A Little About Me

Quick facts

• I live on the sovereign lands of the Gundungurra and Darug people in the Blue Mountains, NSW. 
• I identify with the pronouns she/her. 
• I am a PACFA registered psychotherapist and counsellor with lived experience of traumatic loss. 

Before I was a counsellor, I coached some of Australia’s best leaders

For 15 years prior to becoming a psychotherapist and counsellor, I worked as an executive coach supporting some of Australia's most prominent organisations. While my passion now lies in trauma and grief work, I still partner with Homeward Bound, a global leadership program for women in STEM set against the backdrop of Antarctica, as well as teaching Complexity Leadership at the Arctic University of Norway.  

Transforming a loss into a calling: Losing Hamish

In 2018, my husband of 10 years, Hamish Little, suicided. I don’t have the words to explain how devastating and painful his loss has been for me, but I know it’s understood by many with similar stories. Some time after his passing, I found myself studying holistic psychotherapy and counselling. Although my need to understand how I was feeling, thinking and acting was fueled by heart-wrenching circumstances, I now believe this process of learning has led me to a place of healing. Healing for myself and healing for others.

What I learnt from my studies… 

• I learnt so much about what it means to be a holistic human being. 
• I learnt to be able to embrace my grief and trauma and by doing this, transform it from a destructive force to one that could open my heart to new ways of being in the world. 
• I learnt how to call on all the facets of myself, particularly those parts that I had long neglected, to hold my trauma and grief. 
• I discovered my guiding inner wisdom and the peace and stillness it offered. 

No matter where you are in your journey or how you suffer, I would be honoured to listen to you, to get to know your stories and to support you.  

christie@christielittle.com.au

PACFA registered Psychotherapist and Counsellor

• Holistic Psychotherapy and Counselling (Post Graduate) – The Metavision Institute 
• Healing Trauma Program with Jeffrey Rutstein, Deb Dana, Thomas Hubl - Sounds True
• Compassionate Inquiry and Internal Family Systems with Gabor Mate and Dick Schwartz - Sounds True
• Systemic Trauma in Relationships - Therapy Wisdom
• Family and Systems Constellation Professional Development - Maria Dolenc
• Somatic Inquiry / Focusing Level 1 - The School of Awareness
• Core Skills in Bereavement -  The National Centre for Childhood Grief
• Stepping into the Heart Of Grief - The Centre for Existential Practice
• Grief and Loss Support - National Association for Loss and Grief
• The Art of Developmental Coaching -  Coaches Rising 
• Acceptance and commitment therapy with Dr Russ Harris - Psychwire 
• Nature Therapy Guiding -  Association of Nature and Forest Therapy 
• Somatic Coaching -  Coaches Rising 
• 200 hour yoga teacher training with Tara Judelle - Embodied Flow
• Positive Neuroplasticity Professional Training with Dr Rick Hanson - Openground
• Mindfulness Based Stress reduction - Openground
• Nutrition and Wellbeing Coaching - Nature Care College
• Biofeedback with the International Association of Psychophysiology
• Graduate Certificate in Change Management - University of NSW 
• Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours - University of Sydney

Reflecting on my therapeutic work with clients, the analogy of an exquisite journey emerges. It’s the journey of one human being approaching another human being with compassion and deep respect for the entirety of that person, their needs, fears, traumas, life experiences, dreams, emotions and grief. It’s a beautiful and delicate journey into the interior condition of one's body, mind and soul. It’s a dance with identity and the ego. It’s a re-remembering of our systems of origin and a re-imagining of our place in the world. It’s a return to wholeness through a gentle embrace.

If you choose to take this journey with me as your guide, you can expect me to stay by your side as we journey into the places where your untended wounds reside. We’ll take a hands-on approach, for this work is not passive, it’s an ongoing process of deepening, attending and listening. My own exquisite journey with traumatic loss has prepared me to be the container for yours. I’ll hold you softly and warmly with fierce compassion.  

Read more about my holistic approach.