Welcome. I'm a counsellor based in Melbourne, with broad training and life experience spanning eight countries. My personal goal is to help you attain emotional clarity, rise up, and experience more of your human potential.
SERVICES
Change Comes Naturally
If you feel unable to live a full and meaningful life, then counselling can help. Mine is a unique approach, combining Western training with Eastern perspectives on body-mind intelligence. I use methods that invite change to come naturally, helping you now, but also in the future. This is powerful work, and recommended to those who are ready to change old patterns and see life in a new way.
Read more about my approach to counselling & psychotherapy
Your Own Personal Therapy
Carl Jung said each person requires their own unique therapy, and this is what I provide. I have an ability to see your unique way of being in the world, and to match it with techniques that enable insight and movement.
We will create a world in which your individuality is central, where you are able to meet hidden aspects of yourself, uncover your natural confidence, and find true direction. Together, we will work to dissolve the deep hidden blocks that prevent you from living, feeling and thinking authentically.
Client Testimonial
“For many years I have struggled with depression. Recently, I was fortunate enough to undertake therapy with Ilana. I've never come across a counsellor who shows so much respect for the client and for the healing process. Her receptiveness and intuitive insight allowed me to explore and work through some extremely difficult aspects of my illness. Bringing a gentle wisdom to our sessions, Ilana creates a space where I can feel safe and heard.” Read more Testimonials here
Transforming Crisis Into Opportunity
I have helped clients suffering with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, grief & loss, emotional numbness, ongoing stress, recurring dreams & nightmares, confusion & inner conflict. Your immediate opportunity is to make meaning of your experiences, regain an authentic direction, and experience joy in life.
My Approach
Healing takes place through the body as well as the mind, and often our most natural resources are unconscious. My practice combines talk therapy with somatic techniques that access your conscious and unconscious resources for healing, empowerment and meaningful change.
Person Centered Psychotherapy
Emotion Focused Therapy
Existential Counselling
Transpersonal Counselling
Jungian Analysis
Our Therapeutic Alliance
Lived Experience
Perhaps the most valuable thing I bring to my private and group work is my life experience, and the intensity, passion and empathy it has instilled in me. I never cease from exploring the human psyche, and my clients benefit from my thirst for knowledge.
Fees
Counselling & Psychotherapy:
$80 per hour
Appointments & Enquiries
Phone: 0402 244618
Email: ilana@dreamlab.com.au
Web: www.ilanalaps.com
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
DEGREES, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES
MA, Media, Culture & Communication, New York University
BA Hons, Literature, University of London (UCL)
Diploma Transpersonal Counseling, Phoenix Institute Melbourne
Certificate of Emotion Focused Therapy
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Existentialist Psychotherapy
ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Sandplay
Dream Work & Symbol Work
EASTERN INFLUENCES
Buddhism
Advaita Vedanta (the Non-Dual path)
Meditation & Mindfulness
WORKSHOPS & GROUP FACILITATION
Awaken to Your Dreams
The Creatures in Your Mind
Individuality & Inner Conflict in Dreams
Dreaming with Others
Dream Circles & Knowledge Sharing
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Who Are You When You're Free?
Using dreams to discover the individual within
AWARDS
1st Place, Cancer Council Arts Awards (Short Story), 2011
MAP
Counselling, Psychotherapy
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