Therapeutic support in Mparntwe and online
Speech Pathology and Narrative Therapy Counselling
Neuroaffirming, participant led and trauma informed.
We are a local business in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
Good Earth Therapy welcomes and affirms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQIA+ communities, neurodivergent people, and people of all abilities. We are committed to providing a culturally safe, inclusive and neuroaffirming service.
About Us
At Good Earth Therapy we believe that communication is a basic human right and every person should have an easily accessible and respected way to communicate. We have lived and worked on Arrernte land in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) since 2019.
We are able to support both children and adults who are private fee paying or self managed/plan managed NDIS participants.
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![A little clinic update…..
We have been busy with a big office move! We are slowly settling into our shared clinic space alongside @marigoldtherapy
We are so grateful to be working alongside like minded, neuroaffirming clinicians and to have the opportunity to offer more collaborative support for the people and families we work with - between counselling, speech pathology and occupational therapy ?
Now for the ADHD brain to start updating our address on the important stuff!! Just give us a few years folks ?
#speechpathology #alicesprings #counselling]()
A little clinic update….. We have been busy with a big office move! We are slowly settling into our shared clinic space alongside @marigoldtherapy We are so grateful to be working alongside like minded, neuroaffirming clinicians and to have the opportunity to offer more collaborative support for the people and families we work with - between counselling, speech pathology and occupational therapy 🩷 Now for the ADHD brain to start updating our address on the important stuff!! Just give us a few years folks 😜 #speechpathology #alicesprings #counsellingButton -
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What gets called ‘therapy disengagement’ is often a person responding in line with their values and past experiences.
For many people, therapy has involved being pathologised, judged, controlled, misunderstood, coerced or harmed.
Especially for neurodivergent people, disabled people, queer people, people of colour, and many AFAB people who have historically experienced systems of diagnosis and therapy as sites of silencing, power imbalance or abuse.
When someone has experienced therapy trauma, disengaging can become a very valid act of resistance and self-protection.
A neuroaffirming therapist does not begin from the assumption that the therapist is the unquestioned expert and the client should simply comply or ‘ respect’ that authority.
Trust is not owed to our profession automatically. It has to be earned.
If someone has been pathologised, misdiagnosed, punished for their communication style, or had their autonomy removed in therapeutic spaces ; why would they automatically experience therapy as trustworthy or safe?
Rather than asking:
‘Why won’t this person engage?’
What if we asked:
‘What has happened to make this feel unsafe, exhausting, or harmful?’
#counselling #speechpathology #neuroaffirming]()
🚨 🚨!! What gets called ‘therapy disengagement’ is often a person responding in line with their values and past experiences. For many people, therapy has involved being pathologised, judged, controlled, misunderstood, coerced or harmed. Especially for neurodivergent people, disabled people, queer people, people of colour, and many AFAB people who have historically experienced systems of diagnosis and therapy as sites of silencing, power imbalance or abuse. When someone has experienced therapy trauma, disengaging can become a very valid act of resistance and self-protection. A neuroaffirming therapist does not begin from the assumption that the therapist is the unquestioned expert and the client should simply comply or ‘ respect’ that authority. Trust is not owed to our profession automatically. It has to be earned. If someone has been pathologised, misdiagnosed, punished for their communication style, or had their autonomy removed in therapeutic spaces ; why would they automatically experience therapy as trustworthy or safe? Rather than asking: ‘Why won’t this person engage?’ What if we asked: ‘What has happened to make this feel unsafe, exhausting, or harmful?’ #counselling #speechpathology #neuroaffirmingButton
