About

Hi, I'm Maria.

I'm a qualified counsellor, somatic & fascia therapist, and intuitive energy healer based in Miranda, Sutherland Shire, with online sessions available World-wide.

The healing work I offer is the very work I've used to heal my own life.

With over 17 years of experience, I can help you to:

  • Release grief, loss, and trauma stored in your body and nervous system

  • Break free from limiting beliefs, conditioning, and generational patterns

  • Heal your inner child and the unmet needs that are running your adult life

  • Dissolve money blocks and step into abundance and confidence

  • Regulate your nervous system and find safety in your body again

  • Reconnect with your sense of self, purpose, and authentic power

  • Move beyond anxiety, fear, and the feeling of going around in circles, unable to move forward

  • Experience real, lasting transformation, not just insight and awareness


I work with all genders — in person in the Sutherland Shire and online across World.

In 2006, my life changed in an instant. I was 35 years old and 12 weeks pregnant when I suddenly lost my husband, Dan. Overnight I became a widow and a soon-to-be single mother, completely lost and drowning in grief.

I searched everywhere for support. Traditional talk therapy helped me understand my grief , but it couldn't shift it. So I went deeper, exploring meditation, energy healing, somatic work, and emotional release practices. Through that journey, I didn't just survive, I genuinely healed.

That experience led me to co-found Ever After Widowed, Australia's first online forum for young widows and widowers, while raising my son Daniel alone. It also led me to complete a Bachelor of Counselling with specialised studies in grief and bereavement — and ultimately to co-author Wisdom from the Widowed, sharing insights from my own healing journey to support others finding their way through loss.

Even while I was studying, I knew talk therapy alone wasn't enough. True healing required going deeper, addressing the subconscious patterns, the stored trauma, and the energetic blockages held in the body that keep us repeating the same patterns long after we've "understood" what happened.

That realisation shaped everything. I began integrating counselling with somatic and fascia work, parts therapy, inner child healing, and intuitive energy healing and the transformations I witnessed in clients (and continued to experience myself) confirmed what I already knew in my bones: The body holds what the mind alone cannot release.

Every challenge I have faced, the loss, the grief, the years of single motherhood , prepared me for this work. I know what it means to feel lost, hollowed out, and without a way forward. And I know that healing is possible, because I have lived it.

What I Provide

A Session Built Around You

No two sessions are the same because no two people are. I don't follow a script or apply a one-size-fits-all approach. I follow you. Each session is guided by your needs, your nervous system, and my intuition working together. Clients often describe feeling deeply seen and met exactly where they are.

A Safe, Non-Judgement Space

Whatever you're carrying — grief, shame, fear, the things you've never said out loud — you can bring it here. My space (both in person and online) is one of complete acceptance. There is nothing to perform, no way to get it wrong. Healing begins the moment you feel genuinely safe.

A Truly Holistic Approach

My work addresses healing at every level — not just in the mind, but in the body, the nervous system, and the energy field. I bring together three integrated pillars:

  • Qualified Counselling — evidence-based modalities including parts therapy, inner child work, CBT, and grief counselling, providing the awareness and structure that underpins all our work together.

  • Somatic & Fascia Therapy — trauma lives in the body. Through somatic techniques and fascia release, we access and release what's stored physically: tension, pain, held emotion, and nervous system dysregulation.

  • Intuitive Energy Healing — using my intuitive gifts, I work with the energy field to release blockages, cut cords from old identities and relationships, and clear karmic and generational patterns that have been running quietly in the background of your life.

Practical Tools to Use Between Sessions

Healing doesn't only happen in a session — it happens in the moments between them too. I provide practical tools and strategies you can use in daily life, including:

  • Breathwork and nervous system regulation practices

  • Meditation and grounding techniques

  • Inner child and parts work exercises

  • Somatic self-awareness practices

  • Mindset and belief-shifting strategies

My goal is for you to leave each session not just feeling better, but with tools that keep working for you long after our time together ends.

Qualifications & Training

  • Bachelor of Counselling — ACAP

  • Diploma of Counselling — ACAP

  • Specialised studies in Grief & Bereavement

  • Reiki Seichem I, II & Masters

  • Founder — Ever After Widowed (Australia's first online forum for young widows & widowers)

  • Co-author — Wisdom from the Widowed

Ready to Begin Your Healing?

If something here has resonated with you, I'd love to connect. The first step is simply a conversation — no pressure, no obligation.

DM me for a chat and see if I'm the right person to work with you, or book a complimentary consultation below.