Sol - they/them

Sol is excited to connect with neurodivergent, queer, trans, gender-diverse and LGBTQIA+ people, people with experiences of marginalisation, and people navigating trauma, grief and loss, disability, and systems. They are deeply committed to providing a space for individuals that is non-pathologising, sex-positive, kink-aware, and enm- and polyamory-affirming, where identities and difference is celebrated, not judged. Sol has shared space with people who are often just trying to figure things out. Whether you’re adapting from a recent change, navigating grief and loss, exploring identity, adjusting to a new diagnosis, or making sense of a new experience or realisation, Sol is here for the messiness of that process. They are particularly passionate about walking alongside people who find traditional therapy performative. If you have felt shoved into boxes/labels that don’t fit, or if marginalisation has left you feeling unseen or misunderstood, Sol offers a space where you don’t have to perform and can be yourself authentically.

Sol meets you human to human, recognising that showing up takes a lot of courage and vulnerability, especially if past experiences haven’t felt safe. Here, your self-expertise is the priority. You set the pace, and Sol ensures that choice and trust comes first. Sessions are collaborative and guided by where you’re at each day. Whether that’s talking things through, making sense of experiences, sitting quietly, brainstorming ideas, unpacking patterns, building strategies, or simply having a non-judgemental space to land. In the mood for a direct/blunt and grounded chat? Sure! Feeling low energy and prefer a gentle and spacious conversation? We can do that, too! Just let them know. Expect warmth, curiosity, deep listening, and conversations that hold as much silliness as there is seriousness.

Sol looks at the "big picture" (using a systems-aware and intersectional lens), and honours how your experiences, identity, relationships, and the social systems you navigate all play a role in shaping your life, including how you relate to yourself and those around you. While they draw from approaches such as Existential therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Constructivist Therapy, they use these flexibly to centre your experiences and meet you where you are, not to fit you into a model.

Born and raised on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Country), Sol is a neurodivergent, white, queer person and a homebody who has never lived elsewhere. They are a sibling (full, half, and step, if we’re being pedantic), a partner, and a human to a dorky cat named Boulder. Sol can be crafty with a crochet project (or several unfinished ones), learning something new, diving into a hyperfixation, or geeking out about TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. More than anything, they love a good yarn and spending time with their loved ones, whether a passionate ramble, body-doubling, or simply sitting together in silence. These everyday moments of connection, curiosity, and shared humanity are what Sol deeply values, and they naturally shape how they show up in the world and alongside people.

• ADHD - Adult journey and combined diagnosis, navigating executive functioning, medication/stimulants (long-release and short-release), time agnosia, rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD), memory, proprioception, self-understanding, and self-compassion.

• Anxiety - Social, general, perfectionism, anxiety attacks, panic attacks, and skin picking.

• Autism - Adult journey, internalised ableism, unmasking, auditory and sensory processing difficulties, spiky profiles and fluctuating capacities, autistic burnout, self-acceptance and self-authenticity, differences in socialising.

• Depression

• Disordered Eating

• Invisible Disability

• Interpersonal Relationships - Found family, intentional community, neuroqueer connections, non-hierarchical networks, dating (all gender inclusive), sharing spaces (with friends and partners), vulnerability.

• LGBTQIA+ Experiences – Navigating gender and sexual fluidity (a-spec variations, pan, agender), self-discovery, inviting in/coming out and social transitions, gender euphoria and dysphoria, body dysmorphia, queer fatigue.

• Neurodivergent Connection/Experiences - Parallel play, body doubling, sharing strategies, support swapping, openly stimming, sharing fidgets, special interests, pebbling, and info dumping.

• Self-harm

• Suicide - Ideation, attempt survivor, and bereavement.

• Systemic Issues - Navigating pathologising systems with intersectional identities, advocating for self and others, navigating safety concerns, finding support systems, cost of living.

*Parts of Sol’s lived experience includes trauma and differences in sensory processing, so you may notice them stimming with a fidget toy, varying levels of eye-contact, and moving around in their seat. If this causes any concerns or results in feeling unheard, they are happy to discuss this further and work together to make sure the space is comfortable for all.

• Bachelor of Counselling

• Bachelor of Behavioural Science

• Master of Social Work

• Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su) When Conversations Turn to Suicide Training

Sol is available Tuesday - Thursday, afternoons and evenings.

We can invoice anyone who is self-managed or plan managed.

Sessions with Sol can be funded under the following NDIS items:

• Therapeutic Supports - Therapy - Counsellor - Telehealth, Item Number: 15_043_0128_1_3_TH

• Community Participation Activities, Item Number: 09_011_0125_6_3

The pricing regardless of which item number you access is $90 for 30mins, $140 for 50mins, $200 for 80mins

These can be booked online, or you can email us directly at info@therapyshmerapy.com.au to book these.

Sol can provide services through the Financial Assistance Scheme (Victoria).