Caris Pepper, PACFA

Caris Pepper is a therapist based in Australia with four years of clinical experience who works across family, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes. She brings a blend of arts-informed approaches and body-centered work to her practice, drawing on training in Arts Psychotherapy and psychosomatic methods as well as other somatic and energy-informed practices. Caris combines client-centered listening with solution-focused strategies and somatic therapy techniques to help people navigate relationship difficulties, career challenges, post-traumatic stress, and issues related to self-worth and life purpose.

She creates a respectful, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored and where clients are recognized as the experts on their own stories. Caris emphasizes collaboration and practical steps, and she integrates her background in expressive and body-based modalities to support emotional processing and embodied change. Her work also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, isolation and loneliness, narcissistic dynamics, sexual assault and abuse, and workplace issues.

Caris holds PACFA credentials - PACFA is the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia - and she frames her practice around empowering clients to identify strengths and take steps toward a more fulfilling life. She offers professional coaching skills for executives and professionals alongside therapeutic support, with a focus on helping people find clarity, resilience, and greater self-compassion.