I am a relationship and trauma therapist and I see individuals, couples and families. With Adelaide Trauma Centre I offer relationship counselling, body sensitive trauma therapy and supervision. I am also an accredited Breathworks Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and work part time as a Mental Health Clinician/Therapist.

I describe my approach as relational narrative therapy. I have a PhD in trauma therapy and the therapeutic relationship and qualifications in Narrative Therapy, Family Therapy, Mental Health & Breast Cancer Care. For me the therapeutic relationship is so important and I see the therapeutic relationship as the holding space for everything that happens in therapy. My therapy practices draw on the client's resources (body, breath, mind, heart & spirit), their language, strengths, humour, culture and hopes to enter into a place of sense making, inquiry and discovery.

In working with the body and trauma I draw on Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher's body sensitive approaches, mindfulness based cognitive therapy and mindfulness meditation. My approach assists people experiencing mental and physical health problems and trauma to move towards and into a balance of rest and wellness. I have worked for Relationships Australia in Sydney as a Couple & Child Therapist and in the area of sex therapy & sexual concerns, sexual abuse, domestic and family violence in NSW and SA. In therapy I encourage people to explore their deeper hopes and commitments for relationships and life purposes, while living well with co-existing conditions. My supervision interests include ethical considerations and the way therapists and counsellors discover and make their own unique therapy practices.

I work from Parkside. Concessions are available and Medicare rebates apply with a Chronic Disease Management Plan from a GP and for Supportive Pregnancy Counselling (referral from your GP).

PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT CURRENTLY TAKING NEW CLIENTS

Dr Lesley Porter
Location: Parkside SA
Appointments available: Day time & evenings Thursday, Friday
Mobile: 0407040944
Email: drlesley@relationalnarrativetherapy.com.au