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Announcement, April 2024:
Now offering courses in Vedic Meditation for beginners.
For cost free and obligation free introduction talk:
email: alyahopkins@icloud.com
or text +61 439 665 475 or book via link below.
Beginners 4-day course: May 2024 dTBA
My private psychotherapy practice will reopen as of 1 May 2024.
Feel free to email with enquires for appointments recommencing in May: alyahopkins@icloud.com or book online.
New offer:
Heavily discounted 9 sessions package only available for May and June 2024.
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Freedom, Greater Happiness
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Fundamental part of wellness is honouring who you are. Expanding of a human potential is what Coherence Personal Counselling is all about.
Through connecting with Alja you will release old stresses/trauma, and gain more clarity and sense of peace and happiness in your life.
Alja has 24 years’ of experience as a clinical social worker (Europe, Australia). Alja has worked in an Australian frontline setting since 2007 (government & non-government sectors) in trauma informed therapeutic specialised care. Alja is Evidence Based EFT practitioner and a training facilitator for Mind Heart Connect Foundation (field training in EBEFT).
Alja is also a mentor for Evidence Based EFT accreditation program led by world leading researcher, best selling author, clinical/health psychologist, Dr Peta Stapleton.
Alja is Gary Craig Certified Official EFT™ Master,
fully certified in both Gold Standard EFT Tapping and Optimal EFT™.
Alja is also an Independent Teacher of Vedic Meditation. Vedic meditation is simple, effortless ancient technique. Daily vedic meditation brings calm, clarity and greater happiness into everyday, modern lives to those who practice it regularly.
Sessions with Alja will suppOrt you in creatIng a lasting change
services
Therapy sessions
CURRENT OFFER
October 2023 - January 2024
9 session package, heavily discounted.
Email: alyahopkins@icloud.com
Individual SESSIonS |
parents | cOuples | FAMILIes
Suited to your individual needs. Offering service to all ages. Online from anywhere for english or slovene (slovensko) speaking, or in person if you’re local to Mid North Coast, NSW.
for Professionals
Individual clinical supervision
Clinical Supervision sessions are offered on the background of Alja’s extensive experience in providing clinical supervision in frontline settings to qualified allied health professionals and those from related fields.
AASW eligible membership
EVIDEnce Based EFT Mentoring
Alja is a mentor at Evidence Based EFT
for Premium EFT Accreditation Training. Evidence Based EFT is led by world leading researcher, best selling author & clinical/health psychologist, Dr Peta Stapleton who has over 30 years experience in teaching and delivering EFT based education.
Alja offers:
- mentoring to those undertaking EBEFT premium accreditation program led by Dr Peta Stapleton.
- mentoring to EFT Practitioners
Group sessions are also available at times.
Discounts are available.
Please email with your enquires.
Tax Invoice will be issued for each session.
VEDIC MEDITATION - Beginner Course
Email: alyahopkins@icloud.com
Alja Hopkins
Bachelor of Social Work & Masters in Science in Clinical Mental Health Counselling ( 1999, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU )
24 years’ of experience in clinical social work, counselling and therapy both in Europe and Australia, over sixteen of these in an Australian frontline setting, both government and non-government organisations specialising in trauma informed therapeutic care.
AASW (Australian Association of Social Workers)
Facilitator Trainer for the Mind Heart Connect Foundation
Gary Craig Certified Official EFT™ Master,
fully Certified in both Gold Standard EFT Tapping and Optimal EFT™ ; Gary Craig’s Official EFT Training Centres (USA).
Certified in completion of all requirements of the Evidence Based EFT training by world renowned researcher, clinical/health psychologist Dr Peta Stapleton (Australia)
Mentored and trained by internationally renowned trauma healing expert Dr Lori Leyden (USA)
HeartMath system certified mentor and coach by HeartMath Institute (USA)
committed to ongoing study in energy psychology field and neuroscience
Vedic Meditation advocacy
Areas of expertise
Trauma relief and healing, resiliency building
PTSD, including complex PTSD
Anxiety
Trauma relief and resiliency building for children and young people in out of home care
Pain (including chronic health issues, and those of acute nature )
Perinatal maternal and family health
Testimonial
Peggy’s Testimonial
Alya is a truly gifted practitioner! Her heart-centred and intuitive approach gently guides you to be the best version of yourself. Her ability to tune in to the core issues that need to be healed coupled with her skill at dissolving the traumatic memory associated with those past events, have helped me heal wounds that have held me back for decades. I am a changed person because of her incredible therapeutic skills, and I will be forever grateful.
Anthony’s Testimonial
They are so many things I love about our group sessions guided by Alja. I love the authenticity of all of the group members and of Alja, it’s so helpful for me when it comes to having more compassion for myself and others. I love how we always understand and support each other and how Alja gently guides us in our own healing process throughout the session.
I love how I can witness myself consistently growing after each session. It’s really beautiful to see how at our core of it all we are all the same, with the same desires and issues, the apparence might vary sometimes, but the core stays the same. And witnessing that has personally helped me to have better understanding and compassion for myself and others in my day to day life. These sessions to me are one of the most precious things I have been so lucky to have in my life and I am deeply grateful for all the growth and possibilities it has brought to my life.”
Thank you Alja! 🙏
Gemma’s Testimonial
“Before coming to see Alya after a really traumatic birth experience of a 10 weeks early preterm baby followed by a spinal injury from the birth, I was a mess. I was trailing different medications to try to function and stop the panic attacks which i was having all day long i was suffering ptsd. Within our first 2 sessions I was able to stop the medication as the panic attacks had eased up. I was able to start to enjoy life again thanks to Alya, and even though I’m still dealing with some ongoing issues with my spine that are quite bad whilst I’m healing Alja continues to give me the strength to see the light at the end of the tunnel and realise it will be ok. I couldn’t recommend her more.
Thank you thank you thank you Alya
Judy’s Testimonial
Alya, owner of Coherence Personal Counselling, will forever hold a very special place in my heart.
Alya and her small HeartMath and Optimal EFT on-line group has elicited a shift that countless doctors, specialists, health practitioners and psychologists over the years have not.
Little did I know the ride I was in for, after buddying up with Alya at the amazing Live In Flow retreat early this year. I had no idea what tapping and EFT was all about but dove in anyway.
Alya has been able to connect so deeply with me, seeing and feeling the essence of me; my truth I don't easily share. With understanding, compassion and most importantly kindness Alya has helped me to break down some walls.
Online sessions has made no difference in our ability to connect, so much so that we both experienced the moment a significant mental block shifted recently.
Although working with Alya one-on-one has worked wonders, the small group online sessions that Alya holds weekly, which I participate with four others from around the globe, has exceeded expectations.
We are such a tight knit group now, we feel what each other feels, parts of our lives overlap with each other and that synchronicity, relateability and sense of community is uplifting us all.
That's the secret; a safe space being held to enable me to drop the mask, be open and vulnerable, to have trust that the group has my back unconditionally, without judgement, to share and work through what resonates at that particular time.
Simon’s testimonial using Optimal EFT
“ I commenced to look at what I then thought was a part of my personality which was exceedingly selfish, irresponsible and self-absorbed. I have been aware of it for a long time but recently more so as its desire to consume sweet things resulted in my arthritis becoming very painful and limiting. I commenced the Unseen Therapist procedure with Alya in which the self-absorbed part of me was placed in the centre of the earth but it spread out and dissolved. What happened next was a bit confusing. I closed my eyes and looked for but could not find it. On Alya’s request I looked for the residue of it and saw a dark brown object covered in tendrils. Then that to become difficult to locate. I was left in a stressed state looking for something that I really did not want to find but expected to re-emerge but which did not. I felt bent out of shape like a tree which had been shaded from the sunlight the obstruction had been removed but still my personal twists and distortions remained. I found the whole process hard to get my head around. I had to type for sometime afterwards except what had happened. I found the whole process inexplicable. Today the next day I placed a butterscotch lozenge my favourite on my tongue. There was no effort in resisting its temptations. It’s early days but hopefully this continues.”
Amanda’s testimonial
“Sessions with Alja have immensely helped me with dealing with my journey with obsessive thoughts and anxiety. The techniques and methods she uses help me calm down and observe my thought rather than engage with them. I’m better able to seperate myself from these, often disturbing, thoughts and feel much calmer now when they occur. Her gentle and unjudging nature makes me feel supported and safe during sessions.”
Tammy’s testimonial
“Sessions with Alja are helping me connect with my true feelings. Due to being deeply hurt in my youth and later also in my marriage, I now better understand where my needs were not met. I carried a deep hurt from these experiences well into my fifties. I now feel that I can finally breathe again. Glimpses of hope are surfacing as I clear old traumas during sessions. Alja is a compassionate, non-judgmental therapist, I cannot recommend her highly enough”.
Melissa’s testimonial
“I have been incredibly blessed to have been introduced to Alya and EFT at a pivotal point in my life. I was pregnant with my first child when I was referred to Alya. I was highly anxious and overwhelmed by my situation, changes to my work environment and bringing my wedding forward. Being pregnant and living with so much chaos (physical and mental) was triggering of childhood trauma and sexual assault. Unresolved issues with my family affected my confidence going into motherhood.
I have previously seen other therapists. Tried talk therapy with multiple psychologists and counsellors which allowed me to understand some of my reactions to situations and stress intellectually. However, it hadn't lead to a change in those reactions. I hadn't been able to resolve the unfinished internal conversations and conflict.
I didn't feel loved, worthy for who I am now, have been or could be. I was scared to feel joy and trust in someone else to share my life's experiences and journey. I wasn't asking for what I needed. I was often in physical pain or discomfort.
I have been seeing Alya for three years. I highly recommend the investment in self. Healing from past trauma and learning tapping. With an open mind, time and space so much is possible.
I find myself using EFT in a range of settings. At work, driving. Walking. It works for me. Dealing with my daughter being a determined toddler.
As a practitioner I find Alya to be easy to be around. Her office space is very welcoming. A genuine warmth. I will continue to see Alya as I feel it's required.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:
My service, Coherence Personal Counselling operates on the land of Garlambirla. I am honoured to be living and working on the ancestral lands of the Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung people. I acknowledge the First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants who are present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I am committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.