Our Team

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Lette

Owner, Somatic Psychotherapist & Counsellor

As a Māori-European, neurodivergent, queer therapist, I’m a Somatic Psychotherapist working across multiple modalities, grounded in Tikanga Māori, ancestral healing traditions, and integrative practice.

My lived experience of a fundamentalist Christian upbringing, complex trauma, and assault informs a deeply survivor-informed approach. I understand trauma as something held in the body, nervous system, relationships, and sense of self. I also have lived experience of Mirror-Pain Synesthesia, or mamae in Te Reo Māori.

Proud Aboriginal woman from Darug & Gamilaraay/ Kamilaroi country and Kin.

She’s the owner, wife of Lette for over two decades, Practice Manager and more, the glue that binds the practice, ensuring the smooth running of operations while upholding our commitment to cultural respect, inclusivity, and community-driven care.

Chantal

Practice Manager - Owner

  • I am a Somatic Psychotherapist and integrative therapist - Queer, LGBTQIA+, Neurodiverse and lived experience in a fundamentalist christian upbringing, multiple forms of trauma and assault.

    As a queer LGBTIQA+ person raised within fundamentalism, I understand the complexities of identity, belonging, shame, survival, and reclaiming selfhood.

    I bring a deeply survivor-informed perspective shaped by the lived experience of complex trauma, violence, neurodivergence, and recovery. My work is rooted in an understanding of how trauma lives within the body, nervous system, relationships, and sense of self.

    As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent person, I understand the realities of overwhelm, burnout, masking, sensory sensitivity, and navigating a world that often misunderstands ADHD and Autism (AuDHD). My lived insight allows me to offer not only therapeutic support but genuine empathy, steadiness, and care. I understand trauma as something held in the body, nervous system, relationships, and sense of self. I also have lived experience of Mirror-Pain Synesthesia, or mamae in Te Reo Māori.

    Therapy with me moves at your pace. I blend modern therapeutic approaches with embodied and ancestral wisdom, integrating:

    • Somatic Psychotherapy & Polyvagal Theory

    • Nervous system regulation and body-based healing

    • Guided imagery and attachment-based work

    • Shadow work and trauma integration

    • Awareness of body-held energy and ancestral healing traditions

    I welcome people from all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. My practice is a supportive for all awareness, of gender, sexual awareness, my therapy is open and welcoming for all folks always.

    Based in Thornbury, Melbourne for inperson on Wednesdays and Fridays and online other days. Mon-Fri only. Sessions and available via Telehealth across Australia, I adapt sessions to support your sensory, cultural, spiritual, and communication needs.

    • Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy

    • Registered Psychotherapist & Counsellor (Australia & New Zealand)

    • Registered Hypnotherapist & NLP Master Practitioner & Trainer (International Qualifications)

    • 2 years Somatic Psychotherapy Somatic Transformation & Polyvagal-Informed Therapist

      Qualified Somatic Art Therapist

    • Rongoā Indigenous Knowledge – Indigenous Māori wisdom shared by aunts and ancestors

    • Reiki Levels 1 & 2 (guided by an Aboriginal-kin Reiki Master)

    • Certified Polyvagal Theory Practitioner Alumni (trained with Deb Dana, LCSW) - Rhythm of Regulation

    • Trained in Somatic Transformational Trauma under Dr Sharon Stanley—2 years of intensive study in embodiment, empathy, and trauma interventions.

    • Trained in Psychedelic Integrative therapy in a two-year intensive program, understanding Trauma and the use of Psychedelic Integration

    • Compassionate Inquiry with Dr Gabor Maté program.

This is known as a Pepeha - Māori Cultural Background

Description of who Lette’s Ancestral heritage and cultural background is:

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  • Ko Mauao te maunga.
    Mauao is the mountain.

  • Ko Kaituna te awa.
    Kaituna is the river.

  • Ko Te Awanui te moana.
    Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour) is the sea/ocean.

  • Nō Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto me Te Arawa ahau.
    I am from Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto, and Ngāti Pikiao.

  • Ko Ormsby tōku whānau.
    Ormsby is my family.

  • Ko Lette Jewell ahau.
    I am Lette Jewell.