ACA Melbourne CBD Chapter - July 2026

Name: ACA Melbourne CBD Chapter - July 2026
Start: 2026-07-08T18:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-07-08T18:30:00+10:00
Location: Hayden Raysmith Room, Ross House

About

This chapter meets on the second Wednesday of the month.

Agenda Quality of Presence & Holding Space as a Counsellor

Presented by Marika Cominos

Marika runs a Health & Wellbeing Clinic in the Inner West of Melbourne called ‘All Things Health & Wellbeing’ that offers Counselling & Somatic Bodywork Therapies; and has many years experience of presenting and facilitating workshops across many modalities.
Marika has worked as a counsellor for 18 years and is a Level 4 registered Counsellor with ACA and a registered Supervisor with the College of Supervisors. As a Holistic Counsellor, Marika has a holistic, integrated approach. She is an advocate for integration of the mind and body incorporating the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the self to realise a healthy sense of wellbeing.

DETAIL:
Have you stopped to ponder on the importance of the quality of your presence and what you embody in the counselling space?
How you show up and the quality you deliver a counselling session has the biggest impact on the session and the therapeutic connection between the counsellor and client and is communicating more than any words can deliver.

This will be both a presentation and an interactive workshop style where we explore what impacts our quality of presence - what supports that and what may get in the way. How we deepen our quality of presence is in our hands and in a world that is starving of true connection, we have a responsibility to continue to deepen our own connection with self, not only so that we are more available for our clients, but to be able to offer a reflection that is powerful and speaks volumes of wisdom from an embodiment that is authentically lived.

Look forward to sharing the experience with you and having fun unfolding the never-ending wisdom that is within every one of us.