Brisbane Trauma Trained Wholistic Counsellor and Domestic Violence Specialist (AASW Full Membership)

Yolanda Meima

Master of Social Practice, Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management

Yolanda has several qualifications in her extensive professional experience spanning over 25 years working across New Zealand and Australia as a social worker, a counsellor, and a group facilitator. She has also held numerous leadership roles. Yolanda is a highly experienced and mature professional who works with individuals, couples and groups. Yolanda has many years experience working in the domestic and family violence sector and with men individually and in a group setting. Yolanda is passionate about supporting individuals and couples who are experiencing personal and relationship challenges, and she uses a trauma response and wholistic approach in her therapeutic work. When Yolanda is not working, she enjoys spending time with her partner, her two adult children and three teenage grandchildren.

 

Yolanda’s areas of interest include:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Abuse
  • Physical Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Burnout
  • Coping Skills
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Infidelity
  • Marital & Premarital
  • Narcissistic Personality
  • PTSD
  • Peer Relationships
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Substance Abuse
  • Trauma
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Trauma

Yolanda has training in a number of therapeutic approaches, including:

  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Family/Marital
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Narrative
  • Person-Centred
  • Relational
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Supervision Services
  • Transactional Analysis
  • Trauma Focused

Yolanda is currently accepting new clients.

Yolanda is available for appointments on Mondays and Fridays.