Yo is an extraordinary person who offered my family a safe and judgement free space where we felt validated and motivated to try new approaches. Our time with Yo has been exceptionally insightful and beneficial. Everyone needs a Yo in their life!!!

 

K.E

Foster Carer

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It was my pleasure to work alongside psychotherapist Yolande Robertson on an arts based project in 2023.

As a means of helping clients to safely express emotionally charged thoughts and experiences, Yolande demonstrated a visual story telling ‘bubble’ technique she had developed. This entailed confining images and words within a bounded bubble-like space on a page.  Yolande created delicate and colourful tattoo like artworks to show how one can find beauty and symbolic meanings that speak to difficult life experiences in a unique and powerful way.

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Yolane Robertson is a gifted and caring psychotherapist who focuses on a person’s strength and abilities. She has a special way of gently teasing out information to help clients to develop personal insights and deeper understandings.

I can happily recommend Yolande to you as she is capable of working with people of all ages from a diverse range of backgrounds.

 

Marianne Ruff
Clinical Counsellor and Therapist (Leongatha Creative Therapist and Counsellor)

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I have known of Yolande Robertsons work for some time but until recently had not participated in her workshops. What I received was much more than expected and nothing I could have imagined on my own. Yolande set up a beautiful space that effortlessly invited us into connection, gently ignited some resistant creative spirits and safely guided us through a deep process of enquiry. What came was surprising and the sharing of tears and laughter wove a new intimacy and cohesiveness into a very diverse group of women. Yolande’s work is not just a peak workshop experience, she provides a simple and beautiful process that I and others in the workshop have continued to practice and share since.

 

Fiona Cornwall

Workshop Participant

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I have known Yolande for over 20 years. Creatively we worked side by side on the popular Australian series Neighbours for two years of extremely high demanding work and hours. Yo was always a strong supporter throughout this time, with well-known artists confiding in us and confidentiality being such an important fundamental in our role on Neighbours and any production we work on. Over the years through personal experiences Yo continues to humanize me by always being able to engage in laughter and everyday life stories enabling me to handle and manage anything life may throw my way, no matter the weight. To unpick and unpack in a light spirited manner has us always finding laugher, colour and light even through our most challenging days.

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I cannot recommend Yolande high enough as part of any team. If you like being treated like an everyday kind of person even during extreme circumstances, with the utmost respect of your role or position in a professional environment then Yo is most certainly the right psychotherapist for you.

 

Julian Jones

Entertainment Hair/Make up Artist

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Having studied with Yo and later working with her in the education sector, I was able to observe and be inspired by her sixth sense of attuning with a client and their interpersonal worlds with her capacity to connect the bigger picture of the clients world with the therapeutic space. Yo has a deep and warm commitment to people, understanding their lived experience, through their eyes and advocating for their sense of respect, value and autonomy.

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I treasured working with a fellow therapist who has such wisdom around trauma and the systemic institutes of health care and yet partners people with such easy humility no matter the person's age, sociocultural status, values, or needs. I hope to have the pleasure of working with her again.

 

Kristie Molnar

Art Therapist and Counsellor

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I struggled with my mental health due to a series of traumatic events that made it difficult for me to function without being triggered regularly.  Yo made me feel safe and secure so I could explore ways that would increase my confidence and provided tools to enable me to deal with everyday challenges. With Yo’s help, my work life and family life improved significantly. I continue to still see Yo from time to time, when needed and have found her to be very down to earth, warm and her humour always makes me feel very comfortable in expressing my feelings without judgement.  I would recommend Yo to anyone wishing to overcome any issues as she has been my biggest support and without her encouragement, I would not be where I am today without her.

 

R.S.

Client