Counselling and art therapy, at a pace your nervous system holds
Counselling and art therapy for adults in Stirling and online. Neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed and paced to your nervous system rather than mine.
Stirling, Adelaide Hills · NDIS self and plan managed welcome
Healing happens when we feel safe enough to soften, not when we force ourselves to be different.Niki Bonfield
Counselling
For when you want to talk it through. Trauma, complex PTSD, burnout, late-identified autism and ADHD, plus the long work of unmasking.
How sessions workArt therapy
For when words feel too tight. Sensory-aware, art-based processes that reach what talking can't. You do not need to be artistic.
What a session looks likeThe work on the walls is hers
Niki paints. The same figure keeps appearing: someone small, somewhere vast, holding on to a thread of something. That is the room you're walking into.
Hi, I'm Niki
I'm a counsellor and art therapist who works gently, slowly and with deep respect for the nervous system.
Many of the people who find me are neurodivergent, burnt out or quietly carrying long histories of coping alone. They're tired of masking, tired of pushing and longing for a space where they don't have to perform.
I have a late autism diagnosis of my own. That sits underneath how I work. It is why I understand this from both a lived and a trained angle.
- Bachelor of Counselling
- Dip. Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Dip. Art Psychotherapy
- Member, Australian Counselling Association
You might recognise yourself here
Burnout and overwhelm
The kind that comes from years of masking, caring for others or pushing through sensory fatigue.
Late-identified neurodivergence
The relief, grief and self-rebuilding that can follow an autism or ADHD discovery.
Masking fatigue
Needing a space that honours pacing, quietness and the body's signals.
Identity confusion or loss
Feeling lost, numb or unsure who you are beneath years of coping strategies.
Relational trauma
The subtle, chronic forms that shape how you trust, attach and protect yourself.
Creative disconnection
Longing to reconnect with your inner world, expression or imagination.
There's no checklist to qualify for support. If any of this feels familiar, that's enough.
Start with a free 15-minute chat
No forms to get wrong and nothing to prepare. Just a gentle conversation to see whether working together feels right, at your pace.
Book a free 15-minute chat Or get in touch