TaylorMade Counselling

TaylorMade Counselling brings family law expertise, trauma-informed care and parenting coordination together in one place, in West Melbourne and Eltham. So whoever you are, you get support built around your actual situation, not a script.

You Get a Report That Captures the Whole Child: Not Just the Risk Factors

Most report writers focus on facts and findings. Linda's reports also capture the child behind the

case, including their personality, friendships, interests and family relationships, so the Court

sees a fuller picture, not just a list of risks.

You Get Someone Who Doesn't Need the Job Explained to Them

Plenty of practitioners say they understand trauma. Linda spent years working within Victoria

Police before she ever counselled anyone about it, so you can skip the explaining and get

straight to feeling better.

You Get a Real Conversation, Not a Clinical Script

Counselling is full of clinical language. We'd rather have a real conversation, one where you feel

heard, not processed.

You Get One Team, Not Four Different Referrals

Counselling, family law, parenting coordination and trauma don't usually sit under one roof. At

TaylorMade, they do, so you're not repeating your story to someone new every time your

situation changes.

Ready to talk? Whether you're instructing a report, looking for confidential support after a hard

shift, or trying to move forward after separation, we're here.

The TaylorMade Journey

The TaylorMade journey began with a single goal; to be able to connect with people and to support them to reconnect with themselves. Linda, our practice owner, wanted TaylorMade to be about empowering people who are experiencing challenges, to encourage them to look at their lives from different angles, to reframe their thinking, to recognise and acknowledge their strengths and triumphs, in order to facilitate them to make positive changes, so that they can lead happy and fulfilling lives.

The TaylorMade Approach

TaylorMade Counselling has been designed to work with people of all ages who are looking for a comfortable and safe environment to have life changing, meaningful and practical conversations.

TaylorMade's approach focuses on the connection between our thoughts and feelings, our attachments and the impacts of our childhood experiences, ensuring that clients consider the whole picture when dealing with life's biggest issues.

The focus of TaylorMade is to help clients heal, energise, and become aware and fully realise their inner strengths and potential. TaylorMade achieves this by providing a welcoming, open, and safe space, listening to your concerns, facilitating deeper thinking and customising a treatment plan that is right for you.

TaylorMade provides an evidence-based holistic approach to counselling, drawing on a range of practices including EMDR, cognitive-behavioural therapy, schema therapy, crisis intervention, compassion-based mindfulness, narrative therapy, attachment and trauma-focused therapy, developmental approaches and solution-focused therapy.

Credentials

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

Panel Family Consultant/Private Report Writer

Former Victoria Police Employee

70+ Court Reports Annually

Qualified Parenting Coordinator

Acknowledgement of Country

TaylorMade Counselling acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which TaylorMade is located and where we conduct our business, the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation.

We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

TaylorMade Counselling is committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.