- Dance Movement Therapy
- Nervous system regulation
- School counselling experience
About Juliette
Juliette Kirkwood is a PACFA counsellor with 20 years' experience working in Australia. She works with adults and adolescents on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, career and coping with life changes. She also lists additional focus areas including abandonment, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and disability, addiction and eating issues.
Juliette uses both talking therapies and movement-based work. She has a background in Dance Movement Therapy and has run DMT programs in community settings and women’s health retreats. That experience is helpful for people who find words alone don’t capture their experience.
Her work includes time in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings and five years as a school counsellor. She has taught in Graduate Diploma programs for Dance Movement Therapy, which shaped her reflective approach and interest in current research.
In private practice she often sees people with complex trauma, including childhood abuse. Her approach emphasises nervous system regulation and paying attention to the body as well as thoughts and feelings. She aims to move at a pace that each person finds respectful.
Juliette supports people dealing with life transitions, postnatal depression and substance misuse alongside the other concerns listed. Sessions are offered in English and Arabic, and she works collaboratively to help people make sense of difficult feelings and behaviour.
To begin, people use the site matching process to schedule a first session and select the ongoing subscription that suits them. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches fit with online work
Juliette brings evidence-informed talking therapies together with Dance Movement Therapy. Talking therapies focus on identifying thoughts, feelings and behaviour patterns and are useful for anxiety, relationship difficulties and coping with life changes. Dance Movement Therapy uses movement and body awareness to access feelings that can be hard to name, which can help when trauma or shame are held in the body.Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try different approaches together. Decisions about pacing, the use of movement work and how much focus to place on nervous system regulation are made with the client’s input.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the original biography does not list specific online formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, appointments and family commitments. It can also allow shorter check-ins, or sessions that do not require being on camera, which can suit people who prefer less visual focus. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises and movement-based tasks to an online setting when that is agreed on.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Arabic
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, career questions and coping with life changes. Additional areas listed include addiction, body image, attachment and chronic illness.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She blends talking work with embodied approaches such as Dance Movement Therapy and pays attention to nervous system regulation. The focus is on understanding feelings and how they show up in the body.
What is her clinical experience?
She has 20 years' experience including inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings, five years as a school counsellor and teaching in graduate DMT programs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as PACFA and practices in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Arabic.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.