Counselling, Coaching, Reiki
Kate of Grace
Courage. Wisdom. Grace.
Welcome to Kate of Grace. I'm Kate Tanner. I am a Social Worker with over 30 years in the human services sector .
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After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Work in 1997 I have worked in a variety of counselling and support roles including: general counselling, family and domestic violence support, sexual assault support, men's behaviour change, residential support work and group facilitation. I am currently employed part-time as the Senior Family Violence Counsellor at the Hobart Women's Shelter.
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After 10 years of general (EAP) counselling, with Davidson Trahaire Corpsych (Benestar) and Relationships Australia, and hearing the stories of many thousands of clients over the years I started to become aware of a missing piece in my therapeutic practice. While I will always acknowledge the importance of counselling in the therapeutic process, I have become more and more conscious over the years that 'talking therapy' alone is not enough. I realised that to work effectively with and heal trauma we must start with the body.
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I am a qualified yoga teacher. I have studied cransiosacral therapy, and reiki, recently qualifying as a Reiki Master. I look forward to facilitating Reiki 1 workshops in 2022.
For the las two years I have combined the modalities of counselling and reiki in my healing work and I continue to be humbled and astounded by the overwhelming positive outcomes for people. My professional and personal practice continues to evolve.
Counselling, Coaching and Reiki
I believe that we are born whole. Then life happens, with all its challenge and hurt and disappointment and trauma. And so begins the departure from our true essential selves.
Life wounds us. For many of us we carry around the usual wear and tear of life and its challenges, which leaves us doubting ourselves, limiting our potential, and results in developing habits that do not serve our highest good.
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For others of us, we bear the scars of far deeper wounding in the form of abuse and trauma which can set us up for a lifetime of destructive beliefs and toxic patterns.
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And we forget that we were ever lovely, whole, perfect.
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But we can find it again. We can return to ourselves by peeling away the layers of injury, by healing old wounds, by removing unnecessary obstacles. We can return to our natural state of Grace.
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Talking therapy alone is limited in its capacity to truly heal old wounds. We store emotional and psychic wounding in our physical bodies. Where the Being is wounded it is necessary to work with the body and the spirit. A holistic therapeutic counselling or coaching approach allows a partnership between practitioner and client whereby new, meaningful stories and pathways are created to build a new beautiful life.
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I've known for a while that to work effectively with the whole person I needed to learn more about how energy becomes 'trapped' or 'stuck' in the body. In August 2019 I completed my yoga teacher training and have been running community classes since that time. This has given me a greater understanding and appreciation for the role of movement in shifting blocked energy.
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But I knew there was more missing. So in December 2019 I signed up for a Craniosacral Therapy Intensive which gave me the skills and qualification to start practicing this profound and deeply healing energy work. It has turned out to be so much more than I ever expected and has led me on to exploring the world of reiki. I am now a fully qualified Reiki Master. I know that I have only started to scratch the surface of exploring the limitless potential of energy work, which sits so beautifully alongside the counselling model of practice. So many of my recent clients are expressing deep and profound shifts in letting go of limiting beliefs, blocked energy, healing illness and injury and stepping into their full human potential.
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"Kate has been instrumental in providing vital support at a turning point in my life. She is client-centred: insightful, practical, has a great sense of humour and, most importantly, compassionate. I can't speak more highly of her if you need guidance, support and a wholistic approach."
-Belinda
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Kate was recommended to me by a trusted friend and I am so grateful I made an appointment. We have had several sessions and each have brought relief, greater understanding, deep shifts, laughter and tears. Combining counselling with the CST has been brilliant. Profound insights and shifts have occurred during the bodywork and I have been able to emerge from deep grief and trauma into a lighter space. Our work continues and I feel incredibly grateful to have Kate's presence, support, wisdom and expertise. She's got my back and it feels bloody awesome.
-Betsy
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Kate is truly amazing. After just 3 sessions I feel the best I've ever felt. I love the Craniosacral Therapy also. I have suffered with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks etc for all my adult life but I honestly see hope that with Kate's continued support this may all be behind me and eventually just be a distant memory. My mind is clearer, I am functioning better, I'm kicking bad habits and creating good ones. I'm not just a number to Kate or a pay cheque, she genuinely cares. Thank you Kate from the bottom of my heart. I look forward to our next appointment.
-RG
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After what seemed like a year of being overwhelmed, filled with self-doubt, and unable to cope with the pressures of my work, from the first session Kate's intuitive visualisations and tactile connections let me follow my breathing helping me recover from the anxious state I was in. From then onwards, with Kate's fine tuning, I started to recover a sense of self, this in turn enabled me to act, with positive results, on changing my situation. Kate's honesty and sensitivity was extremely helpful in the steps to self-acknowledgement and self worth.
-Jenny Turner.
Kate is one of those rare people one treasures. She is a listener with a passionate heart. Kate's presence is filled with genuine caring and authentic compassion. Kate miraculously fell into my life two years ago when I was impacted by an adverse incident at work, along with a series of other traumatic events. Her style of support is empowering, insightful and progressive. I'm excited and to further experience the holistic approach of energy work, thorough Craniosacral Therapy. Enchancing the body's own healing abilities is empowering and a peaceful process. I feel hopeful for the future.
-Anja
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Welcome to my beautiful rooms at beautiful Beach Road Mind and Body, 7 Beach Rd, Sandy Bay.
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Parking is easy and free
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My usual working days are Monday through to Thursday.
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Please phone, text or email for an appointment.
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Phone or text me on:
0436 020 135
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Phone for a complimentary 20 minute initial enquiry.
