Counselling, coaching and couples Therapy | Christie Burke
Registered Nurse, Integrative Therapist and Certified Health Coach
Providing support to individuals, couples and families in Brisbane and Online Australia-wide
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Welcome
To therapeutic support, grounded in the understanding that mind, body and story, are deeply interconnected.
There is a particular kind of courage in choosing to understand yourself more fully. Whether you’ve been carrying something for a long time, or a recent experience has shifted the ground beneath you - this work meets you where you are.
I offer compassionate integrative support for individuals, couples and families - weaving together over two decades of skills and experience in nursing, counselling, coaching and relationship therapy. This is not a formulaic service. It is bespoke, relational and built entirely around you.
A true partnership approach means I do not sit above you as the expert, but beside you as compassionate witness, curious detective and steady guide.
Together we build a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship that allows for honest exploration and authentic collaboration. My process traces patterns and symptoms back to their historical roots, understanding how they formed, how they have adapted and how they may now be limiting growth. We examine what once protected you, what no longer serves you and create healing opportunities that allow for new possibilities to emerge.
I support clients to:
Make sense of longstanding emotional and behavioural patterns.
Strengthen their capacity for regulation, resilience and secure connection.
Improve their health by addressing both physiological and psychological drivers of disease, dysfunction and distress.
Find clarity, move through discomfort and live authentically.
Move beyond insight and towards integration that creates meaningful and lasting change, not just symptom relief.
Drawing from a diverse pool of therapeutic frameworks and treatment protocols, I am able to tailor my approach to meet the unique needs and experiences of each client. This is person centred and highly individualised support.
Sessions available in person in Brisbane or via Telehealth, online Australia-wide.
Honouring bio-individuality, the mind-body connection & lived experience.
Health Coaching, Counselling & Therapy Is For anyone looking to engage more deeply with their health, wellbeing and Relationships.
For issues big and small. Whether you’re looking to make significant life, health and relationship shifts or seeking support with a very specific issue. I’m here to help. My practice is inclusive and completely judgment-free. My focus is on humans, not labels and diagnoses. I work in partnership with my clients on their journey towards better understanding their unique experiences and making meaningful, lasting and impactful change.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Below is a list of things I commonly work with people on:
Emotional and Mental Health Anxiety, stress and mood instability. Burnout, overwhelm and nervous system dysregulation. Childhood trauma, intergenerational wounds and patterns. Moving beyond addiction. Memory, attention and cognitive health. Increasing psychological flexibility and resilience.
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Relationships and Connection Increasing relational self awareness and enhancing the quality of relationships. Finding ways to reconnect and re-imagine relationships. Improving communication and conflict resolution skills. Working through parenting challenges. Overcoming betrayal, heartbreak and separation.
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Addressing gastrointestinal issues linked with the nervous system such as reflux and IBS. Restoring gut health and adopting therapeutic nutrition plans. Managing histamine intolerance, POTS/Dysautonomia and MCAS. Geting to the root cause of symptoms. Cutting through the noise in health education, influencing, and biohacking. Managing symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
Navigating loss, adversity, life transitions and systems04
Navigating major life transitions. Finding clarity at crossroads. Processing, adjusting to and integrating grief and loss. Adapting to changing family arrangements. Working with healthcare systems, making informed choices and advocating for self.
My Clinical Services
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Health Coaching
Personalised, flexible, science based 1:1 coaching plans focussed on supporting optimal health through detailed assessment, education, nutrition & lifestyle change support. My work with clients focuses on cutting through the noise in health education, influencing and bio-hacking to address the core drivers of health using integrative, evidence based approaches - personalised to the individual. Partnering with you and your other providers.
In person in Brisbane & Online Australia Wide.
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Individual Counselling
Empathic, person-centred & values aligned counselling sessions focussed on developing a greater understanding of self & increasing capacity for working through personal challenges and adversity. Goals of this work often include finding clarity, creating more ease, living more authentically and cultivating more joy. Blending evidence based somatic and talk therapies to offer personalised, whole person mental health care.
In person in Brisbane & Online Australia Wide.
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Relationship Counselling
Reflective, attachment based, trauma and neuroscience informed counselling sessions focussed on enhancing human connections in all types of relationships, at all stages and across all domains of life. Tailored approaches to suit the needs of the individual and the couple. Pattern tracking and skill building for relationships by design rather than default. Re-imagine what’s possible in love and reconnect with who you want to be in your relationships.
In person in Brisbane & Online Australia Wide.
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To provide an innovative & evidenced based holistic service, in a true partnership model.
Creation of an inclusive physical and online space that celebrates individuality & diversity, champions change and promotes autonomy, accountability & hope.
Leading change in the culture of care counselling and coaching, through personalised whole person health support.
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To offer a compassionate, considered, personalised and integrative care, counselling & coaching service…that supports you to cultivate a healthier, happier, more meaningful life.
Provision of a bespoke service as a unique holistic health practitioner, skilled in combining therapeutic frameworks that bridge the gap between physical, mental, relationship and spiritual health.
Authentic engagement. Meaningful connection. Lasting transformation.
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Curiosity, flexibility & personalisation in practice.
Integration of the evidence base with innovation.
Merging contemporary and traditional wisdom.
Respect and support for the democratisation of and personal sovereignty in healthcare.
Incorporating hope & spirituality in care.
Get to know Christie - read about my professional background, education , qualifications & philosophies on helping through coaching, counselling & consulting.
Learn about my services - explore more detail about therapies I use, what I can help with and how we can work together. Discover different session types, programs & fees.
My Professional Services
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Mentoring|Supervision
Mentoring for individual practitioners and small teams with a focus on incorporating a holistic lens and taking an integrated approach. Support with merging the evidence base with innovation.
Individual and small group clinical supervision for Mental Health Nurses and other clinicians. Sessions support reflective, embodied, and relational practice. Together, we create space for curiosity, self-inquiry, and growth in your work.
Guidance on transitioning from public service and establishing private practice models and small business systems.
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Teaching
Design and delivery of educational programs tailored to the needs of individual health professionals, small practices, NGO’s and small business.
My teaching invites curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. I favour learning models that are individualised, experiential, and co-created.
Collaborations welcome.
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Consulting
Consultancy services to individual practitioners, small teams and organisations across the health and community sectors, drawing on my broad clinical skill set and management and leadership experience.
I offer a thoughtful, collaborative approach to exploring complex clinical or systemic challenges. With a relational, neurobiological and trauma-informed lens, I support practitioners to think deeply, reflect critically, and stay connected to their values in practice.
I have a particular interest in the cultivation of healthy workplaces and exploring the parallels between team dynamics and client/patient outcomes.
Let’s Connect
Use my contact form to start a conversation. Send me a query or book directly through my scheduling program.
“We do not ‘come into’ this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean ‘waves,’ the universe ‘peoples.’ Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe. You are not a stranger here.”