CERTIFIED HAKOMI THERAPISTS (CHT)

Jane is a Certified Hakomi Therapist who has been in private practice since 2020 and has trained in Non-Violent Communication, Body-oriented Counselling, Focusing and suicide prevention. Prior to her career as a psychotherapist, she was an environmental advocate and award-winning filmmaker.

Jane is dedicated to meeting her clients exactly where they are, with the utmost respect for their journeys and for whatever amount of hope or despair they bring when they walk in the door. She doesn’t see her clients as broken, but as perfectly placed to rediscover their vast potential and their innate capacity to heal and grow.

Jane treats the work she does with her clients as a collaboration – she doesn’t want to ‘fix’ them but to help them transform their inner worlds so that their lives become more satisfying, joyful, spacious and free.

Jane knows how much courage it can take to walk into a therapist’s room – she’s done her own healing work over many years. So if an introductory conversation would help you to take that first step, she would welcome your call.

Deb Algar, CHT, Dip.Hol.Couns, PACFA Reg.Clinical, MBSR teacher, is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Teacher with the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team. She leads Hakomi workshops in Australia and teaches on the Hakomi Professional Trainings in Sydney and Perth. She has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 2004 working with individuals and couples and also provides supervision. She has been a meditation practitioner for many years and teaches regular Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses in Sydney. Deb is passionate about sharing the possibilities for self-discovery, connectedness, freedom and compassion for self and others, that mindfulness and Hakomi offer.

Aladdin is a certified Hakomi therapist and teacher. He brings to this workshop a love of creativity, collaborative practice and fostering the conditions for transformative learning experiences. For over a decade he has worked as as a facilitator, psychotherapist, family therapist & ecotherapist with children, teens and adults. Aladdin currently works for Easternhealth as a family violence counsellor and in health promotion in Men’s Health and prevention of family violence. He maintains a small private practice in Melbourne and leads workshops throughout Austraila. Wild nature, Zen practice, music and family enrich his life.

Lorella is a Certified Hakomi Therapist, Certified Somatic Sex Educator and Workshop Facilitator. She works with individuals and couples and is predominantly focused on supporting people to come into full, unconditional acceptance of themselves. As our relationship to our emotions and underlying feelings changes, we gain the confidence to relate to ourselves and others in a more transparent and undefended way, radically transforming our capacity for intimacy. Learning to meet the raw and undigested feelings,  that we’ve spent a lifetime avoiding, is like learning to navigate the underworld of our unconscious in a way that is personally illuminating. She has developed somatic practices to help clients integrate and welcome these experiences in a relaxed and deeply inspiring way.

Pernilla Siebenfreund is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer with the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team. She leads Hakomi workshops in Australia and teaches on Hakomi Professional Trainings in Sydney. She has over 16 years of experience in private practice in Brisbane, working with couples and individuals, as well as seven years experience working with children and parents in a Brisbane based agency. She is the Brisbane organiser of Hakomi workshops and trainings, is trained in Somatic Experiencing and has been a meditation practitioner for over 20 years. As a psychotherapist and teacher, Pernilla has a particular interest in applying loving kindness and embodied mindfulness to cultivate compassion for self and others.