Wendy Eveleigh

Wendy EVELEIGH is a Registered Clinical Psychotherapist primarily providing long term therapy for complex trauma disorders, grief, loss, and bereavement. Wendy has been practicing in the therapy field since 1994 and is a clinical registrant of the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA – 21515). She is a PACFA approved Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor, and a clinical member of the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association (ANZMHA), the Australasian Association of Supervisors (AAOS), and a full member of EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA). Wendy is a clinical member of Grief Australia, and a Certified Bereavement Practitioner (CBP), with the Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement, and is recognised as an accredited Griefline counsellor & is qualified to provide Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy (PGDT).

Wendy is a trauma-informed professional, who has trained comprehensively in the field of trauma, and grief. These trainings include Somatic Experiencing ® Practitioner (SEP) (Level 3), NeuroAffective Relational Model ® (NARM) Master Therapist (Level 3), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy ® (SP) (Level 1), and Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy ® (PACT) (Level 2). Other trainings completed include: Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program (Bessel van der Kolk), Complex Trauma Treatment Training (Levels 1-4) (Janina Fisher), The Rhythm of Regulation – Polyvagal Theory (Foundation 1) (Deb Dana), Dynamic Attachment Re-Patterning experience (DARe Levels 1-4) (Diane Poole Heller), Voice Dialogue (Level 3) (Ana Barner Consulting), Internal Family Systems – Online Program (IFS Faculty), Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work (Patricia Nolan), and Bereavement Counselling; and Working with Bereaved/Dying Adults (Mal & Diane McKissock).

Wendy also completed the Grof Transpersonal Psychology & Holotropic Breathwork® Certification program with Stan Grof, Tav Sparks, and Faculty in 2009, and since 2010 has worked on staff for Grof Holotropic Breathwork® modules in Australia.

Since 1994, Wendy has worked in Family Support Services, Crisis Intervention Agencies, Court Support programs, and has been employed by the Attorney General’s Department as an accredited mediator with Northern Region Community Justice Centre. Between 2011-2022 she was employed as a specialist counsellor in NSW Health with Drug & Alcohol Clinical Services.

Wendy’s qualifications include:

BSc. Couns. (USQ); Grad. Cert. M. Hlth (UNE); Grad. Dip. M. Hlth (UNE); MCouns. (UNE);  

M.Arts (Health & Social Wellbeing) (NTI); Adv. Dip. Sexual Assault Counselling (Nirrimba TAFE).

Services: Counselling/Psychotherapy – Adults: Individuals & Couples

Wendy primarily provides long-term therapy in the following specialist areas of treatment:

Complex developmental trauma; and shock trauma; mental health issues; emotional regulation/stabilisation; stress management; relationship/couple issues; personal development; life transitions; grief, loss & bereavement; death & dying.