Private Counselling

Understand what is changing, reconnect with who you are, move forward with the clarity to create a life you love

Private counsel for women navigating changes in health, identity, relationships and life direction

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“Most women discover it isn’t their whole life that needs to change. More often, they need the space to understand what is asking to change”Ocea

Perhaps nothing is dramatically wrong, yet something no longer feels quite right.

Your health or energy may be changing. The roles you have held for years may no longer fit as they once did. Your relationships, responsibilities or priorities may be shifting, and although your life looks perfectly fine from the outside, you feel uncertain about what you want from it now.

You may be tired of second-guessing yourself, putting your needs at the bottom of the list or trying to work everything out alone. You know there is more available to you, but you cannot quite see the way forward.

This is not a personal failure. Midlife can ask us to reconsider who we are, what matters and how we want to live the next chapter.

Private counselling gives you a confidential and considered space to make sense of what you are experiencing, understand yourself more deeply and decide what comes next.

You do not need to have everything figured out before you ask for support. You only need to be willing to begin an honest conversation.

Private counselling may be right for you if...

 

  • You are navigating a change in your health, identity, relationships, family life, work or sense of direction.
  • You have spent years caring for other people and are beginning to wonder where you fit within your own life.
  • You feel disconnected from yourself, uncertain about what you want or unable to trust your decisions.
  • You are experiencing changes in your body, energy, eating patterns or wellbeing and want to understand the broader picture.
  • You have reached a transition point and need a confidential space in which to think clearly.
  • You are outwardly capable and accomplished, yet privately feel overwhelmed, unfulfilled or unsure about what comes next.
  • You want meaningful change, but you do not want another rigid plan, generic formula or list of things you are supposed to do.
  • You are ready to make decisions that reflect the woman you are now and the woman you are becoming.
You are not broken, and you do not need another rigid plan telling you how to live.
You need the right conversation, thoughtful guidance and a way forward that takes all of you into consideration.
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The whole-person approach

Your life cannot be understood in separate pieces.

How you feel physically can influence how you think, respond and live. Your emotions can affect your energy, choices and relationships.

Your daily habits can either support the life you want or quietly keep you anchored to one you have outgrown. This is why my approach brings together four interconnected areas.

Lifestyle and daily life

We consider how your time, responsibilities, routines, relationships, environment and current season of life are affecting your wellbeing. Together, we identify what is supporting you, what is depleting you and where change may be needed.

Wellbeing

We explore your energy, stress, sleep, physical symptoms and overall sense of wellbeing. This helps us develop a clearer understanding of what your body may be communicating and where further professional assessment may be appropriate.

Emotions and mindset

We examine the beliefs, patterns, expectations and internal conversations influencing your choices. This may include self-doubt, perfectionism, guilt, fear, people-pleasing or the feeling that you should be grateful for a life that no longer feels entirely like your own.

Nutrition

Where relevant, we explore the role nutrition may be playing in your energy, health and daily functioning. Rather than prescribing another restrictive way of eating, we focus on strengthening the nutritional foundations that support your body and your wider life.

This is not about fixing one isolated problem.

It is about understanding how the different parts of your life are interacting and creating an approach that feels practical, intelligent and personal to you.

Private counselling is personal, but it is not without direction.

My L.I.V.E. Method provides a thoughtful framework through which we can understand what is happening, identify what matters and translate that insight into everyday life.

A considered process for creating meaningful change.

The intention is not to hand you a life plan.

It is to help you understand yourself well enough to create one that is truly your own.

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WHY WORK WITH OCEA?

 

Professional knowledge, lived understanding and counsel that considers the whole woman

For more than three decades, I have worked with women across beauty, nutrition, lifestyle, wellbeing, personal development and business. My qualifications include nutrition and dietetic medicine, lifestyle and wellbeing coaching, health coaching, psychology, beauty, business management, sales and marketing.

Yet qualifications are only part of what I bring to this work.

I understand that life rarely changes in a neat or predictable way. I know what it is to question the life you have created, to reconsider who you are and to recognise that lasting change requires more than knowing what you “should” do.

My own life has asked me to navigate changing roles, relationships, motherhood, business, health, identity, grief and the ongoing work of becoming. These experiences have strengthened my belief that women do not need to be fixed. They need to be heard, understood and supported as they reconnect with their own wisdom.

My approach is warm, honest and practical. I will listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions and help you see the connections that can be difficult to recognise when you are standing in the middle of your own life.

I will not tell you who to become. I will help you hear yourself more clearly, strengthen your self-trust and create a way forward that honours your health, values and aspirations.

My mission is simple: I want to help you create a life you LOVE.

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CLIENT REFLECTIONS

Space to speak honestly

I had the space to speak honestly, without needing to minimise what I was feeling. Through our conversations, I was able to understand more of my life and recognise what needed to change.

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Insight I could use

I began to see myself, my patterns and my choices more clearly. The process helped me translate those insights into practical changes that felt realistic, considered and aligned with the life I wanted to create.

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A clearer way forward

I never felt as though I was a problem that needed to be fixed. I was supported to explore what no longer felt right, reconnect with what mattered to me and consider my next steps with greater clarity and self-trust.

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THREE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Choose the level of support that meets you where you are

You do not need to know every step before you begin. Consider what you are navigating now, how complex it feels and how much continuity would help you move forward.

A Single Private Counselling Session

For one pressing concern, decision or transition

A focused 60-minute private session gives you the space to explore what is happening, identify what matters and consider your next steps with greater clarity.

This may suit you if you are facing a particular decision, navigating a defined concern or need an informed outside perspective on something you have been carrying alone.

Your session includes:

  • One 60-minute private counselling session
  • Exploration of the issue within the context of your health, mindset and daily life
  • Personalised guidance and practical next steps

$270

A single session can be valuable when you do not need ongoing support but know that one honest, focused conversation occasionally could help you see your situation differently.

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The Three-Session Private Journey

For a more complex issue requiring exploration, action and review

This is your opportunity to stop second-guessing yourself and begin creating change that feels aligned, practical and lasting.

Across three private counselling sessions, we will explore what is happening in your body, mindset and daily life, strengthen your nutrition foundation where relevant and create a personalised way forward.

The continuity between sessions allows us to move beyond the immediate concern. You have time to understand the underlying patterns, begin making changes and return with new insights, questions and experiences.

Your private journey includes:

  • A confidential and comprehensive pre-session questionnaire
  • Three individual 90-minute private counselling sessions
  • Time between sessions to reflect, apply and evaluate what you are learning
  • Exploration of your lifestyle, wellbeing, emotions, mindset and nutrition as relevant
  • Personalised guidance, resources and practical next steps
  • Ongoing refinement as your needs and understanding develop

$1,080

This is your time for greater clarity, renewed self-trust and a living plan designed for the woman you are becoming.

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The Private Counselling Retainer

A deeply personalised year of private counsel, continuity and support

The Private Counselling Retainer is for those navigating a significant season of change who want an ongoing, trusted counsel beside her throughout the year.

Your health, relationships, responsibilities, identity and aspirations do not exist independently. A decision in one area can influence everything else. The retainer gives us the time and continuity to consider your life as it unfolds, rather than limiting our work to a single concern or predetermined program.

What this relationship offers

This is a bespoke counselling relationship shaped around your circumstances, goals and season of life. Our work may include scheduled private sessions, additional contact between sessions and personalised guidance or resources, as agreed within your individual retainer proposal.

You have a consistent space in which to think, reflect, make decisions and receive support as new challenges and opportunities emerge.

The retainer may be right for you if:

  • You are navigating several interconnected changes
  • You value discretion, continuity and highly personalised support
  • You want a trusted outside perspective as decisions arise
  • You are ready to make your health, wellbeing and life direction a genuine priority
  • You want support that can evolve with you throughout the year
  • You understand that meaningful change is often created through an ongoing relationship rather than one isolated conversation

A year designed around you

The exact structure is developed after an initial enquiry and conversation. This allows us to establish what you need, whether we are suited to working together and how the counselling relationship can best support you.

Available by application. Places are intentionally limited to preserve the personal nature and quality of this work.

Your 30-minute enquiry appointment is an opportunity to discuss what you are navigating, the support you are seeking and whether this relationship is the right fit for us both. 

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Not sure which option is right for you?

A single session is best for one immediate concern or decision.

The three-session journey is designed for an issue that requires deeper exploration, action and review.

The annual retainer offers continuity and responsive private counsel through a significant or evolving season of life.

Choose the level of support that reflects what you need now. You do not need to commit to more support simply because it is available.

This is a space to be heard, understood and supported.

Private counselling gives you the opportunity to step away from the noise of everyday life and look honestly at where you are, how you arrived here and where you would like to go next.

Together, we may explore your energy, health, habits, emotional patterns, relationships, responsibilities, nutrition, self-belief and the rhythm of your daily life.

The purpose is not to tell you who you should become. It is to help you hear yourself more clearly, understand the patterns influencing your life and make thoughtful decisions that reflect your values, needs and vision for the future.

 

You may be ready for private counselling if:

- You are navigating a significant life change or transition. 

- You feel disconnected from yourself or unsure of what you want. 

- You are tired of second-guessing your decisions. 

- Your health, energy or daily habits no longer feel supportive. 

- You have spent years caring for everyone else and are ready to consider yourself. 

- You want change, but you do not want another extreme or unsustainable plan. 

- You are ready to build greater clarity, self-trust and confidence.

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