About Tamara Coughlan
The Intersection between psychology, trauma recovery, and embodied healing
I have spent years exploring the intersection between psychology, trauma recovery, and embodied healing. My professional background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy, postgraduate psychotherapy training, and certifications in yoga and meditation. More recently, I have expanded my work to include Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, recognising the profound shifts that non-ordinary states of consciousness can bring to the healing process.
I take a relational, body-informed, and integrative approach to therapy, helping clients process past trauma, regulate their nervous system, and rediscover inner peace. Healing happens not just in the mind, but through the body, emotions, and deeper aspects of self-awareness.
Who am I?
Psychotherapist | Occupational Therapist | Yoga Teacher
My name is Tamara Coughlan. The question who am I? has been the thread beneath everything. A path of revelation, a quest for love as the very essence of my being.
That question has led me through years of silent retreats, deep inner work, clinical practice, teaching, and training. Through sitting with what cannot be fixed — only met, felt and expressed. Through learning that the most profound healing happens not in the solving, but in the returning.
I am a psychotherapist and occupational therapist. But more than the titles — I am someone who has walked (and continues too) her own path through the dark and back to the heart, and who considers it a privilege to accompany others in that same territory.
I am also a mumma to a wild 5-year-old, I am someone who reads multiple books at once and never finishes any of them, who delights in smells and beautiful textures and dance. My path and purpose is love — love as the very essence of being.
My Commitment
My commitment is to work alongside you to create a safe, non-judgmental space to help facilitate, unfold and navigate our conscious and unconscious behaviours and patterns.
I am here to be present with you, and to recognise that healing and transformation is not measured by external ideas of 'fixing'. Therapy is a progressive process. It's individual and meaningful.
I lead with psychotherapy and a psychospiritual orientation. My OT registration informs my understanding of the whole person
I am also committed to my own inner work to continue to meet you without bias, agenda or my own unconscious beliefs hindering your process. Facilitating and holding space for you is a privilege that I hold with reverence and sacredness.
Scope of Practice — What I Do and Don't Offer
I want to be transparent about the nature of my practice, so that the right people find their way here.
I offer:
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Individual psychotherapy and trauma therapy (face-to-face in Newcastle and online)
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EMDR, somatic therapy, and integrative psychological support
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Psychospiritual integration — for spiritual emergence, existential crisis, and meaning-making
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Psychedelic preparation and integration support
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Therapeutic support for NDIS participants (Improved Daily Living — therapy only)
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Retreats, yoga, and meditation
I do not offer:
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Functional capacity assessments
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NDIS reports or plan management documentation
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Workplace or medico-legal assessments
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Diagnosis (I am not a registered psychologist or psychiatrist)
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Crisis or emergency mental health services
If you are in crisis, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or present to your nearest emergency department.
Clinical Training & Qualifications
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Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) — University of Sydney
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Holistic Counsellor & Psychotherapist — Metavision Institute (2-year Postgraduate, PACFA Accredited)
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EMDR Level 1 Training — EMDR ACADEMY
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Intensive Trauma Treatment Certification — EMDR, CBT and Somatic-Based Interventions
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Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
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The Resilient Heart — Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath
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Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
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Hridaya Meditation & Yoga Teacher Training — 500hr Yoga Alliance
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Women's Circle Teacher Training
Registrations & Memberships
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AHPRA — Occupational Therapy
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PACFA — Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia
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Yoga Alliance — RYT 500
Currently working toward: Mental Health Endorsement (OT) — enabling Medicare rebates for eligible clients.
1 hr 30 min
210 Australian dollars
1 hr 30 min
210 Australian dollars