Find clarity through stillnessMindful Therapy & Holistic Healing
ABOUT
Hello, I'm Alana Grace (also Alana Rhodes)
I’m counsellor based in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, offering counselling online across Australia.
I support women and sensitive, deep-feeling adults to reconnect with themselves, release what no longer serves them, and find ease, balance and joy in life.
I offer a calm, safe and welcoming space where you can explore your emotions, reflect on your patterns and build resilience at your own pace. Whether you are navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions or your relationship with self and others. I am here to guide you with clarity and compassion.
Credentials: Registered counsellor, Level 2 · Member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) · Bachelor of CounsellingA PATH SHAPED BY EXPERIENCE
My Background
My journey began in unexpected places: teaching English in Thailand, studying and teaching yoga, and guiding wellness retreats in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Hawaii. I spent extensive time in India, undergoing Ayurvedic treatment and studying further.
Over time, I felt drawn to deeper listening and sustained therapeutic work: to sit with others not only in the moments of stillness that yoga classes offered, but through the tender, personal and often complex process of understanding ourselves, our patterns, and our ways of becoming and of letting go of pain.
What started as an interest in natural medicine and movement became a calling: to walk alongside others, not only in times of ease, but through the vulnerable terrain of healing. To be a companion in the quiet work of remembering, not who we 'should' be, but who we already are beneath the noise, and the strengths we already hold.
Who might you be, beneath the noise?
Registration and qualifications
I hold a Bachelor of Counselling from the University of the Sunshine Coast, and I am a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) at Level 2. As an ACA counsellor, I work within the ACA Code of Ethics and Practice.
Alana Grace, counsellor (also listed as Alana Rhodes, counsellor).
Qualifications
Bachelor of Counselling, University of the Sunshine Coast
IFS Level 1 training, to be completed in 2026 (after completion: IFS Level 1 trained)
Ayurvedic Health Counsellor Program Diploma, Hale Pule Ayurveda and Yoga, 2018
Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training, 200hr RYT, Yoga Alliance, 2014
TESOL Diploma, TEFL International, Thailand, 2011
Professional development
Working with Community, University of South Australia, 2024
Lifespan Nutrition, University of South Australia, 2023
Affiliations
Member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), Level 2
GENTLE, GROUNDED SUPPORT
An Integrative Approach
My work draws from established therapeutic approaches, shaped to meet you where you are.
Evidence-based foundations
I draw on narrative therapy and ACT-informed approaches, alongside IFS-informed parts work. These frameworks provide structure and clarity while honouring your individual experience.
Trauma-informed and strengths-based
My work is trauma-informed and strengths-based. I see coping patterns as intelligent responses shaped by life experience, and together we approach them with curiosity rather than judgement.
Mindfulness and meaning
Where helpful, we bring in mindfulness, nervous system regulation and body-aware practices. If it feels aligned for you, we can also explore meaning or spirituality in a grounded and respectful way.
Sessions are shaped around you, supporting growth at a pace that feels steady and sustainable.
Beyond the counselling room
You'll usually find me near the sea: surfing, walking the shoreline, practising or teaching yoga, cooking slow meals, reading, writing, or curled up with my cat. These simple rituals ground me and help me show up with presence and care.
Yoga and Ayurveda shaped how I came to this work. They remain part of my background, and part of why I care so much about the nervous system and about caring for the whole person.
I also write about emotional wellbeing, including articles and quarterly pieces for a local magazine, and I am the author of children's stories about hope (you can check them out here).
HOW I HOLD THIS WORK
PHILOSOPHY & VALUES
“Alana is a tertiary trained communicator and counsellor. She is also highly intuitive, deeply empathic and able to draw from a diverse range of life experiences. I'm very comfortable recommending her to any potential client.”
— Richard Valentine BA(Hon) Dip Couns
My philosophy centres on creating a space where everyone feels seen, supported and empowered. Healing is not only about managing symptoms. It is about reconnecting with your whole self. Counselling is not only reflection or insight. It is connection, mindfulness and growth.
You are more than what you are struggling with. Mind, body, emotions and meaning are deeply intertwined, and our work reflects this. Even the parts that feel stuck, anxious or protective developed in service of you. My role is not to change you or tell you what to do. I will walk beside you, offering steadiness, a mirror, curiosity and care as you reconnect with yourself at your own pace. In this space, every part of you is welcome.
Compassion for every journey
Every journey is unique, and I honour where you are today. My approach is grounded in compassion, curiosity and gentle awareness. Our work turns toward compassion over correction and understanding, meeting patterns, protective parts and past experiences with curiosity and care.
Safety and attuned presence
I believe healing begins within, and grows in the presence of understanding and safe connection. Each person carries an inner wisdom, even if it feels hidden or far away. When we feel safe enough to soften, lasting change can begin. I offer a calm, grounded space where your nervous system can settle and your story can unfold without pressure or judgement.
Whole-person care
As a trauma-informed counsellor, I don't see coping patterns as flaws, but as intelligent survival responses shaped by life experience. Together, we approach them with gentle awareness and curiosity. I draw on evidence-based and integrative therapies, weaving in mindfulness and gentle, body-aware practices that support nervous system regulation, so new ways of being can emerge in a grounded and sustainable way.
Work With Me
Ways to
Relationship Counselling
Online support for the relationships that matter, including the one you have with yourself. When you feel things deeply, relationships can bring both great connection and overwhelm. Together we look at your patterns, attachment style and communication, and build understanding, trust and self-belief.
Trauma-Informed Counselling
Gentle, online and paced to your nervous system. For anxiety, emotional overwhelm, empathy fatigue, grief, and old patterns that still run the show. We work with the body as well as the mind, and never rush what needs time.
IFS Therapy
Currently completing IFS Level 1 training
A kind way to get to know the different parts of you: the part that pleases, the part that worries, the part that carries it all. Offered online, at your pace, and well suited to people who feel things deeply.
WHEN YOU’RE READY
A Space to Begin
You don't need to have it all figured out. None of us do. If something inside you is seeking space or support, I would be honoured to walk alongside you, offering clarity, calm and compassionate guidance. My hope is that you feel truly seen, heard and understood. Let's begin when you're ready.