Jake Phillips
PACFA certified psychotherapist, facilitator and inner wilderness guide
I am here to support you to heal, grow and thrive by nurturing connection with your innate wholeness and the wisdom of the body in relationship with the natural world. My approach is gentle and trauma informed and focused on facilitating sustained transformation rather than short term symptom relief. Where ever you are on your journey, I aim to meet you with attunement and curiosity. I am based on Wodi Wodi country, South Eastern Australia and serving worldwide.
I am a descendant of European settler Australians, born on the land of the Yuibera people in Central Queensland and raised on Yuin Country on the Far South Coast of New South Wales. I now live and work on Wodi Wodi Country. I acknowledge with gratitude the First Peoples of the lands on which I live, work, and travel, and recognise their unbroken connection to land, sea, and sky. I pay my respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
As a white male, I occupy a position of power and privilege in many contexts, and it is important to me both personally and professionally to navigate relationships with awareness of how social location and identity shape experience, perspective, and choice. This is an ongoing and incomplete process, and I am committed to continuing to examine and bring awareness to any implicit bias and blind spots I may carry.
Professional Training
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Developmental & Relational Injury
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
2025- 2026
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Trauma
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
2025
Wild Reverence: Foundations in Somatic Ecopsychotherapy
Metavision Institute
2024-2025
Advanced Coaching Program - Foundations of Unfoldment
Aletheia Coaching
2024-2025
Qualifications
Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy (Process-oriented Psychology)
Metavision Institute
2023-2024
Master of Nursing Science
University of Melbourne
2014-2015
Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong
2007-2009
I have been supporting people to heal and flourish for eight years, initially as a mental health nurse and more recently as a counsellor and psychotherapist. During this time, I have been privileged to support a diverse range of people through challenging times. My work has shown me that trauma and relational injury underlie many of the challenging symptoms people experience, yet are often unrecognised and misunderstood within the mainstream mental health system. This led me to a more holistic, empathic, and non-pathologising approach to supporting healing and growth.
Since completing a Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2024, I have been fortunate to offer individual and group therapy to a wide range of folks, including First Nations clients living in community in Far North Queensland. I continue to engage in ongoing professional training focused on supporting the resolution of disrupted attachment, traumatic events, systemic disadvantage, and the many challenges that arise from these experiences.
My personal experience of the healing power of nature led me to train in therapeutic approaches that integrate the human being with their natural home. The result is a practice that brings together somatically oriented approaches to supporting nervous system regulation and the resolution of painful patterns of disconnection, alongside the healing potential of deep relationship with nature. In a world that is becoming increasingly disconnected and domesticated, cultivating connection with the body and the living world around us can be a powerful pathway to healing and growth, serving both our own wellbeing and the wider Earth community. Everything I offer in my practice has been part of my own process of healing and wholing, and I offer it with the hope that it may support you as well.