Mrs Sherine Macquart Counsellor

Sherine is a mental health clinician specialising in work with children, adolescents, and families, providing a warm, supportive environment for healing and growth. She works in a gentle, collaborative way, helping clients feel understood and supported as they navigate emotional, behavioural, and relational challenges. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology, Criminology and Justice and a Master of Counselling and has extensive experience in community mental health, including supporting clients with complex presentations. Her work with First Nations clients and people from diverse cultural backgrounds has shaped her inclusive, culturally responsive approach. Sherine has a particular interest in neurodiversity, perinatal wellbeing, trauma-informed care, and supporting individuals and families adjusting to chronic health conditions or major life transitions. She works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, emotional regulation difficulties, self-esteem challenges, and family relationship issues. Her therapeutic approach draws on CBT, DBT skills, schema therapy, narrative therapy, attachment-based work, and trauma-informed practice. Sherine values the therapeutic relationship and works in a compassionate, attuned, and developmentally responsive way, supporting clients to make sense of their experiences and move toward meaningful change. Sherine offers support for children, young people, adults, and families in a warm, collaborative space where clients can explore their experiences with care, curiosity, and compassion. Sherine works with children, adolescents, adults, and families experiencing concerns such as the following (but not limited to): • Child and Adolescent Counselling: Therapeutic support for children and adolescents experiencing emotional, behavioural, social, or developmental challenges in a safe and supportive environment. • Adult Counselling: Individual counselling for adults navigating concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief and loss, self-esteem challenges, and major life transitions. • Family Therapy: Support for families to strengthen communication, improve relationships, and work through conflict, adjustment, or parenting challenges together. • Trauma-Informed Support: Compassionate, trauma-informed care for individuals impacted by past or ongoing trauma, with a focus on safety, regulation, and recovery. • Emotional Regulation and Coping Skills: Practical strategies and therapeutic support to help clients better understand and manage overwhelming emotions, behaviours, and responses. • Grief and Loss Counselling: Support for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing grief, loss, and adjustment following significant life changes. • Neurodiversity-Affirming Support: Guidance, psychoeducation, and therapeutic support that affirms neurodivergent experiences and helps individuals and families better understand their strengths and challenges. • Perinatal Mental Health Support: Counselling for individuals and families navigating pregnancy, birth, traumatic birthing experiences, early parenting, and related emotional wellbeing challenges. • Support for Chronic Health Conditions and Adjustment: Counselling to assist with the emotional and practical impact of chronic illness, diagnosis, and health-related life changes. • Relationship and Family Adjustment Support: Support for individuals and families navigating separation, changing family roles, and periods of transition or instability.