Meet Azelene

I’m Azelene Williams — an Accredited Social Worker, ACA Level 2 Registered Counsellor, clinical supervisor, hypnotherapist, author, and keynote speaker. My work is grounded in trauma-informed practice, social justice values, and lived experience, shaped over more than a decade of working with individuals, professionals, schools, and communities across Australia.

My professional path has been deeply influenced by my personal story. I know firsthand what it means to live in survival mode — to carry trauma in the body, to feel silenced, unseen, and disconnected from a sense of self. From early life experiences of medical trauma and dyslexia, through years of severe bullying, a violent teenage relationship, and surviving a civilian terrorist attack at fifteen, my nervous system learned very early how to endure.

Like many people who have lived through prolonged trauma, I coped in the only ways I knew how at the time. I lived with cycles of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, nicotine addiction, and later early-stage emphysema. Alcohol became another way to numb what I didn’t yet have the tools to process — a chapter I closed in 2020, and I have proudly remained alcohol-free since.

These experiences did not break me — but they did shape me.

• They shaped the way I listen.

• The way I pace work.

• The way I hold safety, consent, and dignity as non-negotiables.

They are also why I believe so strongly that healing does not come from being pushed harder, but from being met with steadiness, compassion, and respect.

Over the years, I have delivered counselling, clinical supervision, and trauma-informed education alongside lived-experience keynote presentations in schools, organisations, and community settings. My speaking and advocacy work has reached more than 130,000 students nationally and has been featured across Australian television, radio, and print media. That work continues to be an important part of my voice — particularly in education, prevention, and early intervention spaces.

Today, however, the way I practise has evolved.

I no longer work in crisis-driven or high-intensity therapeutic roles. Instead, I offer gentle, ethical, and contained support through individual counselling, structured group programmes, and professional supervision. My work now focuses on nervous-system-aware healing, emotional regulation, identity repair, and helping people move out of long-term survival patterns at a pace that is sustainable.

I am, quite simply, the counsellor and social worker I once needed — not because I have all the answers, but because I understand the cost of being unheard, rushed, or asked to carry too much alone.

If you are looking for someone who understands trauma not just academically, but humanly — and who works with clarity, boundaries, and care — you are welcome here.