Jake Phillips
PACFA certified psychotherapist, facilitator and inner wilderness guide
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. My professional focus is on somatic and experiential approaches that facilitate sustained transformation rather than short-term symptom management, with a special interest in healing the wounds that keep us disconnected from ourselves, our communities and nature, and prevents us from contributing our unique and much needed gifts to the world.
My presence is gentle, trauma-informed, and collaborative. We work together to navigate each step of the journey. Wherever you are on your path, I aim to meet you with attunement, compassion, and curiosity.
Acknowledgements
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 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 Mind Training Program
Animas Valley Institute
2025-2026 (ongoing)
Advanced Coaching Program - Foundations of Unfoldment
Aletheia Coaching
2024-2025
Wild Reverence: Foundations in Somatic Ecopsychotherapy
Metavision Institute
2024-2025
Qualifications
Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Metavision Institute
2023-2024
Master of Nursing Science
University of Melbourne
2014-2015
Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong
2007-2009
Work
I have been supporting people to heal and flourish for the past eight years, initially as a mental health nurse and now as a counsellor and psychotherapist. During this time, I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse range of people through life's challenges. My work has shown me that trauma and relational injury often underlie the distressing symptoms people experience, yet frequently go unrecognised and misunderstood within the mainstream mental health system. This led me to seek holistic, compassionate, and non-pathologising approaches to healing that address the fundamental roots of the symptoms and difficulties we face. I continue to engage in ongoing professional training and supervision focused on supporting resolution of the many challenges that arise from disrupted attachment, adverse childhood experiences, intergenerational inheritance, trauma and systemic disadvantage.
My own experience of the healing power of nature led me to incorporate methods that recognise the human being as part of the living world, rather than separate from it. The result is a practice that integrates somatically oriented approaches to nervous system regulation and the resolution of painful patterns with the healing potential of deep relationship with the natural world. In a society that is becoming increasingly disconnected from both nature and ourselves, I have found that cultivating connection with the body and the living world around us offers a powerful pathway to healing, growth, and belonging. A path that supports not only our own wellbeing but also the wellbeing of the wider Earth community.
Everything I offer in my practice has been part of my own journey of healing and wholeness, and I share it with the hope that it may support yours as well.
Jake Phillips
PACFA certified psychotherapist, facilitator and inner wilderness guide
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. My professional focus is on somatic and experiential approaches that facilitate sustained transformation rather than short-term symptom management, with a special interest in healing the wounds that keep us disconnected from ourselves, our communities and nature, and prevents us from contributing our unique and much needed gifts to the world.
My presence is gentle, trauma-informed, and collaborative. We work together to navigate each step of the journey. Wherever you are on your path, I aim to meet you with attunement, compassion, and curiosity.
Acknowledgements
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 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 Mind Training Program
Animas Valley Institute
2025-2026 (ongoing)
Advanced Coaching Program - Foundations of Unfoldment
Aletheia Coaching
2024-2025
Wild Reverence: Foundations in Somatic Ecopsychotherapy
Metavision Institute
2024-2025
Qualifications
Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Metavision Institute
2023-2024
Master of Nursing Science
University of Melbourne
2014-2015
Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong
2007-2009
Work
I have been supporting people to heal and flourish for the past eight years, initially as a mental health nurse and now as a counsellor and psychotherapist. During this time, I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse range of people through life's challenges. My work has shown me that trauma and relational injury often underlie the distressing symptoms people experience, yet frequently go unrecognised and misunderstood within the mainstream mental health system. This led me to seek holistic, compassionate, and non-pathologising approaches to healing that address the fundamental roots of the symptoms and difficulties we face. I continue to engage in ongoing professional training and supervision focused on supporting resolution of the many challenges that arise from disrupted attachment, adverse childhood experiences, intergenerational inheritance, trauma and systemic disadvantage.
My own experience of the healing power of nature led me to incorporate methods that recognise the human being as part of the living world, rather than separate from it. The result is a practice that integrates somatically oriented approaches to nervous system regulation and the resolution of painful patterns with the healing potential of deep relationship with the natural world. In a society that is becoming increasingly disconnected from both nature and ourselves, I have found that cultivating connection with the body and the living world around us offers a powerful pathway to healing, growth, and belonging. A path that supports not only our own wellbeing but also the wellbeing of the wider Earth community.
Everything I offer in my practice has been part of my own journey of healing and wholeness, and I share it with the hope that it may support yours as well.