the heart of therapy
Bec Stewart (she/her)
I bring over 13 years of experience as a psychotherapist and holistic mental health counsellor. Clients often describe me as compassionate, open-minded, and deeply non-judgmental in my approach. I'm passionate about supporting people through meaningful and lasting change—whether you're navigating emotional pain, trauma, mental health challenges, relationship difficulties, or patterns that leave you feeling stuck.
In our work together, we may gently work with the deeper, often unconscious layers of past experiences, attachment wounds and unresolved trauma that can be stored in the mind, nervous system and body and continue to impact you and your relationships today.
To support this process, I draw on evidence-based approaches such as EMDR Therapy and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), alongside parts-based methods like Resource Therapy, Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy, and inner-child work. I also integrate somatic therapy to help the body process and release what words alone may not reach. I’ve found that when we work at this depth, there is potential to begin shifting the patterns that surface-level strategies often can’t address. Many of my clients are surprised by how this way of working has not only reduced their symptoms but transformed their relationship with themselves and others.
Fees
$170 per standard 50-minute session
($185 - per session past 5 pm)
$85.20 - Medicare rebate
Out-of-pocket expense for a standard session - $84.80
Medicare
I'm registered with Medicare to provide focused psychological strategies on a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP). A Medicare rebate of $85.20 per session for up to 10 sessions per year is available for clients referred by a GP on a valid MHCP.
Telehealth appointments only, adults19 yrs +.
Experience and Areas of Special Interest
I support clients through a wide range of issues, challenges, heartaches, and losses, from the smaller concerns to the really big stuff.
I have a special interest in trauma and anxiety-related challenges, and is also experienced in working in a wide range of areas, including:
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General anxiety, social anxiety, panic, phobias, OCD
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PTSD, complex PTSD
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Depression
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Dissociation
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Fear of abandonment and rejection.
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Jealousy and insecurity
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Emotional overwhelm or emotional reactivity
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Insecure attachment styles
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Difficulty setting boundaries
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Self-sabotaging behaviours
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Low self-esteem or a harsh inner critic. Feeling unworthy or not good enough.
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Relationships, intimacy and sexuality
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Suicidal ideation
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Emotional, verbal and physical abuse, including narcissistic abuse
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Narcissistic abuse
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Sexual assault
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Transgender, gender diverse and gender-questioning
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Living life as a highly sensitive person (HSP) or 'empath'
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Neurodivergence, including ADHD and Autism
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Stress and burnout
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First responders
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Other general life challenges, heartaches or losses
I am also an approved specialist counsellor for the Victim Support Scheme with Victim Services NSW. If you have approval from Victims Services to receive funded counselling, please let me know before booking an appointment. We need 2-3 days before your appointment to complete the paperwork required by Victim Services.
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Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
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Master of Social Work
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Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
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Advanced Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling
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EMDR Advanced level training
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Certified Clinical Resource Therapist and trainer
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Numerous other post-grad certifications and trainings
Qualifications
Always passionate about expanding my knowledge and skills, I regularly attend trainings, conferences, and clinical consultations both in Australia and internationally. As therapists, I believe we can only guide others where we’ve been willing to go ourselves, and my lifelong commitment to my own inner work and healing is at the heart of how I show up as a therapist.
While grounded in neurobiological and psychological science and evidence-based therapeutic techniques, I recognise that transformative therapy requires working with you as a whole person - mind, body and soul. My own lived experience of overcoming trauma inspired my holistic, deep-change approach to therapy. My approach draws from:
- Attachment-Informed EMDR
--Embodied mindfulness
- Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS)
-- Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed therapy
- Somatic approaches to well-being and trauma recovery
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Theory of Structural Dissociation
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Applied neurobiology and neuroscience
- Pet-assisted therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Re-parenting the unhealed inner child
- Eastern wisdom traditions
Rather than trying to 'fix' you or your “broken” past, my approach aims to support you to gently and safely meet the places of pain, fear, and tension within you with steady, compassionate awareness. In this presence, the old wounds are no longer something to avoid or fight against—they can soften and integrate into the deeper wholeness within you that has never been wounded.