SHARON
CAMPBELL

About Me
With over 25 years of Counselling experience in Australia, I've had the privilege of walking alongside individuals and families through some of life's most challenging moments.
My journey began in 1996, working in the Community Services Sector in Australia. I supported, families facing homelessness, and women escaping domestic violence-work that shaped my deep commitment to compassionate, practical support.
For 13 years, I worked as a Financial Counsellor, helping people navigate significant financial stress caused by unemployment, accident, illness, family breakdown, or domestic violence. It taught me how closely our emotional well being is tied to our practical realities.
In 2014, my family moved to the United Arab Emirates, where we lived for 6 years. During this time, I expanded my training into Holistic Counselling and Pranic Healing-bringing a more integrated, mind-body-spirit approach to my work.
I named my practice Desert Star Counselling, to honour those transformative years in the desert. Today, I bring together grounded experience and intuitive insight to support others in creating significant positive change in their lives.

Qualifications
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Associate Diploma in Welfare Studies Faculty of Social Sciences. La Trobe University 1996.
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Advanced Training in Systems and Family Therapy. Systems Coordinators 1999
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Diploma in Community Services (Financial Counselling). Ballarat University 2008
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Certificates for Advanced, Psychotherapy and Crystal Pranic Healing. GMCKS Dubai 2016
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Certificate for Genius Body Program-Methylation from Gut to Brain. Beyond MTHFR 2020
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Certificate 1 and 2 in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Embrace Empowerment 2021
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Advanced Practitioner in Holistic Counselling (APHC). Natural Energies College Australia 2023
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Advanced Practitioner in Spiritual Counselling. (APSC) Natural Energies College Australia (currently)
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My Story
I have always felt a huge amount of empathy and compassion for women who are struggling in life and who are unable to change their situations or move forward. I know how it feels to be stuck in that place and I have a deep and intimate understanding of what it is like to be overwhelmed with all the challenges in life. Always putting everyone else’s needs before my own.
As I have experienced many difficult life situations and challenges it seems as if I have lived several different lives. Each challenge propelled me to study and learn so I could develop strategies and processes to overcome them.
After the breakdown of my first marriage due to family violence I remarried to become a large stepfamily. I completed my Associate Diploma in Welfare Studies and a Certificate in Systems Theory and Family Therapy. I then commenced working in Welfare while caring for our 6 children with my second husband.
I later completed a Diploma in Community Services (Financial Counselling) and worked as a Financial Counsellor for 13 years, where I counselled many women who were struggling financially and experiencing extremely difficult life situations.
I found working with these women to be the most rewarding as I witnessed them move from being dis-empowered and without hope to becoming empowered and independent.
During that time, I continued to support my youngest son who was diagnosed as being on the Spectrum. By learning and implementing biomedical and dietary therapies, he was able to improve and successfully completed year 12. He has now found his niche working fulltime in a job related to his special interest.
I also experienced chemical sensitivities which led me to learn about many nutritional, dietary, and complementary therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions.
After my family moved to the United Arab Emirates I attained a Certificate in Crystal Pranic Healing and Psychotherapy Pranic Healing. I also commenced studying Holistic Counselling and attained an Advanced Practitioner in Holistic Counselling certificate. We returned to Australia in 2020 and settled into the beautiful Kiewa Valley where my practice is now located.
Through my own numerous life experiences and decades of learning I now have access to a wide variety of holistic healing techniques and therapies.
This combined with my gift of intuition and knowing what each individual needs enables me to tailor the most beneficial therapies that will facilitate powerful and positive changes for the woman I help.

GET IN TOUCH
A: 5 Glen Court, Tangambalanga, VIC 3691
E: info@desertstarcounselling.com
Ph: 0476 446 733
Open Mon - Fri, 12pm to 6pm
Albury, Wodonga, and Australia wide (online)



