About Chloe

Chloe is the founder of The Simplified Self, bringing more than a decade of professional experience working directly with people facing complex circumstances, behaviour change, stress and significant life challenges.
Her background spans Victorian government and community services, including senior and specialist roles involving counselling, alcohol and other drug services, complex case management, assessment, client education and behaviour change. Her work has also included mentoring colleagues, providing secondary consultation and supporting the development of other professionals.
Chloe holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from Deakin University. She successsfully completed renowned course, The Science of Well-Being (authorised by Yale University) and has undertaken extensive professional development across areas including well-being science, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural approaches, trauma-informed practice, grief and loss, family violence and alcohol and other drug work.
Chloe holds internationally recognised certifications in somatic coaching, breathwork, meditation coaching and polyvagal approaches, extending her knowledge of body-based practices, stress responses and nervous system concepts.
She's an experienced professional who warmly brings her knowledge and lived experience (including lived experience of chronic illness, disability and neurodivergence), together to create gentle, practical wellbeing education and digital resources for women carrying a lot.
Through The Simplified Self, complex ideas about overwhelm, capacity, emotions and the nervous system are transformed into information people can understand and use in everyday life.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
Deakin UniversityAlcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) Skill Set
UnitingCertificate IV in Business Administration
South West Institute of TAFECertificate III in Correctional Practice
Dept. of Justice & RegulationCertificate III in Business Administration
South West Institute of TAFE
Professional Development
Includes, but not limited to:
The Science of Well-Being
Yale UniversitySomatic Coach Certification
Internationally accreditedBreathwork Practitioner Certification
Internationally accreditedMeditation Coach Certification
Internationally accreditedPolyvagal Therapy Certification
Internationally accreditedCounselling Clients with Addictions (Advanced Study Major)
The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors Pty LtdGrief and Loss Counselling (Advanced Study Major)
The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors Pty LtdAbuse Counselling (Advanced Study Major)
The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors Pty LtdMotivational Interviewing
Helen MenthaBecoming a Supervisor
Mental Health AcademyLGBTIQ Cultural Sensitivity
Minus18Disability Cultural Awareness Training
Barney and Catterall