Valeria is a Chilean born Australian multidisciplinary health professional.
In my life I have sought aid and guidance from teachers and holders of traditional knowledge of my own lineages in my native South America, Asia, and here in Australia. I've been the recipient of tremendous kindness and ceremony and I've learned many wonderful things from plants, land, people and ritual in the regions of my ancestry. I have had exceptional teachers and mentors.
This clinic is one of the branches of my contribution. I am a mental health professional in the disability sector in Melbourne, and I recently co-authored a health psychology study on conventional and complementary treatment use and satisfaction in Australian women with endometriosis published in the Internal Medicine Journal.
In my life I have sought aid and guidance from teachers and holders of traditional knowledge of my own lineages in my native South America, Asia, and here in Australia. I've been the recipient of tremendous kindness and ceremony and I've learned many wonderful things from plants, land, people and ritual in the regions of my ancestry. I have had exceptional teachers and mentors.
This clinic is one of the branches of my contribution. I am a mental health professional in the disability sector in Melbourne, and I recently co-authored a health psychology study on conventional and complementary treatment use and satisfaction in Australian women with endometriosis published in the Internal Medicine Journal.
My practice.
I have been a shiatsu practitioner for 10 years and worked with hundreds of clients. It is a therapeutic art form that helped transform my health, life and relationship to body, mind, energy and emotions; so i give this gift to others.
My formal training is a weave of traditional energy work, a shiatsu framework, humanistic psychotherapy and Western psychological science; useful for health paradigms moving towards more integrative approaches to individual wellbeing. Ultimately, my work is tailored to the human being in front of me. I appreciate story, diversity, and what moves people.
These modalities are beneficial for anyone and are offered to all. My areas of special interest include depression, anxiety and stress, medically unexplained symptoms, chronic pain, fatigue, emotional and physical trauma, disability, women’s health, empowerment and spirit.
In the wake of the pandemic online therapy consultations are available.
My practice is intersectional and inclusive.
My formal training is a weave of traditional energy work, a shiatsu framework, humanistic psychotherapy and Western psychological science; useful for health paradigms moving towards more integrative approaches to individual wellbeing. Ultimately, my work is tailored to the human being in front of me. I appreciate story, diversity, and what moves people.
These modalities are beneficial for anyone and are offered to all. My areas of special interest include depression, anxiety and stress, medically unexplained symptoms, chronic pain, fatigue, emotional and physical trauma, disability, women’s health, empowerment and spirit.
In the wake of the pandemic online therapy consultations are available.
My practice is intersectional and inclusive.
My training.
Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced), Deakin University
Bachelor of Psychological Science, Deakin University
Diploma of Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies, Australian Shiatsu College
Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling, The Phoenix Institute
Bill Palmer - Movement Shiatsu, Trauma & Disability
Cliff Andrews - Advanced Shiatsu Energy Work, Stress & Trauma
Master Ohashi - The Ohashi Method
Mentored by Australian curandero Simon Green, whose ongoing support, patience and curative skill has over several years been a boon to my life.
Accredited by the Shiatsu Therapy Association of Australia
Bachelor of Psychological Science, Deakin University
Diploma of Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies, Australian Shiatsu College
Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling, The Phoenix Institute
Bill Palmer - Movement Shiatsu, Trauma & Disability
Cliff Andrews - Advanced Shiatsu Energy Work, Stress & Trauma
Master Ohashi - The Ohashi Method
Mentored by Australian curandero Simon Green, whose ongoing support, patience and curative skill has over several years been a boon to my life.
Accredited by the Shiatsu Therapy Association of Australia
