About Hollie

I have been a Registered Relationship Counsellor (and later, Clinical Supervisor) since around 2005 and I have worked with a wide variety of clients, couples and families in all seasons of life throughout my years of practice. My work as a clinical supervisor encases the therapist’s work with their client’s relationships and the therapist’s own relational processes when holding space in sessions.
I specialise in all forms of Relationship, this includes working with individuals and their relationship with the ‘self’ and working with couples and their relationship and their personality ‘parts’, attachment needs and styles, their connection blocks and conflict cycles.
I use a tailored blend of Gottman relationship therapy, Relational Life Therapy, EFT, Relational Integrative-EMDR, RET and Clinical Resource Therapy (parts work) depending on your unique needs. I am also a registered clinical counsellor and clinical supervisor with PACFA and ACA.

Hollie Murdoch Relationship and individual Counselling​
Hollie Relationship Counsellor Newcastle NSW

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Social Sciences
  • Diploma of Counselling
  • EMDR eye movement desensitisation reprocessing
    (ACCREDITED Practitioner- EMDRAA )
  • Attachment-Informed EMDR – Couple + Relationship
  • RI-EMDR (Relational-Integrative EMDR)
  • RET – Radical Exposure Tapping L1 Deactivating the Buttons
  • Gottman Therapy (Level 3)
  • Clinical Resource Therapist + CRT Trainer
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (Externship)
  • Training & Assessment TAE40116 – Educator
  • Transpersonal Art Therapy

My husband of 20+ years and I have three beautiful teenagers, and in our downtime, we love the outdoors with camping walking and playing at the beach or in our backyard gardening and growing lots of veggies.

Crisis Hotlines

If you are in crisis, contact the following for crisis support:

  • Emergency – 000 – call if in immediate danger
  • Lifeline – 13 11 14 – free 24/7 telephone counselling service
  • Kids Helpline – 1800 551 800 – free, private and confidential phone and online service for young people aged 5 – 25
  • RESPECT hotline (1800 respect) 1800 737 732 – sexual assault, domestic violence/ abuse hotline
  • Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467 – nationwide 24/7 callback counselling for people affected by suicide

I'm a registered member of the following professional bodies

PACFA Approved Member

The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia is a leading national peak body and professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia.

ACA Approved Member

ACA is Australia’s largest single registration body for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

Gottman Approved Member

“The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.”