Acknowledgement Of Country

I acknowledge the lands on which I operate on is the traditional lands for the Kaurna & Peramangk people and that I respect their spiritual relationship with their Country.  I also acknowledge the Kaurna and Peramangk people as the custodians of these regions and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living people today. I pay respects to the cultural authority of First Nations people from other areas of South Australia/Australia that I encounter in this work.

About Hive Minds Therapy

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Jonathan Breach (he/him)

Just as I am looking forward to getting to know you and how we might be able to collaborate, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about myself.

I came to Counselling and Narrative Therapy Practice after long corporate careers in the wine and pharmaceutical industry. While these may seem very odd progressions, there has been many unexpected overlaps.

I have held diverse roles in healthcare including the trialing & regulation of medicines for pain, addiction, psychiatry, epilepsy and over-the-counter, and undertook formal qualifications in Western herbal medicine.

The shift to the wine industry allowed me to draw on my phytotherapy knowledge, and experiences in regulation / government advocacy. Something that was profoundly new was being involved in an industry embedded with deep stories & heritage, multigenerational relationships between regional grape grower and winemaking families that embody multicultural Australia. Also of great importance was their delicate relationship with small communities, the land & a rapidly changing climate. All this brought to the fore the difficult mental health burdens experienced by many living in farming communities.

My own diagnosis of ADHD in my 40’s was the catalyst for becoming the counselling resource I struggled to find as a new late-age discovered member of the neurodivergent community.

I have long had a strong drive for creative expression from being a musician, writer, table-top RPG games master and bibliophile, and believe the arts & mental health have a critical symbiotic relationship.

You can find out more about my formal experiences, how I can help and how to book a session by clicking through.