Meet the Team at Centre Self Collective
Welcome to Centre Self Collective, where compassionate care meets professional expertise. At our practice, we understand the importance of feeling supported and understood on your mental health journey. That’s why we wanted to introduce you to the therapists who make up our team.
Behind every successful therapy session is a team of skilled clinicians, each bringing their unique blend of expertise, compassion, and commitment to helping others. In this blog post, we invite you to get to know the individuals who form the heart and soul of our practice.
Our Approach to Counselling
Here at Centre Self Collective we encourage and empower EVERYONE to prioritize their mental, emotional and social health.
We aim to create a safe community for people to speak about mental health and seek support. To change the conversation by influencing the health care sector through leadership and advocacy. WE tailor each session to the individual and work from a truama informed and strengths based framework.
We value, Health and wellbeing, connection, community, integrity and growth mindset. To be known as a service that makes people feel safe and offers therapy, workshops, education, and tools.
Say hello to Marlee Banfield.
Marlee Banfield (She/Her) Counsellor & Psychotherapist.
Marlee is a counsellor and psychotherapist with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counselling. Marlee’s approach is person-centred with an emphasis on cultivating mindful curiosity and self-compassion. Marlee has a particular interest in supporting clients with relationship challenges, emotion regulation and identity assertion.
Marlee works collaboratively with clients to gently unpack personal narratives and emotional themes in order to gain clarity and insight into past and present concerns. Marlee believes that we all make perfect sense given our unique histories and experiences.
Outside of the therapy room Marlee loves
- Bush walks
- Reading
- Meditation
Marlee uses a range of modalities in her counselling approach including:
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Internal family systems therapy
- Emotion focused therapy
- Depth psychology
- Schema therapy
Marlee supports clients in areas of
- Family of origin difficulties
- Relationship challenges
- Anxiety and depression
- Low self-esteem
- Grief and loss
Ready to connect with one of our skilled counsellors
At Centre Self Collective we offer individual counselling, couples counselling, group therapy, workshops and supervision for professionals. Follow us on our socials to keep up to date with all our new offerings coming in 2024.
Centre Self Collective is based in Brunswick, Melbourne and Daylesford. We also have telehealth options available. We are currently accepting new clients now.
Taking the step to book in your first counselling session
If you are ready to start your mental health journey, you can book a free 15 min consultation here with one of our mental health clinicians.
You can book directly in with our clinicians via the website or reach out to us at hello@centreself.com.au We would love to support you to begin your journey and answer any questions.