Clinical Complex Trauma Counselling

For adults living with CPtsd shaped by early and prolonged developmental trauma

Complex trauma counselling is not focused on symptom management, behavioural change or motivation.

In CPtsd, patterns of distress reflect early developmental adaptations shaped before choice, safety or identity were available.

This work is designed for adults whose brains learned survival before connection and whose difficulties are adaptive rather than random.

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When Change Feels Threatening,
Not Neutral

For people with CPtsd, seeking counselling is rarely a neutral decision.


People with CPtsd often worry about:

  • Talking about things that feel overwhelming once they come up

  • Getting their hopes up again only to feel let down

  • Feeling pressured to go faster than they can manage

  • Being misunderstood or misread

  • Losing control of their emotions or reactions


This fear is not resistance.

It reflects past experiences where help came with pressure or consequences.


You are allowed to take your time.

You are allowed to move slowly.

You are allowed to pause and notice what is present.


Support remains available when and if it feels right for you.

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Is This Counselling Right for You?

This counselling may be appropriate if you:

  • Feel overwhelmed or threatened by change even when you want things to be different

  • Have spent years coping on your own

  • Need support that respects capacity rather than pushing for disclosure

  • Want structure and clarity without being forced to relive the past

There is no expectation that you feel ready, confident or certain.
It is okay to take time.
It is okay to simply gather information.

You decide if, when and how you proceed.


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How NeuroSynqt™ Counselling Is Structured

This counselling is informed by the NeuroSynqt™ Clinical Developmental Integration Model.

Rather than driving change through insight or emotional exposure, the work supports how the brain has adapted for survival and builds integration in a paced, structured way.

The focus is on:

  • Internal structure before emotional depth

  • Capacity before exposure

  • Integration before insight

  • Choice before change

Sessions are paced according to your real, present capacity rather than an imposed timeline.

There is no pressure to disclose, perform or progress faster than your system can integrate.

What a Counselling Session Is Like

Sessions are collaborative, paced and structured around your current capacity.

You are not expected to relive your past or disclose details you are not ready for.

Sessions focus on:

  • What is showing up in your life now

  • How your brain learned to survive

  • Where internal pressure is being generated

  • What supports integration rather than overwhelm

Sessions prioritise:

  • Capacity before depth

  • Integration before insight

  • Choice before change

You remain in control of pace and direction at all times.

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Why Lived and Clinical Experience Both Matter

Complex trauma is not something people simply talk through and feel better.

Many adults with CPtsd spend years trying to explain their experiences without feeling understood.

This counselling is grounded in both clinical training and lived recovery experience, allowing patterns to be recognised without pathologising or minimising.

This means:

  • Less explaining

  • Fewer misunderstandings

  • Reduced pressure to perform or progress

  • Greater respect for protective adaptations

You are met accurately, not analysed from a distance.


This counselling is grounded in:

  • Neuroscience and developmental trauma training, so survival patterns are recognised rather than pathologised

  • Clinical pattern recognition across CPtsd presentations, so shutdown, flooding and identity disruption are understood without needing explanation

  • Lived recovery experience, which informs pacing, containment, and decision making in real time, not retrospectively


For clients with CPtsd, this matters.

When the practitioner already understands how trauma shapes thinking, emotion, and behaviour:

  • there is less explaining

  • fewer misunderstandings

  • less pressure to perform or progress

  • and fewer moments of subtle invalidation

This work reduces:

  • Subtle invalidation

  • Over intellectualising

  • Premature exposure

  • Misreading protection as avoidance

You are met accurately, not analysed from a distance.

No Two CPtsd Presentations Are the Same

Developmental trauma does not produce a single presentation.

Each brain adapts differently depending on:

  • Developmental timing

  • Relational environment

  • Duration of threat

  • Responsibility carried too early

This counselling does not follow a rigid protocol.
It adapts to how your brain learned to survive and how it now needs support to reorganise safely.

Developmental trauma does not produce a single profile.


Each brain adapts differently depending on:

  • Developmental timing

  • Relational environment

  • Duration of threat

  • Responsibility load carried too early

This counselling does not follow a rigid protocol. It adapts to how your brain learned to survive and how it now needs support to reorganise safely.


How I Work

I work with adults impacted by developmental and complex trauma who:

  • Appear high-functioning but live with internal strain

  • Have tried therapy, self help or insight based work without lasting integration

  • Experience identity disruption, shutdown or emotional flooding

  • Need counselling that respects complexity without overwhelming them


My approach is:

  • Neuroscience based

  • Capacity informed

  • Non linear

  • Integration focused

This is not about fixing you.

It is about rebuilding internal structure, choice and agency where survival once dominated.

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Available Globally

Available online via zoom across the globe, from my office in Brisbane, Australia. Flexible appointment times are available and I work with people from all corners of the world, including America, Britain, Ireland, Australia, Israel, Thailand and more!

  • Individual online counselling & coaching

  • Available globally

  • Based in Brisbane, Australia

  • Flexible frequency - weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or as needed

  • You are welcome to pause and return

The pace of this work is shaped by what works for you, your capacity, and your real-life circumstances.

How We Can Work Together

Counselling is offered in flexible formats depending on your needs and capacity.

Options include:

  • Initial counselling session as a focused starting point

  • Short term counselling to stabilise and build capacity

  • Ongoing counselling paced over time

There are:

  • No lock in contracts

  • No pressure to continue

  • No requirement to decide long term

The structure adapts to what feels manageable for you.


Safety note

This service is not a crisis or emergency service.

If you are in immediate danger or need urgent support, local emergency services or crisis support lines are the most appropriate place to turn.

Booking

If you are looking for counselling that:

  • Respects the complexity of CPtsd

  • Works with the brain, not against it

  • Prioritises safety, capacity and integration

You are welcome to book a session.

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Intellectual Property and Use

NeuroSynqt™ is a proprietary clinical developmental integration model developed by Linda Meredith and used within CPtsd Education counselling and training programs.

NeuroSynqt™ principles are shared here for orientation and understanding only.

Application, sequencing and clinical use are taught exclusively within accredited education and supervision contexts.

This material is not intended to be copied, adapted or presented as a professional model outside of these settings.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a diagnosis of CPtsd to work with you?

No.

You do not need a formal diagnosis to begin counselling.

Many adults live with the impacts of developmental or childhood trauma without having language for it. If you recognise patterns such as long term overwhelm, shutdown, emotional flooding, relationship difficulties, or feeling stuck despite insight, this work may still be relevant. We focus on what is happening for you now, not on labels.

Do I have to talk about my trauma in detail?

No. You are not required to relive, retell, or describe traumatic experiences in detail. Counselling is paced according to your capacity. We work with what is present in your life now and with how your brain learned to survive, rather than pushing for disclosure before you are ready. You remain in control of what you share.

What if I get overwhelmed during sessions?

The work is designed to reduce that risk. Sessions are structured to support stability and integration rather than emotional overload. If something feels too much, we slow down or pause. There is no pressure to push through distress. Feeling overwhelmed is not failure. It is information, and we respond to it respectfully.


How is this different from other counselling I’ve tried?

Many people seeking this counselling have already tried therapy and gained insight but still feel stuck. 
This work focuses on capacity and integration, not just understanding or talking about patterns. Rather than asking you to change before your system can support it, counselling works with how your brain adapted and builds change at a pace that can actually hold.

Do you work online?

Yes. Sessions are available globally via secure online platforms.

Is this short term or long term counselling?

There is no fixed timeline. Some people come for short term support to stabilise or orient. Others engage over a longer period at a slower pace. There are no lock in commitments. You decide what feels manageable.  Some attend weekly for a period, others fortnightly or as needed. Pace is reviewed collaboratively.

What if I don’t know what I need yet?

That is very common. You do not need to have clarity, goals, or a plan before starting. The first step can simply be gathering information or having an initial session to see how it feels. You are allowed to take your time.

Is this counselling suitable if I struggle with dissociation or shutdown?

Yes. Dissociation and shutdown are understood as protective responses, not problems to eliminate. Sessions are paced to support safety, grounding, and gradual integration without forcing emotional exposure.

Do you offer crisis support?

No. This counselling is not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger or distress, please contact local emergency services or a crisis support line. This work is designed for ongoing support and integration, not emergency intervention.

How do I know if this is the right next step for me?

You don’t need certainty. If you feel curious, cautious, or quietly hopeful, that is enough to begin with an information session or initial appointment. You are not committing to anything beyond that first step.

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Please note with care: All reviews are from genuine individuals around the world and not all individuals are able to share with you their real name. Until mental health challenges are accepted as valid health conditions in every family globally we choose to honour their decision to remain private and give thanks they felt comfortable enough to share their personal experience.
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after working with her my life is now happy, bright and I enjoy every day.I went from being anxious and depressed alone at home, to joining a local choir, joining the St. John Ambulance to train for helping at Concerts, being able to help my mum at home and best of all I now have a beautiful relationship.Thank you so much Linda!

R.M.Bangor, Ireland

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Linda is well qualified in her field and a most compassionate helper. I am so pleased with the results of our sessions.

B.L.Tennessee, USA

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You put me in touch with the right resources to get me the results I needed to really see changes that I thought might be impossible.Thank you so much!

K.E. Nevada, USA

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The hours I've spent working with Linda have been the most valuable of my life. Not only did we form a trusting, patient relationship, but she has helped and continues to help me slowly understand what had happened to me. After a year and half of work I now feel equipped to do things differently. It's been the most liberating and empowering experience and I've learned things that will stay with me forever. Thank you Linda! 

Lisa Armele. Ed.S, MA., CAS.

No Two CPtsd Recoveries appear the same

Every person raised in a chaotic, unsafe or emotionally inconsistent environment adapts differently.
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  • Some became hyper-responsible.
  • Some learned to disappear.
  • Some over function.
  • Some freeze.
  • Some succeed outwardly while struggling internally.

Your recovery is shaped by:

  • The developmental stage at which injury occurred

  • How your brain learned connection and safety

  • Your current life load and cognitive demand

  • Your present day brain capacity for integration and change

What Working Together Looks Like

Sessions are collaborative, structured and grounded in your current capacity.

We focus on:

  • What is impacting your life now

  • What feels possible to change

  • What support structures need strengthening

  • How to reduce internal pressure, not increase it


There is no requirement to relive your past in detail.
There is no pressure to “go deeper” before safety exists.


Recovery happens through integration, not force.

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