Welcome
Trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy for adults and couples across Australia
Supporting people navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, identity struggles, relationship difficulties, grief, and the lasting impact of early relational wounds.
Therapy grounded in compassion, curiosity, and evidence-informed care — offered via Telehealth Australia-wide.
About Helen
I’m Dr Helen Mursell, a Clinical Psychologist with more than 30 years of experience supporting adults and couples through trauma, anxiety, burnout, relationship difficulties, grief, identity struggles, and life transitions.
My work is grounded primarily in Internal Family Systems (IFS), alongside trauma-informed care, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
I offer therapy that is collaborative, reflective, and tailored to the unique needs of each person. As someone who is neurodivergent myself, I value creating spaces that feel respectful, emotionally safe, and genuinely attuned to the individual.
My Approach
Therapy with me is collaborative, trauma-informed, and paced carefully according to your needs and capacity.
I aim to create a space that feels thoughtful, respectful, and emotionally safe — where people can explore their experiences with greater curiosity, clarity, and self-compassion.
Some people come seeking support through a specific crisis or transition, while others want to better understand longstanding emotional patterns, relationship difficulties, or the impact of earlier experiences.
My role is not to push for rapid change, but to support meaningful and sustainable change over time.
Services
Individual Therapy
Helping you make sense of your inner world
Individual therapy provides a space to explore emotional difficulties, behavioural patterns, relationships, identity, and the impact of past experiences.
I work with adults experiencing:
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trauma and complex trauma
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anxiety and chronic stress
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burnout
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neurodivergence
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emotional overwhelm
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self-esteem difficulties
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attachment and relationship challenges
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grief and loss
Sessions are collaborative, reflective, and adapted to your unique needs and goals.
Couples Therapy
Building greater understanding, safety, and connection
Couples therapy offers a supportive space to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and better understand relational patterns.
Drawing on IFS, Gottman Method Couples Therapy and attachment-informed approaches, I work with couples navigating:
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communication breakdown
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conflict and disconnection
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intimacy difficulties
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emotional distance
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recurring relational patterns
The goal is not simply conflict reduction, but fostering greater emotional understanding, safety, and connection within the relationship.
IFS can be a powerful approach in couples therapy, helping each partner recognise and differentiate the protective parts within themselves and one another that are often working desperately to guard against the deep pain of rejection, abandonment, shame, or disconnection.
Please note that Medicare rebates are not available for couples therapy.
Supervision
Supporting thoughtful and sustainable clinical practice
I provide supervision for psychologists seeking a reflective and supportive space for clinical growth.
My supervision style is collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in ethical, relational practice. Areas of interest include:
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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trauma and attachment
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neurodiversity
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complex presentations
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therapeutic use of self
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reflective practice
I enjoy supporting both early-career and experienced psychologists in developing confidence, depth, and sustainability in their work.
Therapy Modalities
Trauma Informed Therapy
I work from a trauma-informed perspective that prioritises emotional safety, collaboration, pacing, and respect for protective responses.
Therapy is never about forcing disclosure or pushing beyond what feels manageable, but about creating the conditions for meaningful and sustainable change over time.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is a compassionate, evidence-informed therapy model that helps people understand the different “parts” of themselves with greater curiosity, clarity, and self-compassion.
Rather than viewing experiences like anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, or emotional shutdown as problems to eliminate, IFS helps us understand these responses as protective patterns that often developed for important reasons.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Lux Soren
Where Therapy meets song
Alongside my clinical work, I also write and release music under the name Lux Soren — a creative project exploring themes of identity, grief, belonging, protection, and healing.
The songs are inspired by shared human experience and brought to life through original lyrics, and AI-assisted vocals and electronic production.
You can explore the project via the Music page.
