Women often carry many roles and responsibilities — managing relationships, family, work, caregiving, expectations, and the constant demands of everyday life.
Sometimes it can feel like you are holding everything together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or disconnected on the inside.
At Ren Solomon Counselling, I provide women’s mental health counselling in Malvern and online across Australia, supporting women through anxiety, stress, burnout, ADHD-related challenges, hormonal changes, and significant life transitions.
Counselling offers a space to pause, feel heard, and better understand what you are experiencing — without judgement or pressure to simply “push through”.
Every woman’s experience is different.
You might seek counselling because you are experiencing:
• Anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm
• Burnout or feeling constantly exhausted
• Low mood, self-doubt, or loss of confidence
• Difficulty balancing everyone else’s needs with your own
• Relationship, parenting, family, or workplace challenges
• Identity changes or uncertainty about your next stage of life
• ADHD-related challenges including overwhelm, emotional regulation, and executive functioning difficulties
• PMDD, perimenopause, menopause, or hormonal changes impacting your wellbeing
Counselling focuses on understanding your unique experience and developing strategies that support your emotional wellbeing in everyday life.
Hormonal transitions can affect much more than physical health.
Many women describe feeling unlike themselves — experiencing changes in mood, energy, confidence, motivation, sleep, relationships, or their ability to cope with everyday demands.
Some women also describe feeling dismissed or unsure whether what they are experiencing is “normal”.
Counselling can provide support with:
• Understanding emotional patterns and changes
• Navigating feelings of frustration, grief, anger, or uncertainty
• Managing stress and overwhelm
• Adjusting to changes in identity, relationships, or roles
• Building self-compassion and coping strategies
• Communicating your experiences and needs more clearly
My background in pharmacy provides an understanding of how health, hormones, medication experiences, and emotional wellbeing can intersect. Counselling does not replace medical care, but can work alongside your healthcare supports.
Many women spend years feeling like they should be coping better.
ADHD-related challenges can sometimes appear as:
• Constant mental overload
• Difficulty staying organised
• Procrastination followed by intense pressure
• Emotional sensitivity
• Feeling exhausted from trying to keep everything together
• Self-criticism or feeling like you are falling behind
Whether you have an ADHD diagnosis, are exploring the possibility, or simply relate to these experiences, counselling can help you understand your patterns and develop supports that work for you.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based counselling practices.
Together, we can explore what has been difficult, recognise your strengths, and develop practical strategies to help you feel more supported.
Counselling is not about being told what to do — it is about having space to understand yourself and move forward in a way that feels meaningful for you.
For clients who may benefit from a calming presence, sessions with Woof, my trained therapy dog, may be available by request.
Woof offers a gentle, grounding presence and can help create a counselling environment that feels comfortable and welcoming.
Therapy dog sessions are always optional and discussed beforehand.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, navigating change, or simply not feeling like yourself, counselling can be a supportive place to start.
Ren Solomon Counselling provides women’s mental health counselling from The Malvern Rooms in Malvern, Melbourne, and online across Australia.
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.