WELLBEING & LIFE TRANSITIONS COUNSELLING IN REDCLIFFE & BRISBANE

A calm, compassionate space to be heard and understood.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, confused, or emotionally exhausted, you don’t have to face it alone. Krista van der Zalm is a therapist based in Redcliffe, Queensland, offering warm, non-judgmental counselling and associated services for adults across Brisbane, Indooroopilly, and the surrounding areas. Here, you’ll find a calm space to share, gain clarity, and move forward.

You are not alone

You may be here because…

• You are recovering from narcissistic abuse or a difficult relationship
• You are navigating grief, loss, or emotional trauma
• You feel overwhelmed by a major life transition
• You have tried therapy before but did not feel understood
• You are looking for a trusted counsellor, narcissistic abuse recovery coach, death doula or workplace consultant in Redcliffe, Brisbane or online.

Whatever has brought you here, you deserve a safe space where your experiences are heard and respected.

About  Krista

Meet Krista

After more than 20 years of being a hurried woman in the property business, Krista, has slowed down and pivoted towards more meaningful work. As a life long learner she has completed a Diploma of Counselling and continues to study several areas of interest. She provides a range of services including:

  • Counselling

  • Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coaching

  • Workplace Wellbeing Consulting

  • Compassionate End-of-Life care

Services are for adults face-to-face in Redcliffe, Brisbane, and Indooroopilly or via Zoom. She works with clients experiencing grief, relationship trauma, parental alienation, major life changes and endings.

Krista’s approach combines professional counselling training with profound lived experience. Having navigated significant personal challenges herself, she brings a level of empathy, understanding, and grounded wisdom that allows clients to feel truly seen.

A client-centred approach means that clients are the experts in their lives. Rather than diagnosing or judging, Krista focuses on creating a supportive professional therapeutic relationship where clients can explore their thoughts, find clarity, and reconnect with their inner strength.

Clients often say the most powerful part of counselling with Krista is feeling genuinely understood.

Counselling Services

Krista offers counselling for adults seeking support through emotional challenges and life transitions.

  • Compassionate support for navigating loss, bereavement, and significant life changes.

  • Specialised support for individuals recovering from emotionally manipulative relationships.

  • Guidance through divorce, family conflict, identity shifts, and difficult decisions.

  • With decades of experience building businesses and teams from the ground up, Krista understands the emotional load leadership carries. She supports business owners by providing discreet, one-to-one emotional support for staff, helping leaders remain focused on running the business.

  • Consultancy & Guidance for: Advance Care Planning, After Death Planning, Ceremony Planning

    Compassionate Companionship & Vigils

    Sudden & Unexpected Death

    Bereavement, Loss & Growth

Be Safely Supported

on your path forward

Healing begins in a space where your story is heard with compassion and respect. Krista provides supportive face-to-face counselling and associated services for individuals across Moreton Bay and the wider community, helping clients move forward with clarity, strength, and renewed confidence.