The Team
All consultants at CEP have extensive experience in their field of expertise, be it as psychotherapist, counsellor, coach or supervisor. Their workshops exemplify their passion for the chosen topic and aim at stimulating learning and facilitating discussion.
- Alison Strasser (Director)
- Adam McLean (Co-ordinator Group Program)
- Estelle Phillips (PR and Marketing)
- Gabbi Phillips (Admin)
- Andrea Breen
- Sal Flynn
- Trudy Adelstein
- Soraiya Gilmour
- Louise Pilon
- Pamela Ray
- Steven Segal
Alison Strasser DProf (Psychotherapy & Counselling), MA, BA Hons
Director of the Centre for Existential Practice.
Alison has been instrumental in creating the existential curriculum for a variety of counselling and psychotherapy trainings in Australia. She is a practising psychotherapist, coach and supervisor and former Director Academic Programs at the Australian College of Applied Psychology. Her doctorate focused on unravelling the process of supervision which, in turn, led to the development of a framework for teaching supervisors. Alison is co-author of Time-Limited Existential Therapy and founder of the Australasian Existential Society – www.existential.asn.au .
Andrea Breen (PhD)
Andrea is a children’s counsellor, creative arts therapist and family therapist in Melbourne where she also teaches at the Melbourne Institute for Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy. She has a practice as a multi-media artist, with a special interest in improvisation, poetic texts and musical composition.
Sal Flynn BCHC, Adv.Dip YT, Cert YT, Dip Clinical Hyp.
Sal’s clinical practice blends the disciplines of psychotherapy, education, contemplative practice and mind/body awareness practices. She is a group therapist and a faculty member of Jansen Newman Institute and runs a private practice in Sydney. Underpinning her work is nearly 30 years of practice and study in the mindfulness traditions; Sal trains and mentors meditators & yoga teachers.
Trudy Adelstein MA, App Soc Sci (Couns) RN
Trudy is a practising trauma and bereavement counsellor and for the last eight years has been working with families of homicide. She has incorporated her existential view of the world into the field of trauma and bereavement counselling. Trudy weaves this integrated perspective into the courses she delivers. She has a Masters in Loss and Grief from Queensland University.
Soraiya Gilmour MA(Hons) Grad Dip (Couns)
Soraiya is trained in a mindful and professional mode of counselling and
psychotherapy with a passion for the integration of existential philosophy. She specialises in trauma
& sexual assault. Soraiya also
has extensive experience in workplace training, individual & team
development & career counselling.
Louise Pilon Grad Dip (Couns)
Louise is a scientist and a practicing Existential Psychotherapist. She incorporates aspects of Creative Therapy and Sand Tray Therapy in her approach. Louise also works as a coordinator for HomeStart, a volunteer home visiting service in the Southern Highlands. She is interested in the process of bringing a new synthesis of philosophy, art and science.
Adam McLean M Counselling,, Grad Dip Psych/Couns, BCHC, BN
Co-ordinator, Group Leadership program.
Adam is a group therapist, a faculty member of the Jansen Newman Institute and co-ordinator of its group therapy internship. He also has a private practice and provides clinical supervision. Adam works from an existential point of view and has experience in training and education as well as experience in facilitating groups in a variety of settings.
Pamela Ray MA (Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Pamela teaches existential counselling at the Australian College of Applied Psychology, Brisbane Campus, and also has her own private practice. She has extensive experience working in a variety clinical and medical settings in both Australia and the UK.
Estelle Phillips
Marketing and PR consultant
Estelle has 15 years experience in private practice as a couples and
individual therapist. Having trained and worked in the UK as a psychodynamic counsellor, Estelle now incorporates an existential philosophical approach to her work.
CEO and owner of a PR and marketing company in a past life, she is now the
marketing and PR consultant for CEP.
Steven Segal BA (Wits), BA Honours (RAU), BA Honours (Wits), MA (Wits), PhD (Wits)
Steven is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the development of philosophical counselling and practice. He is the author of Business Feel: From the Science of Management to the Philosophy of Leadership which explores the shift from science to philosophy in the shift from management to leadership. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management where he lectures in a range of subjects including units on philosophy, psychology, coaching and managing with a global mindset. Steven is a psychologist with a PhD in Philosophy.
Gabbi Phillips
Gabbi works part-time as CEP's trusted office manager.
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