sit beneath the overwhelm, pain, disconnection, outbursts or protective layers.

MY APPROACH

I meet you exactly where you are and walk alongside you in a way that feels safe, compassionate and without judgement.

My approach is trauma-informed and non-pathologising. Rather than focusing only on symptoms or what is “wrong,” we take time to understand your unique experience, listening to emotions, behaviours, stress responses and life challenges with care and curiosity.

I support adults navigating challenges such as anxiety, emotional overwhelm, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, self-worth struggles, emotional exhaustion and major life transitions.

I also work with children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, school stress, emotional outbursts, shutdown, friendship difficulties, behavioural challenges, low self-esteem and difficulty expressing or regulating emotions.

Sessions are grounded in relational psychotherapy and draw from approaches including Process-Oriented Psychology, parts-based work, somatic (body-based) awareness, and creative approaches that support emotional expression, reflection and self-understanding.

I also have experience supporting more complex and sensitive experiences including trauma, self-harm, phobias, eating disorders, addiction, and the impact of difficult or unsafe environments.

This way of working supports greater emotional wellbeing, healthier relationships, improved coping, and a stronger, more connected sense of self.

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SERVICES OFFERED

Counselling & Psychotherapy 1:1

Child & Adolescent Support

Parent Support & Family Guidance

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About

ABOUT NICOLE DICKMANN

Compassionate support for life’s challenges, emotional wellbeing and deeper self-understanding

I am passionate about supporting people in navigating anxiety, overwhelm, emotional pain, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties and the complexities of being human.

As a Holistic Counsellor and Psychotherapist, I offer a grounded, compassionate and non-pathologising approach that helps people feel safely supported, deeply heard and better able to understand themselves beneath the overwhelm, protective patterns and life experiences they may be carrying.

Together we create space for greater self-awareness, emotional wellbeing, healing and connection.

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What Clients are Saying:

Ruth.S - NSW

"I often read Testimonials and go, “Oh yeah, really?”However, what came up in my session with Nicole was totally unexpected:Nicole’s acute observations of my words and body enabled her to gently and skilfully unearth an issue that I had long buried. The process she led me in uncovered trauma that I had considered insignificant and allowed me to release it in a very safe and powerfully visceral way.I now feel clear and settled, with more flow in my body, and a deep sense of assuredness that “I’m Ok”, coming from my heart, rather than my head. I have the knowing that I can not only feel and be authentic in myself but am able to act with respectful authenticity in my interactions with others, and especially, in having clear personal boundaries. I truly do feel a sense of ongoing freedom after my session with Nicole. Deepest Gratitude."

Recent Articles

What My Clients Are Teaching Me as a Psychotherapist

For a long time, my work and studies explored trauma, emotional pain, transformation, and the deeper patterns moving beneath human behaviour. I was deeply drawn to understanding people’s wounds, their suffering, and the ways painful experiences shape the nervous system, relationships, identity, and sense of self. And while those explorations still quietly live within me, something in my work has softened over time. Or perhaps… grounded. These days, I find myself less focused

The Inner Critic: The Quiet Violence We Learn to Live With

Most of us know the voice. The one that tells you to be smaller. Quieter. Better. The one that whispers you’re not enough or you’re too much or you should have known better. It can feel like a constant commentary on your worth, tightening around your chest before you even realise it’s there. We don’t often talk about the violence of that voice, because honestly, most of us don’t recognise it as abuse. We hear it and assume it’s just part of who we are. We think it’s always be

Dreaming Ourselves Awake: How Paul Levy’s Workshop Changed How I See the World

A personal reflection on Paul Levy’s “Dreaming Ourselves Awake” workshop, exploring Wetiko, the unconscious, and my holographic bubble model for seeing ourselves and the world. An invitation to bring light to shadow and dream a new reality awake.

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Compassionate Counselling
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