Welcome to Ground Zero Counselling
Holistic support for grief, loss, dementia and life transitions
Grief and Loss Counselling - Dementia Doula Services - End of Life Services
Kate Nankivell - PACFA Reg. Clinical Counsellor and Psychotherapist 24346
Ground Zero Counselling - Kate Nankivell - Clinical Psychotherapist
Ground Zero Counselling - Supporting You Through Grief, Loss and Change
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At Ground Zero Counselling and Doula Services we believe that even in life's most uncertain moments, there is a place to begin again.
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We provide:
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Clinical counselling for grief, loss, change and all life transitions​
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Counselling across the lifespan - for children, young people, adults, couples and families
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Counselling and practical support for people living with dementia - including early onset dementia - and their families ​
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Counselling and practical support for individuals and families navigating a life limiting diagnosis, chronic illness or ageing
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Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for people living with dementia
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Individual, Couples and Family Therapy
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Support Groups and Group Therapy
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Specialist therapeutic support to address depression, anxiety, complex grief, trauma or ruptured relationships that can arise during challenging times
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Whether you are adjusting to a diagnosis, supporting someone you love, planning ahead, sitting with grief, uncertainty or your own mortality - you don't have to face it alone.
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Ground Zero Counselling honours the whole person and the whole family unit - emotionally, practically, spiritually and relationally.
We create space for honest conversations, informed choices, and meaningful connections.
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​​​​Life's most challenging moments deserve more than survival - they deserve a steady, continuous presence, dignity and intentional, clear support.
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Ground Zero Counselling supports you to develop knowledge, skills and strategies to optimise wellbeing, hope and self efficacy,
And opportunities to move from a state of distress and uncertainty towards acceptance, adaptability and confidence.
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Holistic, strength - based and trauma informed counselling to explore the grief, loss, anxiety, depression and trauma which can occur as a result of unforeseen change or a life changing diagnosis.
Therapy promotes self- awareness by exploring the patterns that keep us 'stuck' in unhelpful cycles, and provides optimism and resilience when we feel empowered to choose new ways to respond to our distress.
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Emotion Focused Therapy ( EFT) is designed to repair and strengthen bonds in the couple and family unit by focusing on each person's attachment needs and emotions. It helps people explore relationship ruptures, gently break unhelpful interaction patterns, and provides strategies to foster respectful, trusting and emotionally secure relationships.
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Group therapy invites people who share a similar experience ( such as grief, anxiety or being a carer) to gather as a small group ( typically 5-15) to explore their concerns.
Groups meet regularly to discuss issues that arise for them, share experiences, receive support from peers, learn new coping skills and build networks that reduce isolation.
How Ground Zero Counselling offers unique, authentic and compassionate support:
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How Ground Zero Counselling offers something different to other services in Brisbane:
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Clinical counselling expertise paired with both dementia and end of life doula training - offering a genuinely deeper level of support, care and expertise for people touched by a life limiting condition or other significant change​​​
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​Continuous compassionate support designed to complement medical care ​
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Real life extensive experience with dementia, brain injury and cognitive impairment coupled with two decades practising as a clinical psychotherapist and counsellor​
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​A deep understanding of anticipatory grief and complex grief that comes with sudden change and the clinical experience to help people process their grief​​​
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​Recognition that a life changing diagnosis such as dementia, MND, TBI or cancer reshapes the entire system of one's relationships - clinical expertise to explore the shared impact of a diagnosis on a family unit and build an understanding of each person's response
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​The clinical skill and experience to support individuals navigating complex family dynamics that can occur when a family member receives a life changing diagnosis​
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​Holding both devastation and hope - while acknowledging the devastation of change, we work together to highlight possibilities, cultivate hope and find new ways to connect
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​Providing a confidential, non judgmental space for authentic conversations​
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​Prioritising trauma- sensitive care, safety and stability - understanding that change needs to be processed before meaning can be made. There is no rush to reach acceptance or healing before you are ready. This is your journey and you set the pace.