Your own voice
What you have stopped saying, and what you would say if it were safe to.
Signature one-to-one session
The Way Back to Yourself
Private one-to-one reflective counselling with Sharon Mackenzie.
You don’t have to be in crisis to realise you’ve lost pieces of yourself along the way.
60 minutes · $120 AUDOne session — no packageOnline via Zoom · Australia-wide
Sometimes it happens quietly.
Keeping the peace. Carrying responsibility. Meeting expectations. Becoming who other people need you to be — through relationships, family, work, church or other institutions, community life, caretaking, or simply years of adapting.
Over time you may lose touch with your own voice, boundaries, dreams, creativity, discernment or sense of self. This session creates room to notice what has become tangled, what belongs to you, what may never have been yours to carry, and what you may be ready to reclaim.
This isn’t about becoming who you used to be. It’s about discovering who you are when you no longer have to abandon yourself in order to belong.
The work is shaped by themes from Sharon Mackenzie’s book The Way Back to Yourself. You don’t need to have read it, and nothing is required beyond turning up as you are.
What we might explore.
Boundaries
Where the edges of you went missing, and what you are no longer willing to carry.
Dreams and creativity
The parts that were set aside as impractical, indulgent or too much.
Discernment
Learning to trust your own read of a situation again.
Internal authority
Whose judgement you have been living under, and whose it should be.
Sense of self
What is genuinely yours underneath the roles and the adapting.
Sharon is a qualified counsellor, accredited chaplain and author. She works reflectively and conversationally rather than clinically, and does not offer diagnosis or treatment.
One session at a time.
You can book or request one session only. There is no six-session package and no expectation of ongoing counselling.
Sessions are held online via Zoom, so you can meet Sharon from wherever you are in Australia — all you need is a quiet, private space.
One session may be enough. If there is more you want to explore, you are welcome to enquire about another.
60 minutes · $120 AUD
Whether it’s a fit.
“I keep my one-to-one practice intentionally small and accept enquiries where I believe my approach and experience are likely to be genuinely useful.”
An enquiry isn’t an automatic booking or acceptance. If Sharon believes another practitioner or service would serve you better, she will say so and, where she can, point you toward it.
Counselling here is reflective support, not an emergency service. If you are in immediate danger in Australia, call 000, or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Enquire about a private session.
Send Sharon a short note about what is going on and what you are hoping for. She will reply personally with next steps, or with a suggestion of somewhere better suited.