- Social worker, Counsellor (narrative therapy and somatic approaches) & Supervisor -
Steph Shavin (she/her) is a mental health accredited social worker, counsellor, supervisor and group facilitator with 15+ years’ experience of social justice work in therapeutic, community practice, and systems change spaces. She is a white colonial-settler on stolen lands.
Steph offers a warm, relational therapeutic space. It is her practice to witness and co-create with you a space of respect, curiosity, choice and agency. Steph has an endless interest in better understanding how systems and power shape our experiences. Her approach is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, collaborative, intersectional and de-colonial.
With Steph you can explore what feels most important to you — your stories, challenges, embodied responses, questions, hopes and anything else you wish to bring. Steph uses a blend of talking and body-based approaches to support safety, connection, and meaningful change. The work is always collaborative and guided by the hopes, intentions, goals and pace that matter to you.
Steph offers both short and long-term work. Steph will seek to talk about this openly so that expectations are clear, flexible, and guided by what feels right for you over time.
Common themes:
Trauma / Oppression / Shame
Depression
Anxiety / Stress
Chronic pain
Grief
Parenting, including parenting neurodivergent children
Relationship dynamics and boundaries
Life transitions and changes
Challenges to belonging and identity
Or anyone seeking to explore something they can’t quite name or looking for a space to feel more alive, connected, and grounded.
While Steph’s work is holistic and integrative, she does not provide crisis or emergency intervention; support to children or young people under 16 years of age; or couples or family therapy.
Steph’s work is grounded in:
Trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice
Narrative therapy
Attachment theory
Polyvagal theory
Body based meditation and mindfulness
Somatic and body-based approaches to trauma recovery
Sessions and Fees:
In-person appointment on Fridays in Brunswick
Telehealth Appointment on Thursdays.
50-minute individual session: $185
With a GP Mental Health Care Plan: rebate of $87.25
Steph offers a sliding scale for people experiencing systemic or financial hardship.
Please reach out if this would support accessibility.
Next steps:
Please get in touch via the booking button above if you have any questions or wish to make an initial appointment. Once an appointment has been made Steph will send you a form to complete – this has information about billing, rebates, privacy, consent etc.
Qualifications:
Master of Social Work with Honours
AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Also trained in:
Narrative Therapy and Community Work
Somatic Experiencing (studying currently)
EMDR (Level 1)
Trauma-informed, embodied and accessible yoga facilitation
