ARE YOU LOOKING FOR POLY COUNSELLING? OR PRACTICING CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGOMY AND LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLOR WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO HELP?
You’re looking for outside expertise about opening up your relationship, or maybe your’e just beginning to talk about it? You’ve come to the right place.
Even if you’re a great communicator and awesome partner, opening relationships comes with its own unique set of challenges. We’re here for you.
We value your unique situation and most likely have somebody who’s going to be a great fit.
Consensual
Non-Monogomay
Relationship Counselling
& Poly Counselling
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We Think Poly Counselling & Consensual Non-Monogomy Relationship Counselling is a Specialty
And It’s OUR Specialty!
We want to help release the stigmatization of Poly and Open relationships. We want to give, not take up space. We think you’ll get more out of our work together.
Are you curious to explore love with more than one partner? Not sure which direction or how to approach this? Are you or your partners dealing with jealousy, shame, or self-worth barriers?
If you’re interested, let’s help you explore ethical non-monogamy. We’re trained relationship therapists without all of the traditional relationship beliefs. We’ve even got a trained sexologist to help out with consensual non-monogomay needs. We want to help you and your partners reach full potential without needing to hide parts of who you really are.
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LET’S TALK
ABOUT YOUR NEEDS
IN THIS
Improving the Quality of Our Lives by Improving Our Most Intimate Relationships
Feelings of loneliness and isolation are commonly reported by people in relationships. We can feel competitive in our relationships, struggle with feelings of low self worth, and have trouble with feelings of shame badness, or guilt. This is especially relevant for those questioning opening up relationships and exploring non-monogomy.
If you’ve decided monogamy isn’t working for you, and have started to explore ethical non-monogamy or polyamory, we’re here to help you sort it out. And we know there can be lot’s to sort out; the stigma (omg! the stigma!) the discussions, the questions, and possibly some difficult conversations- we’re here. We got you. We know what to do.
If you’re ready to move forward we can help you build better relationships, better connections and better quality of life.
Choosing Poly & Open Relationships Can Be Liberating
The first step to building better relationships with others is understanding and developing a better relationship with yourself, your needs, and what makes sense for you.
Whether you are looking to open up your relationship, explore consensual non-monogomy, or are looking for deeper emotional connection with your partners, we can help you to explore in-depth your communication and intimacy concerns and help you attract the partnerships you’ve always wanted.
Do You Need Help Opening Up Your Relationship?
So you’ve decided to explore alternative ways of loving, but may be unclear about starting the conversation or how to get more information. We’re passionate about creating awareness and tolerance for alternative lifestyles and sexualities, and we’re passionate about helping both traditional and non-traditional relationships succeed. We’ve got this part handled for you. Let’s find some time to talk and we can help everybody start communication openly and honestly about what they want. And we’ve got loads of experience and education and training to help make it happen.
Some things you may want to know:
We use the terms ethical or consensual to describe the non-monogamy as “above board,” and that partners in the relationship are informed of expectations and commitments. How this looks, is up to you and the relationship participants. We can help you through the discussions that make it work.
How Do polyamorous & Open Relationships Work?
Think of non-monogamy as a fundamentally different way of viewing relationships. Many people come to consensual non monogamy through wanting to “spice up” their relationship, but it’s a complete lifestyle change, not just a ticket to see other people.
Through thoughtful communication, contemplation about your own needs and values, you can build the relationship you want based on your specific needs, not just what you have been taught is traditional.
We recommend a great deal of forethought, communication, and maybe a little professional help to get you where you want to be.
Meet Our Relationship Counsellors Skilled With Consensual Non-monogomy
Rebecca Codrington
Rebecca has been in therapeutic practice for nearly 20 years and has experience in psychology, relationship counselling, and queer counselling. She is a qualified relationship counsellor- which is a big freaking deal! She’s our only AAFT approved Relationship Counsellor on site. What does this mean? It means she’s probably the best educated relationship counsellor in the building And we are thrilled she’s Here. We think you will be as well.
For the past few years she has put a focus on relationship counselling & consensual non-monogomay and even published a paper about it. She loves the topic and is passionate about working in a non-stigmatizing way, helping you and your relationships get to where you want to be. She holds the following degrees:
Grad. Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy
Grad. Dip Systemic Therapy
Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Honours Class 1)
Masters in Couple and Family Therapy
Currently completely Masters in Psychology
Her training has included the following theories and models:
Systemic Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Gottman Method, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Existential Practice, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Positive Psychology, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Technique, Trauma Informed, & Somatic Therapies
Melissa Luttringer
Melissa is a relationship counsellor and sexologist who has been helping people be better in relationships for nearly 10 years.
Melissa has completed her studies of Sexology in 2023 (Wow! Like, seriously? Sexology! How cool is that?) We feel really lucky to have her expertise here. And we think you’ll love working with her.
Melissa is an excellent relationship therapist with the added benefit of having expertise around sex and sexual issues. Her warm and kind approach sprinkled with a bit of humour, openness, and sensitivity might be just what your relationship difficulties are looking for.
She is passionate about diversity, equality, and the queer community and aims to provide clients with hope and non-judgmental wisdom, all from a supportive and safe environment. She is sex-positive, LGBTIQ, Poly and BDSM friendly.
She specialises in Psychosexual therapy and Systemic Relationship therapy. She is also trained in Person Centred, Imago, Emotional Focused and Strengths-Based Therapy.
Melissa’s Qualifications:
Degree/Diploma from University of Sydney in Masters in SexologyMaster of Science in Medicine Psychosexual Therapy / 2023
Diploma from Australian Qualifications FrameworkRelationship Counselling / 2017
Bachelor in Counselling and Graduate Diploma in Relationships Therapy , Graduated 2015
Dr Adam McLean
Adam has been in therapeutic practice for 25 years and has over 35 years working in health related fields with people from a wide range of backgrounds. As a gay man, he understands on a personal level many of the challenges associated with being queer in a straight world. He has been part of the Sydney gay community for over three decades and prior to moving to Australia lived in London and Glasgow, where being an openly gay man in the early ’80s was often less than safe.
Adam’s approach to psychotherapy is holistic and very supportive. He is comfortable working with individuals or with groups and is trained in several theoretical approaches that can be used in combination to treat you as the unique and special individual you are.
Adam’s Qualifications:
D/Prof Psychotherapy and Counselling
Master of Counselling
Graduate Diploma Individual Psychotherapy and Relationship Therapy
Bachelor of Counselling and Human Change
Bachelor of Nursing
Professional Certificate in Sandplay Therapy
Dr Neta Fleiderman
Dr Neta Fleidermanis is a counsellor and psychotherapist who is interactive in her style, primarily focusing on healing from the past and stepping into your authentic self in all of your relationships.
Neta completed her studies of Clinical Psychology training (Master’s and PhD at ) at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Neta is our resident expert in transitioning from Monogamy to Polyamory, opening up your relationship, healing your relationship or pioneering alternative expressions of intimacy. Let us know what you are looking for, Neta is here for it.
Neta’s Qualifications:
Clinical Psychology training (Master’s and PhD)
PACFA qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist
We Know All Relationships Do Not Identify The Same
We are Here for Relationships with Gender Identity Differences
Whether you identify as a Trans, Cis, or Gender Queer, we’ve got you & your relationship covered.
We hear you. We got you. And we’re going to do it with a sense of compassion, sense of humour and a fierce sense of social justice.
Just ask us who’s a good fit, and we’ll make it happen.
Meet All of Our Relationship Counsellors
Sydney Queer Counselling
We have a strong group of queer allies & queer identified counsellors providing:
Individual counselling for queer & LGBT identified Individuals 🏳️🌈
Gender affirming counselling for trans and non-binary folks 🏳️⚧️
Relationship Counselling for LGBT population
Individual or relationship counselling for non-traditional relationships such as Poly, Kink & BDSM
Serving Queer families, children, individuals and relationships