COUNSELLORS

Christine Buckingham

Christine has over 20 years’ experience providing counselling and psychotherapy in a range of settings. Christine builds a relationship with each client based on trust and respect, which helps to fully explore a person’s lived experience and options in moving forward.

Georgi Watts

Georgi is a registered counsellor focussing on offering hope, inspiration and personal growth to all ages using various counselling and psychotherapy methods tailored specifically for each individual. Georgi offers a safe, respectful, collaborative, fun and compassionate healing space for children, teens and adults on issues ranging from general personal development to healing trauma.

S. Jane Bretherton
Jane has been registered as a psychologist since 2012.  She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).  Jane works with individuals experiencing various forms of depression and anxiety symptoms.  These symptoms may be associated with issues such as significant life transitions, developmental trauma, chronic pain or illness, adjustment difficulties, developmental delays, caring for a loved one with a terminal disease or relationship difficulties.  Jane has a particular interest in working with older adults.  She is available to visit residents of local aged care facilities and older adults in the Transition Care Program.  Jane is a contractor with Assessments Australia and conducts cognitive assessments in schools in South East Melbourne.

Jason Crestani

Jason has been a registered psychologist since 1995, and specialises in child and adolescent psychology. He has worked in schools with students on a wide range of issues, from learning and intellectual disabilities to bullying and relationship issues. He also has experience in running parenting courses. He believes that the only way to build a strong community and society is by building strong family relationships. Jason also offers counselling for victims of crime, Work Cover, TAC, Better Outcomes and Better Access clients.

Martin Gillespie

Martin graduated from Kingsley College in 1987 with a Bachelor of Theology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Counselling. Since then he has worked and studied in the two parallel disciplines of theology and psychology, both as a pastor and counsellor. Martin works with couples in both marriage and pre-marital counselling, as well as personal growth counselling, grief and loss, sexual abuse, with teenagers, and acting as a spiritual mentor. Martin is also a high school chaplain with ACCESS Ministries two days a week, and counsels at Chrysalis Counselling Centre in Warragul.

Melody Durand

Melody is a registered counsellor who works effectively with adults, couples and young people to achieve solution focused outcomes. Melody provides a compassionate, positive, safe space which will enable clients to explore their concerns and distress at their own pace.

Nycey Stanley

Nycey has a passion for helping people and is empathetic towards people experiencing depression, anxiety, grief and self-esteem concerns. She also works with couples in enriching their relationships. She has a graduate certificate in Counselling and Family Therapy with AIFC as well as being a graduate member of the CCAA.

Wyley Hargraves

Wyley's heart and passion is for people in need of change: Individuals, couples and families are his focus as he helps them to find within themselves the catalyst for a better outcome in life. He manages his private practice as a Family Therapist (Mizpah Counsel and Supervision Service), which is a mobile service to reach people where they feel safe to share their story, as well as presenting Lifeplan Seminars with his wife, Christina Parker. He also counsels and directs Living Springs Counselling Centre in Berwick, Victoria. Wyley holds memberships with Australian Counsellors Association. Wyley is also a professional Supervisor.