About
Registered Counsellor, Mental Health & Wellness Clinician, Kerri Bower
Here to help you find balance, build strength, and embrace growth
Registered Counsellor & Expressive Arts Therapist
I have studied counselling, mental health, suicide prevention, Triple P Parenting, Expressive Arts Therapy and various other Human Resource courses and am registered with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). I have worked in crisis and suicide prevention and intervention, regional and remote mental health services, agency clinics and community recovery. Additional to my private practice, I facilitate individual and group supervision sessions for Lifeline Australia.
To find out more or book an appointment, please call
0423 695 908.
About Me
I often get asked ‘How did you end up becoming a counsellor?’
I am a Brisbane-born girl who was always known for her rose-tinted glasses and embracing life with a full attitude. At 22, these traits empowered me to travel the world and reside in the Middle East and Europe for over 20 years.
My wellbeing journey began when I returned home, to a country I hadn’t lived in for over 20 years. Therapy helped me feel complete again, become more confident, connect with new friends and gave me the strategies and tools to start a new life—making my career move personal.
Helping people heal, feel empowered and reconnect with themselves became my life’s goal. I wanted to help people find agency, strength, purpose and meaning in their life, so I studied Counselling at the University of the Sunshine Coast. My part-time role with Lifeline Australia as a Centre Supervisor helps me continually discover how to support people best.
I have supported many people using a person-centred approach—the backbone of my counselling practice—alongside a trauma-informed approach.
I am a white Caucasian woman (PGPs: she/her/hers) in a heterosexual marriage with four stepchildren. I constantly endeavour to be conscious of how my privileged traits may appear in the world and within a therapeutic setting. I feel genuinely honoured when helping people make a difference in their life.
Australia is a country like no other. Our countryside is wild and beautiful, our weather spectacular and fierce, our nation is culturally diverse, our lifestyle is outdoors, and our beliefs are wide-ranging. Australians have a great sense of humour and are full of resilience and strength, and we know how to yakka hard when faced with adversity.
However, Australia can sometimes be isolating, stressful and brutal. Therapy by Coast Life Counselling can help it become inclusive, supportive, relaxing, caring, and free.
Kerri Bower xx
More on My Qualifications
When you connect with me, you're receiving evidence-based knowledge and practical tools from professional education:
- Bachelor of Counselling—University of the Sunshine Coast
- Registered Counsellor - Level Three - Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- Supervisor—Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- Master of Counselling (nearing completion)—University of the Sunshine Coast
- Certificate in Expressive Therapies (Adolescents)
- Certificate in Expressive Art Therapies (Children & Adolescents)—Expressive Therapies Australia
- Certificate in Mental Health First Aid—Lifeline Australia
- Certificate in Psychological First Aid Training—Lifeline Australia
- ASSIST Framework (Applied Suicide Training)—Lifeline Australia
- Diploma of Human Resource Management Diploma—TAFE
- Cert IV Workplace Training—TAFE
Philosophy of Practice
I want to understand how you see and experience your life. The focus will always be on you as a whole. Together, we will find out who you are at your core, what is your story, where is the root of your concern and what you want in this life. In doing so, we will make sense of your existential challenges and choices, understand what gives your life meaning and help you transform from surviving to thriving.
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