Relationship, Grief & Trauma Counselling in Clarkson, WA

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Specialist Counselling for Individuals & Couples in Clarkson

When you are dealing with deep-seated trauma, profound grief, or a relationship in crisis, you deserve specialist support. Our counselling is built on advanced training in specialised modalities like EMDR and discernment counselling. We provide targeted, evidence-based interventions for the complex challenges others aren’t equipped to handle.

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Specialist Counselling

How We Can Help

01

Relationship Issues

Communication breakdowns, infidelity recovery, FIFO roster pressures, or major crossroads such as separation and divorce.

02

Trauma, Grief and Loss

Processing bereavement, devastating breakups, sudden life changes, the impacts of traumatic loss and working through unresolved trauma.

03

Personal Growth

Overcoming persistent self-doubt, low self-esteem, people-pleasing, and losing your identity in relationships or work.

serving Perth’s northern suburbs

Welcome to The Beach Haven

The Beach Haven offers specialised counselling in Clarkson, in Perth’s northern suburbs. Our quiet, private clinic space is located at Unit 4/9 Caloundra Road, Clarkson, 6030, WA, serving our community from Yanchep, Butler and Alkimos, to Carramar, Burns Beach and Joondalup. Flexible telehealth options accommodate busy FIFO shift rosters and clients across Australia.
Our areas of expertise

Explore Our Services

The most difficult problems deserve advanced speciality support. Our counsellors bring advanced clinical training and real-world lived experience to the most complex issues.
Areas of Speciality

Counselling support for couples.

Our couples counselling in Clarkson focuses on communication breakdowns, affair recovery, FIFO roster pressures, or major crossroads such as separation and divorce.

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Couples Counselling

We work with the most difficult challenges in relationships – from affair recovery to couples managing life alongside a FIFO roster that disrupt the very fabric of your relationship.

Counselling room at the Beach Haven counselling in clarkson with two chairs, set up for couples counselling

Discernment Counselling

When one partner is considering divorce, Discernment Counselling offers a short-term, structured process to help partners actively make a decision on a future for their marriage.

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Trauma, Grief and Loss

The Beach Haven is one of the few places in Perth where you can access deep speciality support in both grief and trauma processing under one roof.

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Personal Growth Counselling

Personal growth counselling gives you space to understand your own patterns and to build a steadier sense of self. 

Areas of Speciality

Counselling support for individuals.

Our speciality individual counselling in Clarkson provides holistic support for complex issues such as trauma, complicated grief, traumatic growth and personal development.

Meet our Clarkson-based counsellors

Our Clarkson clinic is designed to feel less like a clinical office and more like a comfortable sanctuary. Riggs and Momo, the resident therapy cats, provide a quiet, non-judgmental presence that helps lower stress during tough conversations.
(If you have allergies or prefer a cat-free session, simply let us know on your intake form).

Tracy Rattray, owner and certified counsellor, at The Beach Haven in Clarkson
Tracy Rattray
Owner | Discernment Counsellor | Grief Specialist
Elanie de Klerk, clinical counsellor and EMDR therapist, at The Beach Haven in Clarkson
elanie de klerk
Clinical Counsellor | Trauma and EMDR Specialist

Elanie works with couples and individuals. She specialises in relationship issues, trauma, childhood trauma and EMDR therapy.

Therapy cats Riggs and Momo relaxing in the counselling room at The Beach Haven
Riggs and momo
The Beach Haven’s Part-Time Resident Therapy Cats

Riggs and Momo are British Short Hair cats that call The Beach Haven home part-time. They are completely optional in your session.

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What to Expect

What happens when you reach out to The Beach Haven.

Reaching out for help takes courage, so we have designed our process to be as smooth and seamless as possible

  • Book Online: Choose a time and day that suits you, using our simple online calendar. We offer in-person counselling in Clarkson and flexible online sessions across Australia.
  • Complete an intake form: The basic form takes no more than 5 minutes to complete
  • Your First Consultation: We will discuss your current challenges, explore what you want to achieve, and build a tailored plan. No judgment, no pressure.

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
— Carl Jung

Find us

Phone
+61 (08) 9300 9496
Address
4/9 Caloundra Road
Clarkson, WA, 6030

Find answers to some of the most common questions we are asked about our counselling

Standard couples therapy assumes both partners are fully committed to fixing the relationship. Discernment Counselling is specifically for couples where one person is “leaning out” (considering ending the relationship) and the other is “leaning in” (wants to make it work). It focuses purely on helping a couple decide whether to repair the relationship, leave it as is, or move toward separation.

Discernment Counselling is a short, structured process (up to five sessions). The goal of Discernment Counselling is not to fix relationship problems, but rather to determine if the problems are fixable.

One potential outcome of Discernment Counselling is that couples may commit to couples therapy to work on the relationship. At this point sessions would transition to standard couples therapy where your counsellor will work with you to improve the issues identified during the discernment process.

We offer both discernment counselling and couples counselling in Clarkson, as well as online.

While many clients prefer face-to-face counselling in our Clarkson clinic, we also provide secure online telehealth sessions for FIFO workers on shift, or individuals who prefer therapy from the comfort of home.

Tracy, as one of the few certified Discernment Counsellors in Australia, works extensively with clients throughout Australia via online telehealth. The structure of the discernment counselling process lends itself well to both in-person counselling in Clarkson, and online appointments.

Yes, we offer counselling after separation to individuals. When a relationship ends the fallout can have wide ranging implications on children and families. At The Beach Haven, we help you to process the complex emotions that come with the ending of an important relationship. Support includes emotional regulation, setting boundaries, improving communication and learning to co-parent after separation.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a clinically proven therapy that helps the brain reprocess stuck, painful memories or emotional pain. It allows you to remember what happened without experiencing the intense physical and emotional distress attached to it.

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Supporting Clarkson & Perth’s Northern Suburbs

Counselling in Clarkson is provided from our conveniently located clinic found behind Mindarie Bunnings, with free parking available onsite. We proudly support individuals and couples across the City of Wanneroo and Joondalup regions, including Mindarie, Ocean Reef, Butler, Merriwa, Quinns Rocks, Alkimos, and Joondalup.

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