I help women who feel tired, overwhelmed, and caught in overthinking. Women who feel they're never enough.

Together, we create space to feel lighter in your body, clearer in your mind, and more at home in your life.

You begin to have energy for yourself again, and to savour the simple joys that once felt far away.

Welcome, I'm Smitha

Trauma & EMDR Therapist for Women in Shepparton and Online Across Australia

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This is a space for women who lie awake with racing thoughts and never-ending lists. Women who give their all to others, yet they often feel a sense of emptiness within.

You may have tried self-care, talk therapy, or advice from loved ones, yet nothing seems to make lasting change.


Still, you keep smiling on the outside… while inside, you feel unappreciated and exhausted.

Maybe there is a part of you that longs for something different.
The part that imagines the possibility of…

  • Falling asleep without going through the list for the millionth time

  • Having enough energy for yourself, even as you care for others

  • Feeling clear in your thoughts and within yourself

  • Enjoying small moments that bring a smile

A lit lantern space for the weary, inviting you back to yourself.

If you feel a YES inside, even a quiet, tentative one, I would be honoured to walk beside you.

To hold the lantern as you find your way home.

Take the first step.

A Little About Me

I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and an Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist.

I see myself as an inclusive trauma therapist, where your thoughts, emotions, body, gender, culture, neurodivergence, queerness, and spirituality are welcome.

My own healing, and the journeys I have witnessed with others, shape the way I hold space.

Here, slowness is sacred.

Pacing follows the rhythm of your nervous system.

And it is healing.

Trauma Therapist in Shepparton offering EMDR ad Somatic therapy

The whole of you is welcome in this space.

Because you are more than any label that tries to define you.

Here are ways we can work together:

Free 20 minutes Q & A call

An Optional obligation free 20 minutes call to explore the option of working together.

Building Steady Ground

Standard session of 50 minutes. Usually we start here and slowly build our pace of working together.

Deep Processing

Limited 90 minutes sessions often for trauma processing using EMDR therapy.

Therapy Intensives

We work together for several hours with a focused deep dive to achieve therapy goals.

How it Works

  • Step 1: Begin


    Book a session, or start with a 20 minute free Q & A call to ask questions and get a feel for working with me.

  • Step 2: In sessions


    We     explore your challenges and strengths, and create a plan together. You begin to prioritise yourself, rest better, and care for others without draining your energy.

  • Step 3: Moving forward


    You notice new patterns and choices. You feel more connected to your body, relationships, and spirit. You know deep within that     you are enough and worthy.

I trust your mind, body, and soul, even if they feel unclear or uncomfortable right now.


I will walk beside you through the big feelings, and support you to light your lantern…


so you can keep walking your way home.

Crisis & 24/7 Mental Health Support

If you are in crisis or at risk, please contact (Australia):

  • Emergency: 000

  • Lifeline: 13 11 14

  • Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467

  • Your local Mental Health Triage

  • If you are in the Goulburn Valley region, support is also available via Mental Health Triage:1300 369 005

(All above numbers are 24/7)

If you are seeking support but not in crisis (Australia):

  • Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636 (24/7 support)

  • Griefline: 1300 845 745 (8am–8pm, 7 days/week)

  • Parent Line (Victoria) :13 22 89 (8am–midnight, 7 days/week)

  • Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 (24/7 support for ages 5–25)

  • Safe Steps (Family Violence): 1800 015 188 (24/7 family violence response)

  • 1800 RESPECT (Sexual Assault/DV) : 1800 737 732 (24/7 national sexual assault/domestic violence)

I, as a South Indian woman, owner and practitioner of Serenity Counselling and Consulting Services acknowledges the Yorta Yorta people as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded land, waters and community where I live and work. I acknowledge the tribes of Aboriginal people who lost their connection to the land, waters and community during colonisation. 

I extend my respect to the Ancestral wisdom, as well as Elders past, present and emerging. I also pay my respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people visiting this website and accessing service via Serenity Counselling and Consulting Services.

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I strive to provide a space that is inclusive of your disability, neurodivergence, diverse bodies, participants from  LGBTIQASBP+ communities , race, skin colour, and ethnicity where your lived experience is valued, your voice is heard and respected. I am committed to offer a space where your strengths and expertise is celebrated. I am committed to continue my process of unlearning of internalised -isms and learning from lived experience voices. 

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I am dedicated to offer a space that is evolving with listening and reflecting of experiences of participants that I have a the honour of working with, colleagues that generously shares their wisdom as well as the teachers I have the privilege of learning from.

Serenity Counselling & Consulting Services
 

A lit lantern space for the weary, inviting you back to yourself.

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