Welcome
I am a senior social worker and counsellor providing trauma-informed, ethically grounded counselling and clinical supervision for individuals and professionals navigating complexity, adversity and change.
My work centres on creating a safe, grounded and non-judgemental space where people can slow down, feel understood and begin to make sense of what they are carrying. I work with individuals experiencing mental health challenges, difficult or damaging relationships, those who seek education and processing around coercive control, are experiencing life disruption, and the impact of work-related injury. My approach is steady, respectful and deeply attuned to dignity, agency and emotional safety.
I hold a Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Work, and postgraduate qualifications in Gestalt Psychotherapy. My counselling is informed by Gestalt psychotherapy, phenomenology and reflective practice, supporting deeper insight, emotional regulation and meaningful change. While my work is compassionate and relational, it is also clinically rigorous and ethically informed.
Alongside counselling, I provide clinical supervision to clinicians. I am a senior clinician with over 30 years’ experience across frontline practice, systems work and private practice, and I meet all AASW Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. My supervision supports practitioners to strengthen clinical judgement, professional identity and ethical clarity, particularly when working in complex or high-accountability settings.
I have completed university-accredited training in the DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence) risk identification and assessment framework (developed by Laura Richards), including Train the Trainer, alongside specialist training in trauma-informed, anti-pathologising and anti-victim-blaming practice (Dr Jessica Taylor & Jaimi Shrive). My work is considered, ethically governed and professionally responsible, with careful attention to burnout, vicarious trauma and countertransference.
I bring extensive experience across mental health, disability, addiction, child protection, domestic and family violence, and workplace injury management.
With specialist expertise in domestic abuse, stalking, risk and safety planning, and Workers Compensation, including experience as both a former WorkCover Queensland employee and a current registered provider, I support individuals and practitioners working within or transitioning into this sector.
This includes Adjustment to Injury counselling, complex pain management, complex case management and multi-stakeholder case conferencing.
Whether you are seeking counselling during a challenging period in your life, or professional supervision to strengthen your practice, my work is steady, relational and clinically robust. Clients and supervisees commonly report increased clarity, confidence and steadiness within the first two months of engagement.
I provide counselling and supervision via telehealth across Australia and internationally.

Michelle “Shelly” Clark
 B.Soc.S., M.S.W., GCert Gestalt Psychotherapy
 Accredited Social Worker — AASW Reg. No. 438353
 NDIS Registered Provider | WorkCover Queensland Registered Provider
📞 Phone / WhatsApp: +61 411 795 664
 ✉️ Email: selfawarenesscultivation@gmail.com