Beatrice McAlister

As a registered counsellor and a professional experience designer, it is my wish to contribute to your well-being and that of our community by assisting you with healing, feeling good within yourself and creating a balanced life.

Since 2005, as a human centred designer, I have been exploring and collaborating with people to design interactions with services, people and life in general, in a way that reduces pain points, gets everyone what they need and creates a pleasant experience with the world.

In 2017, I embarked on the journey of taking “human centred design” literally in the sense of working with people to assist them in designing themselves and their lives. I completed a Diploma in Counselling and registered as counsellor to combine counselling methods and design methodologies to provide personal experience design service to anyone, who would like to make the most of their life.

I have a passion for discovering people’s stories and believe diversity is humanity’s greatest strength. I would like to to assist you with identifying well-informed choices and working through your emotional, interpersonal, or practical problems so you may be a thriving member of the culturally diverse Australian community.

As a migrant from Germany since 2000, it took me many years to recognise and then process the grief and loss of leaving my “Heimat”. I have found talking to trusted persons in German about deep personal topics most effective for my healing and assimilation journey and can provide counselling in German to those with a German speaking background in Brisbane.