What is Support Suite?
Support Suite provides person-centred, individualised, confidential counselling and coaching sessions. Our service caters for people with disability, their families and carers, including paid and informal carer supports.
At Support Suite, we believe that every individual has the capacity to achieve a happy and fulfilling life.
Support Suite is an environment where you will be supported to be the best version of you. It is a safe space where you are free to be yourself, to communicate openly, confidentially and without judgement. It is our belief that you have the capacity within to achieve your goals. Our aim is to support you to accomplish this by providing a relaxed, nurturing environment where you can share your story so we can work together to unlock your potential.
Sessions can be done face-to-face, over the phone or by video conferencing via a secure online platform.
For our clients
- Our Mission is to provide quality, specialised counselling and mental health support to people with disability, their families and carers. To achieve this for our clients, all counsellors partnering with Support Suite are vetted and supported to provide quality, evidence based and person centred counselling support.
- Our counsellors will work alongside you, listen non-judgementally and empower you to work through your issues or concerns using tools and communication styles that best suits your needs.
- To discuss your individual needs and to ensure that the services at Support Suite are right for you, book your complimentary 30 minute consult here
For our partners
- Our Vision to achieve Support Suite’s mission is to empower, mentor and support counsellors to make it simple for people with disability, their families and carers to access quality, specialised person centred counselling support.
- We want to partner with like-minded counsellors with a passion to support people with disability to join our specialist counselling community.
- For more information head to our partner with us page here
About Nicole Jackson
For over 30 years Nicole Jackson worked in the community services sector, primarily with people with disability, their families and carers. The experience and expertise that she gained in Australia and the United Kingdom makes her a qualified counsellor and coach, with a passion to support people with disability achieve their goals.
She has worked alongside people from a variety of different disability backgrounds including intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, ADHD and psychosocial disability. However, Nicole understands that it is not the disability that defines a person but each persons’ unique strengths, abilities and talents. Sometimes we need a little support in order to let our true capabilities shine, and that’s where counselling or coaching can help.
Nicole has experience in
- disability services,
- public housing,
- home care services,
- behaviour support,
- case management support for people who are ageing or have disability,
- project management,
- and training, including the delivery of VET accredited training in Disability and Community Services
Her qualifications include:
- Diploma of Counselling
- Master of Health Science (Developmental Disability)
- Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Neuro-Semantics (NS) Practitioner.
- Graduate Certificate in Community Management
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
She holds membership with:
- Australian Counselling Association (Level 2)
Her experience with NDIS participants and their families makes her more than a qualified partner in your journey. Her roles have included providing advice, policy and procedure development and training facilitation, developing resources for NDIS participants and their families, including face to face workshops. Nicole knows how to support with pre-planning as well as assist families in their understanding of the scheme, the Price Guide and interpreting NDIS plans. Nicole was also fortunate enough to have been mentored by Helen Sanderson and Associates in Person Centred Thinking and has an extensive understanding of the tools and approaches that can enhance individual growth and goal setting.
She is excited to share her expertise and knowledge to help you become the best version of yourself.
To learn more about our services, head over to our Services page or book your FREE 30-minute consultation.
