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At 'Judy Boyland Counselling' we provide empathic, sensitive, and respectful support with the highest levels of client satisfaction. With a variety of professional services to choose from, we're sure you'll be happy working with us.

Our counselling service is focused on the personal need of each and every individual client and we do everything we can to support our clients in dealing with issues that may be stopping them from living their best life and achieving their personal, professional, and career goals.

The focus of our supervision service is to support those who work with people in a professional capacity - for example, mental health clinicians, allied health practitioners, teachers, persons in leadership positions, members of the clergy and religious communities, doctors, nurses, police officers.

Supervisees are encouraged to be reflective, objective, and introspective, with a professional eye always focused on ethical principles and best practice outcomes.

Dr Judith Boyland holds a PhD in the discipline of counselling, a Master of Education degree with honours in leadership and organisational culture, and a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education. Judith is an honorary life member of Australian Counselling Association and a member of the College of Clinical Counsellors, College of Christian Counsellors, and the College of Professional Supervisors.

Working with empathy, sensitivity, and respect, Judith practises from her office which is situated in Redland Bay, Queensland. She works with clients nationally and internationally in local one-on-one mode and in distance mode by way of Skype, Zoom, telephone, and facetime.

Judith has been counselling for thirty years, providing professional supervision for fifteen years, and has diverse experience working with people from many different backgrounds and life experiences. She supports clients of all ages as they face challenges in their personal, emotional, spiritual, family, and work situations, assisting them as they journey towards a place of inner peace, harmony, and self-confidence.

Areas of specialty are professional supervision, supervision of supervision, counselling, behaviour management, and life coaching. Depending on level of cover, counselling rebates may be available for clients with Medibank Private, Bupa, Police, Doctors, or Grand United Health Insurance.

Before a career change in 2000, Judith worked in the field of education. For some 40 years, she taught across primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors, was a counsellor and behaviour consultant, and was co-writer in development of the first national curriculum documents for Studies of Society and Environment. She was also a primary school principal and worked in schools that served communities designated as being of “socio-economic disadvantage”.

Judith brings an holistic and eclectic approach to counselling practice, incorporating a variety of therapeutic strategies that support the healing of life stresses and the growth of calmness in the midst of the realities of everyday chaos. Some of the strategies used by Judith include Reality Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Expressive Therapies such as SandTray and Interactive Drawing Therapy, Relaxation Therapy and Meditation, Tapping for Emotional Freedom, Mindfulness, and Solution-Oriented Hypnotherapy.

For those seeking professional supervision and supervision of supervision, Judith also uses an holistic approach. Focused through Relationship based Integrated Supervision and Education to Unlock Potential, the RISE UP model, places emphasis on providing support in all aspects of professional practice that relate to working with people, associated administration tasks, education for ongoing professional development, personal and professional support in dealing with day-to-day issues, and business management.