Meet Christine

Christine Drewett is the founder and principal counsellor at Ascendurance. She holds a Diploma of Counselling and a Bachelor of Psychology. As an ACA Level 2 member (25143), she supports clients with a wide range of concerns, integrating her professional counselling experience, practical strategies, and personal insights. Her work is profoundly influenced by her own late diagnosis of neurodiversity and her experience as a parent supporting neurodiverse children. This personal knowledge enhances her understanding of neurodivergent behaviours, sensory needs, executive-function challenges, family dynamics, overwhelm, masking, and burnout. Her approach acknowledges that counselling must be individualised. Christine collaborates with clients to tailor support according to their unique needs, abilities, communication styles, goals, and pace.

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Lived Experience and Professional Insight

Christine’s personal and professional experiences inform her approach to working with clients. Her lived experience of neurodiversity provides her with valuable insight into challenges such as delayed diagnosis, masking, sensory overwhelm, executive-function difficulties, burnout, and family complexity. She also appreciates the emotional and practical demands faced by families, carers, and individuals supporting loved ones with complex needs. This combination of professional expertise and personal understanding enables Christine to provide counselling that is compassionate, practical, and tailored to real-life challenges.

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A Commitment to Ongoing Learning

Christine is a dedicated lifelong learner who regularly updates her knowledge of psychology and counselling through study, reflection, and professional development. She is committed to maintaining high professional standards and ensuring her practice remains aligned with current research, ethical care, and personalised support tailored to each client’s unique needs.

What to expect

Christine adopts a humanistic and person-centred approach to counselling, placing the therapeutic relationship at the core of her work. She creates a respectful, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment where clients can safely and honestly explore their experiences. Her counselling style is practical, compassionate, and oriented toward meaningful change. She helps clients develop coping skills, increase self-awareness, enhance emotional regulation, cultivate self-compassion, and work toward sustainable behavioural improvements.

Strategies and Tools

• Mindfulness-based strategies

• Acceptance-based techniques

• Strengths-based approaches

• Sensory-aware pacing

• Executive-function support

• Structured routines

• Harm-reduction strategies

• Relapse-prevention planning

• Practical tools for resilience and self-care

Engaging in counselling with Christine is a joint, respectful experience tailored specifically for each person. Throughout the sessions, clients are given the space to share their experiences, recognise patterns or challenges, and delve into their personal priorities. Together, you will create effective strategies that correspond to your life. There’s no need to have everything mapped out from the beginning; Christine will accompany you at your current stage and assist you at a pace that feels right for you. Sessions can concentrate on emotional wellness, coping mechanisms, self-awareness, behaviour modification, adaptation, healing, advocacy, relationship issues, or improving daily life skills.

Christine’s Approach

Find us upstairs on Level 1 at the home of

Courage Health and Fitness

16 Frost Road

Salisbury SA 5108

Contact

ascendurance@proton.me

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