The Heart Behind Flourish Counselling & Psychotherapy:
Kerynn Fotiou - Founder | Registered Counsellor
Welcome to
Flourish Counselling & Psychotherapy Echuca
A Little About Me 🌿
I am a trauma-informed and registered counsellor in Echuca who provides specialised and tailored support for individuals, families and children.
Who I am is shaped by the stories I’ve lived and the values I carry close to my heart. My practice is rooted in lived experience, ethical clarity, and a quiet commitment to dignity. I provide support in counselling individuals, children, couples, and families, and I bring a calm and caring presence to the spaces I hold, where each person’s insight is honoured, and their worth is seen and truly witnessed. I meet each client with curiosity, compassion, and respect, trusting that their protective responses hold wisdom, and that transformation unfolds when safety is felt.
My approach to life is guided by curiosity, authenticity, being kind, and a commitment to equality for all. Outside of sessions, I enjoy spending time with my family, being immersed in nature, listening to music, reading, and reflecting on life and the stories that unfold.
🌿Experience and Qualifications
I carry with me a substantial toolbelt of skills and qualifications that reflect my deep commitment to supporting individuals as they navigate life’s barriers and challenges.
My practice is grounded in trauma-informed counselling, neurodivergent-affirming principles, and a belief in every person’s right to be seen, heard, and understood.
Below is a summary of my professional qualifications and affiliations:
- A triple Diploma in Applied Social Science (Developmental and Behavioural Science), Counselling, and Counselling Practice
- Accredited and registered with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- An accredited Member of Psychology Today and endorsed as a registered counsellor.
- Certified in Recognise and Respond to Domestic and Family Violence in the nationally accredited training delivered by Lifeline Australia, aligned with The National Plan to End Gendered Violence
- A certified trauma recovery coach, supporting individuals with complex trauma through body-based, regulation-focused techniques and psychoeducation
- A certified Life Coach offering strengths-based support for personal growth, clarity, and transformation
- A certified Neurodiversity Coach working collaboratively with support coordinators, LACs, and professionals within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to advocate for inclusive, affirming care and support.
Each qualification reflects not just an area of expertise, but a values-driven and purposeful approach to facilitate healing and recovery that honours autonomy, fosters resilience, and centres on emotional and relational safety.
Guided by Values, Driven by Purpose
🌿 Our Mission
As a registered counsellor in Echuca, Flourish Counselling & Psychotherapy offers accessible, tailored support that empowers individuals and communities through trauma-informed care.
🌱 What We Stand For
- Reducing stigma through systemic advocacy, collaboration, and inclusive outreach.
- Honouring culture and kinship, especially for First Nations peoples and diverse communities.
- Fostering emotional safety and well-being in every session.
- Empowering self-awareness and resilience with practical tools and compassionate care.
- Making counselling accessible within a respectful, supportive regional community.
- Using holistic, evidence-based approaches that reflect the needs of those we serve.
- Committing to ongoing learning and best practice principles.
- Supporting families and individuals facing social challenges in regional settings.
- Helping clients recognise their strengths and move toward healing, growth, and flourishing.
🌏 A Vision for a Kinder World
I envision a future where kindness and equality are foundations for healing.
Where inclusion, acceptance, and equity guide us, and where courage, autonomy, and self-determination shape our becoming.
Flourish Counselling in Echuca is a space where healing is welcomed, not rushed. Where transformation unfolds gently, in its own time, and where every story is met with respect, curiosity, and care.
🌿 Our Values
Grounded in Inclusion, Acceptance and Equality for all!
Inclusion means every client is welcomed as they are, without needing to mask, minimise, or explain their existence. It means recognising the richness of neurodivergence, cultural identity, and lived experience, and creating a space where difference is not just recognised but honoured.
Acceptance is the foundation of safety. It is the quiet assurance that your story will be held without judgment. That your protective responses will be understood in context. That you will not be pathologised, but instead be seen.
Equality is the lens through which I challenge systemic harm. Equality guides my ability to advocate for your needs. It means naming power imbalances, resisting minimisation, and ensuring that every client, regardless of background or diagnosis, is treated with dignity and respect.
These values are woven into every session, and they are the heartbeat of
Flourish Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Our open-door policy welcomes LGBTQA+ individuals and others from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
If you’re looking to work with a counsellor in Echuca who honours these values, click here to schedule a session today.
🌿 Our Areas of Support and Advocacy
A registered counsellor in Echuca who can assist individuals, families and children in the following areas:
🌿 Mental Health and Emotional Well-being
- Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
- Stress management
- Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Grief, loss, and bereavement
- Self-esteem and low confidence
- Suicide and self-harm
- Domestic and family violence
- Navigating mental health challenges as a neurodivergent individual
🌿 Relationships
- Couples and marriage counselling
- Family dynamics and conflict
- Building healthy communication skills
- Life after separation or divorce
- Supporting neurodivergent individuals in relationships and social interactions
🌿 Personal Development
- Self-awareness and personal growth
- Handling life transitions
- Motivation and goal setting
- Building resilience
- Emotional intelligence
- Understanding and embracing neurodivergent identity
- Goal setting and achievement
- Developing practical strategies to meet NDIS goals
🌿 Behavioural Concerns
- Anger management
- Boundary setting and assertiveness training
- Coping with addictive behaviours
(substance use, gambling, co-dependency, etc.) - Developing healthier habits and routines
- Navigating executive function challenges and sensory sensitivities
- Supporting skill-building and routines aligned with NDIS goals
🌿 Life Challenges and Adjustments
- Workplace stress or career concerns
- Bullying and harassment
- Navigating cultural or identity-related challenges
- Adjusting to significant life events
- Advocating for neurodivergent inclusivity in workplaces and social spaces
- Building independence and achieving NDIS goals
🌿 Health and Body Image
- Chronic illness and pain management
- Eating disorders and body image concerns
- Weight loss and weight management
- Developing healthier lifestyles
- Understanding the intersection of neurodivergence and health-related challenges
🌿 Spirituality and the Meaning of Life
- Exploring spiritual growth and self-discovery
- Finding purpose and alignment in life
- Navigating existential questions and beliefs
- Healing from religious trauma and spiritual wounds
- Cultivating mindfulness and inner peace through faith-based practices
- Integrating spirituality into daily life and decision-making
- Exploring spirituality through a neurodivergent lens
🌿 Living with Neurodiversity, ADHD, or other Neurological Differences
- Flexible communication styles by using visuals, written prompts, or structured dialogue
- Respecting stimming and pacing by allowing clients to self-regulate without judgment
- Normalising difference by framing ADHD, autism, dyslexia, etc., as natural variations, not deficits
- Challenging internalised stigma by helping clients unlearn internalised shame by embracing their unique wiring and strengths
- Celebrating strengths and highlighting creativity, hyperfocus, pattern recognition, and empathy
- Executive functioning support, assessment and referral
- Self-advocacy coaching to support clients in actively expressing their needs at school, work, and in interpersonal relationships
- Parent and carer education to help families understand and support neurodivergent loved ones
- Referrals and report writing for ongoing NDIS access and plan reviews
I firmly believe that all individuals are the architects of their own lives and possess the strength, courage, and ability to create the lives they truly envision.
At Flourish Counselling in Echuca, we celebrate all forms of neurodiversity and celebrate all abilities.