My name is Rizna (she/they), I am a queer and non-binary Integrative Psychotherapist registered with PACFA.

My approach to therapy is slow, curious, gentle, collaborative, playful. Rooted in a soul-centred and bio-psycho-social framework that considers the whole person.

The call to walk this path was chosen for me just as much as I have chosen it. As long as I can recall, deep listening and being deeply listened to was a balm for my soul. I had been inspired from a young age, by other helping professionals whom dedicated their work in life to help others and understand the suffering of another person. Through my own experiences of loss, grief, and suffering I found a calling to bravely step into wanting to understand myself and learn how to be with myself in order to understand others and be with others. Not to fix or change, or wish it away to be another way, but rather a compassionate acceptance of this is how it is. Together, we may discover what that is and what is being asked of you.

I have previously worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men in Djugun-Yawuru Country (Broome, Western Australia) and a range of community-based mental health and residential care in Naarm (Melbourne, Victoria).

I am a student of Sufism from an ancestral linage in Islam and I have been practicing Dozgchen from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for some number of years. I consider myself a soul-activist and grief tender. These traditions and practices deepen my commitment to presence, compassion, truth and advocacy to ecological and social justice.

If you feel called to working together, I welcome a brief introductory call to see if we are the right fit
you can email me at hellolacunatherapy@gmail.com.