Alex Cuffe (she/her)

Peer Mental Health Worker

Alex is available on Friday mornings and afternoons.

Alex Cuffe is a compassionate mental health peer practitioner, artist, musician, and farmer, living on Djaara country. As a queer trans woman, Alex embraces her diverse histories to connect deeply with those she supports, drawing strength from her community to offer understanding and solidarity during difficult times.

While trained in counseling, Alex’s journey as an abolitionist, survivor of complex trauma and diverse cognition guides her to work within peer frameworks. This approach fosters healing through authentic connection and mutuality. Central to her practice are the values of love, liberation, and a commitment to decolonization. In her sessions, you’ll find a space of deep listening, compassionate reflection, and a commitment to navigating life’s challenges in solidarity together.

Alex’s personal journey in mental health is grounded in an embodied somatic approach, allowing her to honor the injustices and experiences she has faced with the compassion we all deserve, while finding ways for our bodies to absorb this. Outside of her work, she finds joy in hiking, camping, dancing, intentional living, meditation, nurturing friendships, silly jokes and a few memes. She looks forward to walking alongside you on your healing journey.

Qualifications

  • Graduate Diploma of Counselling & Psychotherapy 

  • Bachelor Fine Arts (Honours)  

  • Intentional Peer Support Advanced training

  • Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su) Facilitator Training

Living Experience

Alex takes a non-pathological lens at understanding being human in colonial/capital systems. She works with anyone wherever they are and looks for larger systemic and somatic understanding to understand ourselves.

  • Abusive family systems and intercommunity harm 

  • Anguish 

  • Challenges around the desire to want to live

  • Changed physical ability

  • Existential sadness 

  • Fear

  • Grief

  • Injustice 

  • Profound Anger

  • Relational challenges

  • Sexuality and Gender

If what you’re needing support with is not here, please email info@therapyshmerapy.com.au prior to booking with Alex.

Alex is open to and experienced in exploring other issues that she does not have personal life experience with. She can contact you to chat about if we can support you.