Emilie Ripinskis
Director, Counsellor, Developmental Educator
Emilie is an experienced Counsellor and Developmental Educator who works with individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of life experiences and challenges. With warmth, patience, and empathy, she provides a supportive and non-judgemental space where people can feel heard, explore what is happening in their lives, and develop greater understanding, confidence, and emotional wellbeing.
Her counselling experience includes relationships and couples counselling, family challenges, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, addiction, separation and life transitions, as well as personal growth and emotional wellbeing. Emilie takes a practical and holistic approach, tailoring counselling to each person and drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches to support meaningful and positive change.
As a Developmental Educator with extensive experience in the disability sector, Emilie also has a particular understanding of the needs of neurodivergent people and individuals living with disability. She supports clients to build self-awareness, independence, life skills, confidence, and social connection, working collaboratively with families and other health professionals where appropriate.
Areas of Support
- Individual, couples & family counselling
- Relationships, separation & life changes
- Anxiety, depression & emotional wellbeing
- Grief, loss & addiction
- Disability & neurodivergent counselling
- Developmental education & life skills
My qualifications include: Bachelor of Applied Science in Disability Studies, Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment, Conflict Resolution/Mediation. Professional Membership with DEA, MACA (Level 2).
