Welcome to Pola Practice
Wellbeing that sees the whole person and the world around them.
Culturally responsive and intersectional therapy, workplace support, community partnerships and research. We believe that when support is accessible to the most marginalised, it is accessible for all.
Find your way in
How can we work with you?
Choose what brings you here. Each pathway shows what Pola offers and the clearest next step.
For individual clients
A considered path into therapy
Begin with a self-referral. An intake clinician learns about your needs and preferences, then helps match you with a suitable therapist or recommends other support.
Start a therapy referral ↗For people and culture teams
Support shaped around your workforce
Explore EAP counselling, training, coaching, supervision, critical incident response and organisational wellbeing reviews. Talk with Pola about your people and the support your workplace needs.
Explore workplace services ↗For community organisations
Build with communities
Discuss workshops, group wellbeing programs, event support or a co-designed collaboration with Pola Practice.
Discuss a partnership ↗For philanthropic partners
Help promising work reach further
Learn about Pola's research, community relationships and culturally responsive approach, then speak with us about opportunities to support the work.
Explore research and impact ↗Our way of working
Care shaped by people, culture and context.
Our culturally responsive and intersectional approach recognises that wellbeing is influenced by relationships, workplaces and wider systems. We work with people and partners to respond to those realities.
Clinical care with room for your whole self
Talk based, creative arts and movement approaches, with a thoughtful intake and matching process.
Support that reaches beyond the individual
Training, reflective practice, EAP and organisational work that attends to culture and systems.
Learning alongside communities
Programs, partnerships and research developed through collaboration and shared knowledge.
Work in practice
What this looks like beyond the therapy room.
Culturally responsive care with NWMPHN
A pilot partnership involving clinician training and supervision, alongside work on culturally responsive intake and referral.
Read the partnership storyEvidence that informs change
POLAB brings practitioners, researchers, students and partners together around inclusive mental health and wellbeing research.
Explore POLABStart a conversation