SUPPORT • REFLECT • CONNECT • THRIVE

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

ABOUT EVOLVE COUNSELLING COLLECTIVE

Evolve Counselling Collective brings together three experienced, Master’s-qualified and accredited counsellors with diverse professional and life experience, and a shared commitment to supporting women through the changes and opportunities of midlife.We bring together our backgrounds in counselling, coaching, leadership, business, education, parenting, relationships and community work to create programmes that are professionally grounded, practical and relevant to women's lives.Our aim is to create a space for women to step back from the demands of everyday life, gain new perspectives, reconnect with what matters and consider what they want from the next stage of life.

WHY WE CREATED OUR PROGRAMMESOur programmes have grown from the themes and challenges facing women in midlife and beyond, which we repeatedly see in our work as counsellors and coaches, along with our own professional and lived experience, including:

  • Changes in identity, confidence and self-worth

  • Loss of purpose and uncertainty about what comes next

  • Burnout

  • Career change challenges

  • Shifting family roles and relationships

  • Midlife and menopause

  • Partnership challenges and separation

  • Connection and belonging

  • Parenting teens and adult children

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM AN EVOLVE PROGRAMMEOur programmes are intentionally kept small, with no more than 12 women, so there is space for everyone to participate, reflect, and be heard.Each programme combines evidence-informed counselling, coaching, guided reflection, meaningful conversation and practical tools.You can expect:A safe, professionally facilitated space
Time to reflect and explore what is happening for you without judgement.Personalised support
A small-group environment where there is room for individual reflection and participationGenuine connection
The opportunity to connect with other women navigating similar stages of life.Shared wisdom
Different perspectives, experiences and insights from both facilitators and the group.Programmes are currently held in person across Melbourne’s south and south-east.Online programmes are coming in 2027.

The next evolve progrAMME...

EVOLVE: Discovering Your Next Chapter
9, 16, 23 & 30 November 2026

4 x weekly sessions | Mondays: 6:00–8:00 pm

A four-week guided programme for women in midlife and beyond that explores 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 guided reflection, meaningful conversation, evidence-informed counselling and coaching tools, and practical exercises, you'll explore where you are now, what matters to you, and how you want to move forward.ACROSS FOUR WEEKS, WE'LL EXPLORE:Week 1 — Where Am I Now?
Taking stock of what is changing, what is working, what is draining you and what needs your attention.Week 2 — Who Am I Now?
Exploring identity, strengths and confidence - and the self-doubt, expectations or old stories that may be holding you back.Week 3 — What Matters Now?
Clarifying values, priorities and what gives you meaning, energy, purpose and direction at this stage of life.Week 4 — Moving Forward
Bringing your insights together into practical, achievable steps for your next chapter.

WHAT YOU WILL TAKE AWAYYou'll leave with:

  • Greater clarity about what matters to you now

  • More confidence in yourself and your choices

  • A strong connection to who you are beyond the roles you carry

  • New perspectives from women navigating similar transitions

  • Greater awareness of old expectations or patterns that may no longer fit

  • More intention about where you put your time and energy

  • A practical Next Chapter plan with achievable first steps

WHO IS IT FOR?This programme is designed for women in midlife and beyond, who feel ready to pause, take stock of where they are now, and decide what you want for the next stage of life.Perhaps you have been feeling a little stuck, lost or disconnected from yourself. You may have spent years focused on work, family, and other people, and now find yourself wondering Who am I now? What do I actually want? What matters to me?Maybe life looks fine from the outside, but something doesn't feel quite right. Your priorities may be changing. Things that once felt important may not longer fit. Or you may simply have a growing sense that you want something more - without yet knowing what that looks like.You don't need to arrive with the answers. Discovering Your Next Chapter gives you the space to step back, reconnect with yourself and begin working out what you want this next stage of life to look like.

PROGRAMME DETAILSDATES:
4 x weekly sessions
Mondays 9, 16, 23 & 30 November 2026TIME:
2 hours per session - 6.00-8.00 pmLOCATION
Hampton Community Centre
Hampton, VIC 3188GROUP SIZE
Maximum 12 women.PROGRAMME FEEFounding Programme Price: $495 per personYOUR PROGRAMME INCLUDES:✓ Four professionally facilitated two-hour group sessions
✓ EVOLVE workbook and reflection resources
✓ Guided reflection, meaningful discussion and practical exercises
✓ Evidence-informed counselling and coaching tools and strategies
✓ Connection with other women navigating a similar stage of life
✓ Ongoing access to the EVOLVE online community for resources, tip and connection.
✓ Light refreshments will be provided
✓ Exclusive discount on future EVOLVE programmes

MEET THE COLLECTIVE

We are three experienced professionals with different backgrounds united by a shared commitment to supporting women through midlife and beyond.As qualified and accredited counsellors, we bring professional therapeutic knowledge and experience to our work. But what we bring to the EVOLVE programmes 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 teenagers and adult children, caring for elderly parents, changes in careers and business, burnout, discovering neurodivergence later in life, 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 grounded, practical, genuinely relevant and connected to the realities of women's lives.

ALEX COUPE

Alex is a Master’s-qualified counsellor, ACA-certified practising counsellor, accredited coach and former senior corporate leader with more than 30 years’ experience across health, business and leadership roles in Australia and the UK.As a counsellor and coach 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 in corporate life, counselling and coaching, and her personal experience of midlife, menopause, parenting adults, family transitions, burnout, and a midlife career change, Alex brings a practical, compassionate approach to helping people navigate life’s challenges and consider what comes next.Now that Alex makes sure she has dedicated time for herself, when she is not working, you can find her open-water swimming, creative writing, taking photographs and travelling as much as possible!

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

To book into our November programme please click below.Please read the information below including reviewing the EVOLVE PROGRAMME PARTICIPATION, INFORMED CONSENT AND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (found at the end of this section) prior to booking.

If you have questions about the November programme or would like to speak with a team member, please email us at the address below.Please also email us if you want to register your interest in future programmes.

Email: [email protected]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Evolve programmes are small-group personal development and wellbeing programmes. They are counselling-informed, but not a substitute for individual counselling, psychological treatment, medical care, or crisis support.Group participants are asked to respect others' privacy and confidentiality. While facilitators will manage the group with care, confidentiality within a group setting cannot be absolutely guaranteed.If you are experiencing crisis, acute mental health distress, family violence risk, or thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, this programme may not be the right level of support. Please contact 000 in an emergency, Lifeline on 131114, or your GP/local mental health crisis service.

Please review the EVOLVE PROGRAMME PARTICIPATION, INFORMED CONSENT AND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT prior to booking.Click on the link below to review.

EVOLVE Counselling Collective (Melbourne)