Rediscover what matters, navigate change, create what comes next and move forward with confidence.

EVOLVE Counselling Collective brings together three experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds and a shared commitment to supporting women.Individually, we work with people through counselling, coaching and other professional roles.
Through the EVOLVE Counselling Collective, we bring our different experiences and perspectives together to create **small-group EVOLVE Programmes.These programmes are focused on the real challenges and transitions women can face - from changing identity, purpose, confidence, career, family, midlife and menopause, and a sense of what comes next, to relationships, connection, and belonging.Each EVOLVE Programme focuses on a particular theme, creating space to explore what is happening, learn from professional insight and shared experience, and discover practical ways forward.Our professionally facilitated programmes combine evidenced-based therapeutic insight, coaching, mentoring and practical strategies, as well as drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience.Programme as currently in-preson and held across Melbourne’s south and south-east. On-line programmes coming in 2027.

Our Programmes

EVOLVE programmes are designed to help women step back from the demands of everyday life, make sense of what is changing, and move forward with greater self-awareness, perspective and practical direction.Through a combination of professional insight, guided reflection, meaningful discussion and practical exercises, participants have the opportunity to better understand what is happening for them, explore what matters now, consider different ways forward and leave with strategies and resources they can continue to use in everyday life.Our programmes are intentionally delivered in small groups. This creates space for everyone to participate and be heard, while also offering the powerful benefit of shared experience — recognising common challenges, hearing different perspectives and building connection with other women navigating similar stages of life.

How our programmes have evolved

The focus of each programme has evolved from the themes we see repeatedly in our work with clients, together with our own professional and lived experience.Across counselling, coaching, leadership, business, parenting, relationships and community work, we see many of the same issues emerging for women in midlife — shifts in identity and confidence, changing family roles and relationships, connection and belonging, career change, burnout, menopause, separation, parenting adult children and uncertainty about what comes next.Each programme focuses on a particular theme and combines therapeutic insight, coaching, mentoring, education and practical strategies.Sessions include guided reflection, facilitated discussion, practical exercises and take-away resources or workbooks.

EVOLVE PROGRAMMES COMING SOON...

"EVOLVE: Discovering Your Next Chapter"

4 x weekly sessions | Mondays: 6:00–8:00 pm
9, 16, 23 & 30 November 2026

A four-week guided programme for women 45+ exploring identity, confidence, purpose and what comes next.Midlife can be a time of significant change — when roles shift, priorities evolve, and you begin asking new questions about who you are now, what matters most and what you want from the next stage of life.Discovering Your Next Chapter is a small-group guided programme designed to help you pause, reflect and reconnect with yourself.Through therapeutic insight, coaching, mentoring, guided reflection and practical strategies, you’ll explore your strengths, values and aspirations while gaining clarity and confidence about the path ahead.Across 4 sessions, we will explore:Week 1 — Where Am I Now?
Understanding change, transition and reconnecting with yourself.Week 2 — Who Am I Now?
Exploring identity, strengths, confidence and the parts of yourself you may want to reconnect with.Week 3 — What Matters Now?
Clarifying values, priorities and what brings meaning and purpose at this stage of life.Week 4 — Moving Forward
Creating practical ways to bring your insights into everyday life and shape your next chapter.

Who is it for?Designed for women 40+ who are navigating change, transition or a sense that something is shifting — whether that relates to identity, relationships, family roles, work, confidence or what they want from the next stage of life.This programme provides space to pause, reflect and reconnect with yourself, while exploring meaningful ways forward with the support of other women experiencing similar transitions.Dates:
Each Monday:
9, 16, 23 & 30 November 2026Duration:
4 x weekly sessions
2 hours per session - 6.00-8.00 pmGroup size
A small, supportive group of 10-12 women designed to encourage meaningful conversation, reflection and connection.LocationIn-person sessions held in Melbourne’s south-east.
Venue details provided on registration.Programme FeeEarly bird: $495 per person
Available until 18th October 2026Standard price: $550 per personYour investment includes:✓ Four professionally facilitated group sessions
✓ EVOLVE workbook and reflection resources
✓ Guided reflection, discussion and practical exercises
✓ Therapeutic insight, coaching, mentoring and practical strategies
✓ The opportunity to connect with other women navigating similar life transitions
✓ Light refreshments will be provided

MEET THE COLLECTIVE

We are three experienced professionals with different backgrounds but a shared commitment to supporting women.As qualified and accredited counsellors, we bring evidence-informed therapeutic knowledge and experience to our work. But what we bring to EVOLVE, our clients, and participants extends well beyond the counselling room.Between us, our professional lives have spanned corporate leadership, small-business success, coaching, mentoring, education, community work, marketing, and tourism. And as women in midlife ourselves, we also understand many of the experiences that come with this stage of life - changing relationships and family roles, parenting, careers and businesses, menopause, identity shifts and the question of what comes next.EVOLVE brings these different experiences and perspectives together. We combine counselling, coaching, mentoring, practical strategies and shared experience to create programmes that are professionally ground, genuinely relevant and connected to the realities of women's lives.

ALEX COUPE -

Alex is a Master’s-qualified counsellor, accredited coach and former senior corporate leader with more than 25 years’ experience across health, business and leadership roles in Australia and the UK.As a counsellor, she works with adults, including midlife women navigating identity, confidence, career and life transitions, as well as teenagers, young adults and couples experiencing challenges such as anxiety, relationships, communication and change.Drawing on her professional experience, coaching background and lived experience of midlife, parenting and family transitions, Alex brings a practical and compassionate approach to helping people navigate life’s challenges and consider what comes next.

SHARYN ADAMS

Sharyn is a Master’s-qualified, PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor and qualified Family Violence Practitioner, with experience supporting children, young adults and adults across school and community settings.She also brings more than 30 years of experience in business leadership and mentoring, giving her a broad understanding of people, relationships, resilience and life transitions.Sharyn has a particular interest in supporting women as they navigate change, shifting family roles and the challenges that can arise through different stages of life. She brings warmth, empathy and a strengths-based approach to help women build confidence, wellbeing and connection.

MICHELLE DUBROWIN

Michelle is a Master’s-qualified counsellor and ACA member with more than 20 years of experience supporting people from diverse backgrounds across education, training, marketing, tourism and community settings.Her broad professional and life experience, including parenting and relationships, provides her with a deep understanding of the challenges and transitions people can face at different stages of life.Michelle has a particular interest in supporting women through midlife changes, relationships, connection and belonging. She brings an integrative, trauma-informed and compassionate approach to help people develop greater self-awareness, navigate challenges and create more balance, harmony and fulfilment in their lives.

GET IN TOUCH

Interested in joining an upcoming programme or want to learn more?We’d love to hear from you.Contact us to register your interest, ask a question, or learn more about our upcoming small-group programmes.

Email: [email protected]

EVOLVE Counselling Collective (Melbourne)