Holistic Body–Mind Psychotherapy for Trauma, Anxiety, and Chronic Stress
Compassion | Integration | Inner Truth
Our move to the permanent Prowse Street office has been postponed until August 2026.
In the meantime, appointments will continue at our temporary Brunswick location at B2, 460 Victoria Street, Brunswick.
Wisdom Psychotherapy offers trauma-informed counselling and psychotherapy in Brunswick, integrating evidence-based approaches with somatic, experiential, and contemplative practices.
Are you feeling emotionally stuck, overwhelmed, or exhausted — even when you understand why?
Many people come to therapy with insight and self-awareness, yet still find themselves caught in the same patterns: the body still reacts, emotions still feel unmanageable, and something still feels unresolved.
I'm Josh Sasai (AMHSW) — a psychotherapist and Medicare provider working with people navigating trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, chronic stress, and related difficulties.
Therapy is more than talking
Trauma and chronic stress are often held not only in thoughts and memories, but also in the emotions, the nervous system, and the body.
This is why many people find that insight and understanding alone are not always enough. Healing often requires working not just with the thinking mind, but with the emotional and embodied experience beneath it.
Wisdom Psychotherapy offers an experiential and somatic approach — supporting emotional processing, nervous system regulation, and the gradual integration of mind, body, and experience.
Areas of Support
Wisdom Psychotherapy works with adults experiencing:
Trauma and PTSD
Complex PTSD (CPTSD)
Anxiety and panic
Depression and low mood
Emotional regulation difficulties
Chronic stress and burnout
Dissociation and disconnection
Grief and loss
Chronic illness and pain
Addiction
Relationship difficulties
Life transitions
Identity and belonging
Three guiding focuses
Wisdom Psychotherapy is guided by three core focuses. These are not techniques — they are principles that shape how therapy unfolds and how it is tailored to each person.
Compassion
Creating safety and reducing the sense of threat
Many people live with self-criticism, shame, or a nervous system that's always on alert — this is where healing begins.
Integration
Bringing together what has become disconnected
When thoughts, emotions, and body responses feel disconnected, therapy helps bring them back into a felt sense of wholeness.
Inner Truth
Listening to what emotions and the body communicate
Rather than analysing feelings from a distance, therapy helps you listen to what they're expressing — and find your own sense of direction from there.
A grounded, integrative approach
Wisdom Psychotherapy is grounded in Buddhist Psychotherapy — a non-religious, compassion-focused framework that emphasises inner truth, emotional integration, and the connection between mind and body.
Within this framework, therapy integrates contemporary evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Psychotherapy, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Mindfulness-based practices.
Therapy is tailored to each person's unique needs, readiness, and therapeutic goals.
Professional Accreditation and Memberships:
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker: Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Registered Psychotherapist (Level 4): Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
Full Member: EMDR Association of Australia
Registered Service Provider: Medicare
