Healing for the healers.
Because doctors need care too.
Who is this for?
Doctor, you are a healer. You may feel you were called to this work. That medicine is your craft. Your vocation.
And, you want to do it differently.
Somewhere along the way, you may have learned to live from the ‘eyebrows up’, pouring all your available energy outward, your own needs going quietly unmet.
This space exists to support you, so you can continue to share your unique offering of medicine in this world, while honouring your own vitality, and what makes your life meaningful outside the consult room.
With me, you get to decide what that support looks like. Whether it's mentoring, specific psychological strategies, or health and lifestyle advice.
In this space, you can share the load, with someone who understands what it’s like to carry a lot.
You don't need to know exactly why you're here. We begin where you are.
Who am I?
I’m Dr Ashlea, a Specialist GP, Sex and Relationship Therapist and Clinical Director of eluceo.
Doctors' health and wellbeing is a true passion of mine. I’ve worked for many years in GP space to advocate for change to address the systemic and personal issues that impact doctors specificially.
Along the way, I also went on my own personal and professional journey. I have a special interest in psychological medicine and extensive training in mind-body therapies crossing the fields of the sex, trauma, nutrition and relationships.
In my work, I combine scientific medicine and psycho-social healing, integrating cognitive, behavioural, emotional and somatic approaches towards wholeness.
I tend to follow my interests until they turn into qualifications, but to me they're not just letters. Everything I've studied, I've lived, embodied and practiced. I bring you the metabolised form.
If you want the specifics, you can read more about my qualifications and experience here.
My private practice is based in Wiigula (Woolgoolga) on Gumbaynggirr Country, where I also offer Mind-body medicine and sex and/or relationship therapy.
What can I support you with?
Working through relationship issues or your early life history which is shaping how you show up - with patients, with the people closest to you and with yourself.
Trauma-informed care for the stress, burnout, vicarious trauma or chronic overwhelm that comes from a career spent working with and alongside other people's pain.
Support with eating, body image, sexual health or sexual functioning.
Somewhere to be honest about the parts of the job, or the life around it, that aren't working - without it being a performance review.
Practical strategies for managing your workload while maintaining the lifestyle that supports your wellbeing
Reconnecting with the things that matter to you and bring you joy
How does it work?
We’ll start with a cup of tea and a chat so we can get to know each other and decide if we are a good fit.
Then we can meet online over Healthdirect or in person at my private practice eluceo in Woolgoolga. Sessions are led by what you bring, not a curriculum.
However this needs to sit for you, as CPD, under a Mental Health Care Plan, as specific healthcare or entirely privately billed - we’ll work that out once I understand what you need and where you are at.
Investment:
$590 per hour (60 or 80min sessions) + GST if applicable
Have a cup of tea with me
A complimentary, 30-minute conversation* for doctors who want to get a feel for how I work and whether this is the right fit, before committing to anything.
*This is not a clinical consultation If you’re ready you can go ahead directly and book an appointment directly here.