Alicia Prescott
Therapy for Legacy-Minded Women
My name is Alicia. I am a Master-certified counsellor based in Perth, Western Australia and Singapore. I offer online therapy to women wanting to grow in all areas of family life.
My private practice is an acknowledgement of the collective but unique experiences that most women go through in relationships, whether within their family of origin, or when they branch out to start their own.
This is a position I reached after a decade of specialised work as a relationship therapist with an NGO counselling agency, where I saw how systemic and generational issues often affected women more within family life.
I am married to one emotionally healthy man, and mother to a marvellous daughter, but I have been through my own journey of dating confusion, early marital challenges, the profound hope-despair cycle of infertility, the power of childbirth, and the vulnerability of postpartum. It is so much for one woman to go through in a lifetime, but most of us do it anyway because we long for the joy and peace that is supposed to come with family.
It would be my tremendous privilege to walk with you through some of these courageous milestones in life,
mother to mother,
daughter to daughter,
sister to sister,
partner to partner,
woman to woman.
Inspiration to love again
Counselling is truly one of those things where the person you are seeing matters, a lot. Maybe this is your first time or maybe you have tried other therapists, but one thing I’d like you to know is that I am not the type of therapist who just sits and nods while you spill your heart out. I treat each client session as if it is our last and will never withhold what I think is essential information you might need to know to help you move forward in your situation. I will also never tell you that I think you need x amount of sessions in order to feel improvements because I am not the expert over your own healing and growth, you are.
What I tend to recommend instead, and what best practice tell us, is that counseling is most effective when there is a strong therapeutic relationship. What this looks like in reality, is that for some clients, one session is all it takes for us to get on the same page and move forward together, while for others, it might take 2-3 sessions before trust is built. This is human. This is relationship.
Trust is essential in working with me because in our sessions, we do tend to go over all the gory details that come with the dating and relationship space. And yes, details matter. As the late Michael White said, “without context, everything is meaningless”. Counselling with me is not about generalised mantras or counting exercises, but about a deep and honest look at your individual circumstance and figuring out which parts we can influence. This can take time, courage and a financial investment, but will be a practice that reaps reward for the rest of your life.
Finding the courage to heal
I periodically offer joint sessions for mother and daughter who are both wanting to heal and re-connect with each other, as adults. The natural bond between mother and daughter is a powerful one that research shows has lasting impact not only on women’s emotional wellbeing, but also their physical health. Sadly, often, due to misinformation or external stressors, this bond can be ruptured at significant moments of a daughter’s life, which knowingly or not, harms both mother and daughter.
In these sessions, we will clarify what each woman wants from this relationship moving forward, and work through important skills such as listening with compassion and restraint. Importantly, these sessions are not for blaming or shaming either adult, but for providing a new opportunity to relate to each other in respectful ways.
For the well-being of both, each mother and daughter may be required to have up to 3 individual sessions before commencing joint therapy, which will be offered at my discretion.
Take the next step in your courageous journey:
“Every wise woman builds her house..."
Proverbs 14:1
Contact
If you are a woman looking for a counsellor who will really hear you and is committed to walk with you through your relationships and fertility experiences, please use the form below to get in touch with me for an online appointment.
Appointments are only available in the evenings (gmt+8)
Closed on Saturdays.