Hey, I’m Kierra!

In training they enforced pretty heavily that a good therapist would NEVER self disclose and can always keep a poker face, because your clients shouldn’t be able to tell what you’re feeling. If that’s the kind of therapist you’re after, i’m afraid you’re in the wrong place!

I’m the one that’s going to laugh with your dark humour, I’ll challenge you when I see you holding yourself back, and I’ll more than likely shed a tear with you (these are usually happy tears when we reflect on all your progress).

I believe that the key to impactful therapy is being able to connect with your therapist, and dare I say even look forward to our sessions. So, for those of you who are wanting to make sure I’m the right fit for you, here is a quick snippet about me…

The Backstory…

I fell in love with Psych after watching Silence of the Lambs when I was 14, I found it so amazing that Clarece could look inside the mind of someone so complicated and layered, and get the opportunity to understand the why behind human behaviour and was something I had already been trying to figure out for years before this.

I spend the first 8 years of life with my Mum who has battled a drug addiction from before I was born, and my younger brother. The first 8 years were a lot, we mostly lived with mums friends, or sometimes in the car, all of which were not suitable or safe for children so I grew up pretty fast.

In the third grade, Mum dropped us off at school one day and didn’t come back - we spent the next 7 or so years in foster care until they placed us back in mums care. This didn’t last too long, and I spent the next few years with different family members until I turned 18 and could finally go out on my own.

I graduated high school, got myself a house, a couple of degrees and started creating a life so special I didn’t even know could exist. If 12 year old Kierra could see what was in store she would be pretty stoked!

Throughout those years I experienced homelessness, physical and sexual abuse, neglect and a whole lot of sadness. This made figuring out the first 10 years of adulthood pretty challenging. Relationships were really difficult, depression and anxiety took over at times, and I had to work through a LOT of self worth stuff.

The reason I am telling you all of this, is because I understand first hand how bloody hard it is. I understand the grief that comes with reflecting on a childhood you didnt get to have. I understand the frustration that comes with feeling like you don’t have control over your own mind. I understand the overwhelming anxiety and hesitation that comes with relationships. But I also understand first hand it doesn’t have to be that way and I can show you how you how to take that control back.

I look forward to working with you xx