About us

Irene Pearson

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Bachelor of Management, Master of Social Science, Master of Social Work 

At Integrative Counselling & Wellbeing, we offer professional, compassionate counselling services for children (8+), adolescents, adults, and older adults. Our practice is dedicated to supporting individuals through a wide range of psychosocial challenges in a way that is client-led, respectful, and attuned to each person’s unique needs.  

It is grounded in trauma-informed, relational, and evidence-based approaches, with a particular focus on complex trauma, attachment-related difficulties, and family and couples conflict. I offer a compassionate, collaborative therapeutic space where clients can speak openly, explore what matters most, and move at a pace that feels safe and empowering. My approach is both gentle and purposeful, supporting clients to build insight, emotional regulation, resilience, and meaningful, sustainable change.

Services are led by Irene Pearson, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over a decade of experience in clinical practice. Irene brings a grounded, trauma-informed approach to the work, creating a safe, non-judgemental space where clients can explore what matters most, speak openly about how they’re feeling, and move at their own pace.

Our work is grounded in a bio-psychosocial, whole-of-person perspective, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to understand how thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and relationships interact, while using a trauma-informed approach that recognises the impact of past and present experiences. We place strong emphasis on safety, collaboration, empowerment, and client choice, alongside consideration of relational, social, environmental, and cultural factors that influence wellbeing. (see Therapeutic approaches).

Our approach is neuroaffirming, meaning we embrace neurodiversity and work in ways that honour and support each client’s individual neurocognitive profile. We recognise that there is no one "right" way to think, feel, or be in the world and we tailor our work to support clients in feeling understood, empowered, and accepted as they are.

Irene is currently accepting new clients and welcomes referrals for a broad range of concerns (see Issues we support).