the nurture space
The Nurture Space clinic offers services that focus on a holistic and integrative approach with the aim of supporting individuals, couples and families to overcome emotional and mental health concerns and relationship struggles in a relational safe and nurturing environment.
We believe that all our services should be accessible to anyone who is committed to making change in their lives, no matter where they are located. We aim to make our services easily accessible to all by offering them in-person at the Clinic, Telehealth (online) via Zoom, or by phone as required by the client.
individual counselling
Individual Counselling provides a safe place to explore personal issues and concerns that can be affecting your quality of life, relationships and wellbeing.
Counselling can support with specific areas of concern such as personal worries, struggles with interpersonal relationships and loss and grief.
Individual Counselling can provide support to those living with mental health struggles such as chronic stress, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, depression, PTSD, Complex PTSD and ADHD.
Individual Counselling can help you to:
- Understand yourself and how you relate to and communicate with others
- Manage significant life changes
- Reconnect with yourself and to the people most important to you
- Help you to identify and transform the areas in your life that are impacting on your wellbeing
Niki Gelekis uses a very holistic, relational and integrative psychotherapy approach to individual counselling using various therapeutic modalities using a trauma-informed and attachment theory lens, tailored to the unique needs of each client.
trauma therapy
Trauma Therapy is a form of therapy that treats the emotional and psychological impacts of traumatic experiences. Trauma Therapy aims to provide safe, supportive and compassionate care to tend to the emotional wounds of individuals’ previous experiences of trauma that have led to an overwhelming capacity to cope.
Trauma can change the brain and nervous system, leading to emotional dysregulation, physical and mental unwellness. As such, trauma therapy focus on supporting and soothing the nervous system, processing and integrating traumatic memories and experiences, and supporting both the mind and body in the healing process.
Trauma Therapy can support alleviate the symptoms of those living with PTSD, Complex PTSD, Anxiety, Panic Disorders, OCD, Depression and Dissociative Disorders in individuals with trauma histories.
Niki Gelekis uses various somatic modalities and techniques, including EMDR, to process and integrate past traumatic and overwhelming experiences to create a felt sense of safety within oneself. Trauma healing modalities aim to deactivate emotional and physiological triggers and to support and nurture a deeper connection to self and to significant others.
relationship therapy
Relationship Therapy (Couples Therapy) can help you and your partner improve your relationship. It can address a wide range of relationship issues, including recurring conflicts, feeling of disconnection, an affair or betrayal, or difficulties due to external stresses.
Behind every great relationship there is patience, love and understanding, but there is also difficult conversations, resolving past relational traumas, repairing ruptures and building trust.
Relationship Therapy focuses on improving the attachment bond between you and your partner and helps you understand and change patterns that lead to feelings of hurt and disconnection. This therapy also addresses areas of conflict and equips you and your partner with skills and practices to improve the quality of your communication so you both feel heard, validated and more deeply connected.
Niki Gelekis uses the attachment-focused approaches of Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to help you navigate all the complexities of your relational space with your significant other to strengthen your bond by feeling emotionally safer and by deepening your connection to each other.
family therapy
Family Therapy supports members of a family that may be going through some difficult and challenging experiences. Whether there are big life transitions impacting the family dynamic such as divorce or marital issues, children or teens struggling with challenging experiences, loss of a loved one or relationship issues with family members, Family Therapy explores the issues at hand and equips your family with skills to work through these issues together.
Family Therapy creates a safe space that enables family members to express and explore difficult thoughts and emotions safely, understand each other’s experiences and views and build on strengths and make useful changes in their relationships and their lives.
Niki Gelekis uses a relational and attachment-focused approach to support family members to repair, build and nurture stronger connections within a family unit as they navigate the complexities of family relationships and the dynamics between family members.
mental health naturopathy
Naturopathy for Mental Health is a holistic, integrative therapy approach for those who struggle with mental health issues such as anxiety, OCD, depression, or chronic stress, fatigue, adrenal dysfunction, burnout, trauma or an overburdened nervous system. This integrative and functional medicine approach can address imbalances in your mental, emotional and physical health.
Niki Gelekis is an Integrative Mental Health Therapist who believes that many symptoms and discomforts begin in a dysregulated and imbalanced nervous system. A Naturopathic approach will look for providing the body with the nutritional, herbal medicine and lifestyle changes that can be the missing pieces to your healing journey with a focus on brain and nervous system support.
clinical supervision
Niki Gelekis is an Accredited Counselling Clinical Supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) College of Supervisors and is able to provide supervision sessions to ACA Counsellors.
Counselling supervision is an essential safeguard for clients, a support for counsellors, and a process through which practitioners can develop their skill and competence.
As a Clinical Supervisor Niki uses various supervision interventions and reflective practices, providing effective evaluation and feedback to Supervisees and addresses the ethical and legal considerations of counselling practice.
If you are a Counsellor and would like further information on Clinical Supervision with Niki Gelekis, please email your enquiry.
free discovery call
Book a free 15 minute Discovery Call to chat with our Therapist, Niki Gelekis.
On this free call you will briefly talk about what you are experiencing, how you are feeling and how our Therapist Niki Gelekis can help. You will gain a better understanding of her therapy approaches and how they could be beneficial to support your emotional healing, improve your relationships and support transformational change in your life.
Through having a chat with Niki, you will find out if you and Niki are the right fit for each other and discuss which service is best suited for you with no obligation at your end.
cancellation policy
The Nurture Space requires a minimum of 48 hours’ notice (excluding weekends) if you wish to change a session time or cancel a session.
Sessions cancelled, rescheduled or unattended sessions with no notification (no shows) with less than 48 hours’ notice will incur a fee of 50% of the service fee of that session. If you have paid in full for the session in advance, you will be refunded 50% of the total amount paid.
In case of a short notice emergency, please email The Nurture Space at info@thenurturespace.com.au or call the Clinic number on 0451 224 600 and leave a voice mail or a text message if it is unattended.
