About Us

Who are we?

Better Life Therapy believes the greatest foundation for recovery and healing is hope.

For all our clients, we provide hope and healing through compassionate therapy, educational tools and workshops, through supportive groups, EMDR trauma therapy, family therapy, and one-on-one skilled and focused counselling support.

Better Life Therapy embodies the hope of recovery and healing from addictions, emotional and childhood trauma, relationship wounds, mental health challenges, as well as emotional and eating disorders.

Our methodology is based on a client centred bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach. We address the symptoms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), childhood and adult sexual and/or non-sexual abuse, compulsive and addictive behaviours, anxiety and depression, and grief, loss and betrayal. We specialise in perinatal counselling; pre and post natal care. Perinatal EMDR therapy is a rapidly growing form of psychotherapy that can provide invaluable help and support to women before and after they give birth.

Perinatal EMDR therapy focuses on the emotional health of pregnant women, as well as those who have recently given birth. This therapy helps new mothers manage their emotions, thoughts, and feelings during this time of immense change in their lives. Perinatal EMDR practitioners are specially trained to work with pre-natal, birth, and post-natal issues such as anxiety, depression, stressors related to labor and delivery, as well as dealing with the psychological effects of IVF, losing an infant or multiples.

Our online & face to face treatment programs bring together our expertise and skills as an empathetic mental health specialists. It is our goal to provide personalised, focused and compassionate treatment and effective tools in a condensed time frame.

Meet Belle our Clinical Director

Belle Higgins is a perinatal EMDR therapist, mother, and advocate for women's mental health. Belle’s therapeutic expertise also includes, Interpersonal Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Depth Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapy. Additionally, Belle is a Family constellation practitioner, Gottman trained couples Therapist and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist. Belle supports her clients’ personal development in the areas of perinatal, addiction, childhood trauma, lifestyle management; co- parenting & communication through a trauma informed lens.

Belle is the clinical director of Better Life Therapy Group and has a special interest in helping women who are struggling with perinatal trauma, pre and post natal anxiety and depression. Belle has been working in the field of psychotherapy for many years, and has seen first-hand how counselling and EMDR therapy can provide invaluable help and support to women before and after they give birth.

Perinatal EMDR therapy focuses on the emotional health of those trying to conceive, pregnant women, as well as those who have recently given birth. EMDR is also beneficial with the psychological effects of IVF, losing an infant or multiples. This therapy helps new mothers manage their emotions, thoughts, and feelings during this time of immense change in their lives.

Belle understands the challenges that new mothers face and is committed to providing them with the support they need during this time of great change. By providing compassionate, non judgemental assistance throughout this time of transition. Belle is passionate about her work and believes that every woman deserves the best possible care during this time of immense change in their lives.

Belle can help you come to recognise unhelpful patterns, disconnect present issues from the past, and move forward confidently towards your goals to heal, grow and change. Belle listens deeply in order to understand each client’s mental health needs. She then intuitively tailors counselling around those unique needs and each client’s signature strengths.

Belle provides unconditional support to her clients, guiding them to achieve insight about their concerns at their own desired pace.