A while back, when instigating some advertising in a local publication ( funny story, they published a photo of me – without consent- that made me look naked!) – I was asked to write up about me, so I sought some help and this is the result.
Its a few years old now, but still rings true.
Bribie Islands own, Amy Madden, a qualified counsellor and coach of over twenty years, has created a brand new space for women struggling with feelings of loneliness, depression and overwhelm. Amy specialises in helping women reclaim and rediscover their joy after trauma or life experiences have brought challenge.
She has tertiary professional qualifications, but insists her greatest education comes directly from the womens stories she has listened to. Something she describes as a privilege. She says there is no greater expert on a life than the woman who is living it, and describes her role as being able to help women uncover her wisdom when life has buried it.
Amy has assisted women through the justice system, to reenter study at a mature age, to start or rebuild businesses, to approach their parenting roles with patience and gentleness and to gently face the demons that come with depression, anxiety, fear and loneliness.
Amy believes that life is to be lived, joyfully, and that even when it feels like it is grey-washed and lonely, that there is hope and a pathway forward. Women have described her “amyzing” and said “you help turn the voices of doubt and criticism into strength and power” and “you change lives”.
Amy helps women with boundaries, addressing anxiety, focussed goal setting and achievement and mindset blocks. She uses a range of tools including mindfulness, creative and experiential therapies, solution focussed and goal setting techniques, educational material and somatic (body) awareness techniques.
Amy offers her services both face to face and online to be as accessible as possible. To ensure that the busyness of life doesn’t take over her work, she doesn’t disclose a phone number, instead responding to each woman individually with time and focus via email enquiries. She says that this unusual approach ensures she doesn’t multitask her five year old and life, alongside the important business of listening to women and their stories.
These times have been challenging for people, and through it Amy supported women to not only cope, but to thrive! To build their confidence, to begin study, to negotiate tricky tested relationships under stress, to rebuild their business and confidence and to feel safe in their skin.
Outside of the business of her dreams, Amy parents her five year old girl she affectionately calls “pixie”, makes sure she gets to the beach more times than not, tries to keep her guinea pig alive, and is busy planning her next great adventure (her last was mulitday alpine trekking in Tasmania!
It is lovely to meet you.
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Amy Madden 