Grace Penman, ACA

Grace Penman is a counsellor and psychotherapist credentialed in Australia with four years of professional experience. She holds an ACA credential, indicating a recognised counselling qualification in Australia, and focuses on supporting mixed-culture adults and immigrants, including people in the LGBTQIA+ community, as they navigate identity, belonging, and the practical demands of adult life in a cross-cultural context.

Many people Grace works with feel pulled between family expectations and personal values, facing decisions that try to honour cultural roots while staying true to themselves. That ongoing tension can present as anxiety, guilt, confusion, or a sense of never being enough while trying to find a clear path forward.

Grace supports people in a range of life transitions - studying or working in a new country, raising young children while balancing multiple cultural influences, or partnering with someone from a different upbringing - all situations that can stir identity questions and feelings of loneliness or uncertainty about belonging.

Her practice weaves together EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy to gently process cultural, relational, and intergenerational trauma that is often carried in the body. Through this combination she aims to help people reclaim their voice, acknowledge and honour every part of themselves beyond others' expectations, and reconnect with values and choices that feel authentic.