SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, COUNSELLOR, FAMILY THERAPIST
GROW THROUGH WHAT YOU GO THROUGH!
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Wendy in the classroom with students.
Meet Wendy
Social worker | Counsellor |Psychotherapist | Founder of growing you counselling
Wendy Smith believes everyone deserves to feel heard, valued, and understood and to have their strengths recognised, even when life feels overwhelming.
As the founder of Growing You Counselling Wendy brings warmth, curiosity, and practical support to her work with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Her approach is person-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, with a focus on building a trusting therapeutic relationship where people can feel comfortable being themselves.
Wendy holds a Bachelor of Human Services and a Bachelor of Social Work with Honours. She is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is currently undertaking a Master of Autism and Neurodiversity at the University of Wollongong. Her commitment to ongoing learning helps her connect research with the everyday experiences of the people she supports.
With a background in private counselling, child protection, youth mental health, and hospital settings, Wendy understands that wellbeing is shaped by relationships, environments, opportunities, and life experiences. She works collaboratively with individuals and, where appropriate, their families, schools, and other professionals to support meaningful, achievable change.
Wendy has a particular interest in supporting autistic people and people with ADHD. Her neurodiversity-affirming approach respects different ways of thinking, communicating, and experiencing the world. She helps people understand their needs, recognise their abilities, strengthens self-advocacy, and navigate challenges without losing sight of who they are.
Her work also includes support with trauma, grief and loss, relationships, life transitions, and workplace psychological injury. Years of community volunteering, teenage mentoring, and humanitarian involvement in Australia and overseas have strengthened her commitment to inclusion, social justice, and culturally responsive care.
At Growing You, Wendy offers a welcoming space to explore what matters, make sense of difficult experiences, and to move forward at your own pace.
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Unit 10, 6-8 Liuzzi Street, Pialba 4655 and Toowoomba Queensland Australia