Jude Neeme-Samson

Jude has over 35 years of experience in counselling, soul care, and walking with people through their lives.  A life-long student, teacher and participant in cross-cultural traditions, they have completed a Masters in Counselling and hold a PhD that explored alternative spiritual practices. Recent work includes being a grief counsellor and ceremonialist at Life Rites Funerals for several years and Jude currently bases their private practice at the Therapeutic Axis in Glebe serving the Inner West of Sydney and beyond.
 
Along with clinical training, Jude has learnt from various traditions including shamanic, Indigenous, and mystical. They are an initiated Druid. Jude has developed a modality called Let Your Spirit Speak ©2020. This method uses an eclectic range of processes to support clients in finding their own voice and choice of direction. Engaging with ACT, CBT, narrative therapy, art therapy, nature and ceremony, Jude helps clients navigate the journey of embodying their soul and spirit in their lives.
 
If you choose Jude to accompany you, you will receive their full presence and guidance to support your spirit to speak, but the journey is always yours.
 
Let Your Spirit Speak Method can help with:
Grief counselling
Rituals of separation, transition and incorporation
Spiritual direction
Relationship counselling
Chronic mental health conditions
Personality disorders
Existential distress and psychological incongruence: anxiety, fear, anger and disconnection to values, strengths and meaning
Trauma-informed approach to moral injury and PTSD (Jude holds lived experience)
Alcohol and other drugs - relapse prevention
Neurodiversity-affirming approaches
 
 
Modalities:
ACT
CBT
Narrative Therapy
Art Therapy
Schema Therapy
Somatic Therapies
Daoist Healing Practices
Druidic Nature Engagement Therapy
Ritual and Rites of Passage

Jude is LGBTQIA+ affirming and NDIS clients are able to use self-managed or plan-managed funding
 
Jude offers face-to-face sessions at the Therapeutic Axis as well as Zoom and phone sessions.
 
Member of the Australian Counselling Association. Registration with ARCAP.