Mental health consultancy, professional supervision, coaching and support for people who want something a little extraordinary…

Helping individuals and organisations operationalise their best possible experience of wellbeing

poyananu ~ lutruwita

(Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania)

Polly’s approach

Hi, I’m Polly. I’m a proud social worker and member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

I’ve worked in a variety of private and government settings as a mental health clinician, mental health and social researcher, wellbeing and intercultural communication consultant, and university educator. I offer a mixture of care, support, education and consultancy to help people meet life’s challenges.

My practice with individuals is relationship centred and recovery oriented, and my focus is primarily on providing emotional safety for you to examine your inner life and the external world. My communication is uncomplicated - I don’t shy away from difficult conversations, or from making visible the elephants in the room.

My work with organisations is trauma-informed, and looks to maximise wellbeing of staff by exploring individual interventions and organisational dynamics that support it. Staff wellbeing is a delicate balance of individual and organisational responsibility.

Providing you with the support you need, wherever you are!

I spend my time in various parts of the world, and for that reason, I don’t have a fixed office for face-to-face care. Instead, I can offer tele-health sessions for you to receive in the comfort of your own surroundings. I am highly experienced and effective in the online space, having delivered education, training seminars and individual support via virtual platforms for more than five years. Unless it is a special circumstance, I insist on the use of video tele-helath delivered via a secure online platform for our sessions. Up to 85% of communication is nonverbal and I don’t want to miss a thing… and to cultivate safety, seeing each other is best.

  • Therapeutic coaching

  • Supervision

  • Interpersonal skill and communication consultancy

  • Workplace support consultancy and coaching

  • Public speaking, workshop facilitation and training

  • Writing engagements

Learn More

Email pollychesterconsulting@gmail.com to enquire about an appointment or consultancy with Polly

Check out Polly’s LinkedIn Page here

I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work. I pay my respects to Elders, past present and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge the checkered colonialist history of the social work profession and its ongoing impact on the lives of First Nations folks, and am committed to showing my acknowledgment of this truth through practice that is trauma-informed, culturally humble and person-centred.