Juliette Kirkwood

Juliette Kirkwood is a PACFA counsellor with 20 years' experience working in Australia. She works with adults and adolescents, helping with stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, career questions and coping with life changes. She also supports people with postnatal depression, substance misuse and complex trauma related to childhood abuse.

Juliette combines traditional counselling with Dance Movement Therapy, using the body as another way to access feelings that are hard to put into words. She has run DMT programs in community settings and women's health retreats, and has worked in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospital settings. This background makes her comfortable working with people who prefer less talk-based approaches.

She spent five years lecturing in the Graduate Diploma of Dance Movement Therapy at Excelsia University College and at the IKON Institute of Australia. Teaching has kept her practice connected to current research and reflective methods of working. Juliette also has five years' experience as a school counsellor supporting adolescents with anxiety, mood issues and identity questions.

Her approach emphasises nervous system regulation and embodied awareness alongside trauma-informed care. Sessions move at a pace the client can manage, with practical techniques to reduce overwhelm and regain a sense of control. Juliette aims to work collaboratively to help people clarify what matters and plan small, achievable steps.

She offers help in English and Arabic. Before booking, clients should confirm current session options and formats to match their needs.

How evidence-based techniques and movement work online

Juliette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside Dance Movement Therapy. Evidence-based approaches here mean methods with research support that focus on symptoms, behaviour and regulation. These techniques help with anxiety, trauma recovery and coping with life transitions by teaching practical skills for managing distress and changing unhelpful patterns.

Dance Movement Therapy is offered as an embodied way to access emotion when words fall short. Online sessions using movement focus on noticing breath, posture and gentle movement patterns to support nervous system regulation and body awareness. This can suit people who find talk alone limiting and who want another route to understanding feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and daily constraints and then try methods that fit. Clients and therapist decide together whether more talk‑based work or embodied exercises best support the next steps.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins, or remove travel time. It can also allow movement-based exercises without needing to attend a clinic, while still keeping the practical structure of a therapeutic session.