Psychotherapy for grief, dying, bereavement and the transitions that change us.
Llumus is a Sydney-based palliative and bereavement psychotherapy practice, founded by Olivia Andrews JP, a PACFA-registered counsellor, and psychotherapist.
About Llumus
Llumus is a palliative and bereavement psychotherapy practice supporting people, families and care teams through terminal illness, ageing, grief, trauma, death and life-changing transitions.
The work is trauma-informed, relational and grounded in the belief that loss does not begin only after death. It may begin with a diagnosis, a move into aged care, a change in capacity, the loss of a role, the end of a familiar relationship, or the quiet recognition that life is no longer as it was.
Llumus offers specialist psychotherapy for people navigating these thresholds — in private practice, by telehealth, and where appropriate, in homes, hospitals, hospices and residential aged care settings.
At its heart, Llumus attends to what is present: the grief that has words, the grief that does not, the body’s knowing, the family system, the unspoken questions, and the human need to feel known, witnessed and accompanied.
Founded by Olivia Andrews
How We Work?
Llumus was founded by Olivia Andrews JP, a counsellor and psychotherapist whose work spans palliative care, bereavement, trauma, biography and death care.
Olivia is a PACFA Reg. Certified Practising Counsellor and Psychotherapist with qualifications in social science, mental health and trauma-informed psychotherapy. Her therapeutic practice is informed by Process-Oriented Psychology, also known as Processwork — a depth-oriented, body-inclusive approach that attends to the verbal, non-verbal, conscious and emerging aspects of a person’s experience.
This way of working is especially suited to grief, chronic and terminal illness, and end-of-life care, where people may be carrying experiences that are difficult to name, or where conventional language begins to fail.
Olivia’s background also includes work with the Sacred Heart Biography Service at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, where she has supported people at the end of life to reflect on and shape the stories of their lives. This has deepened her interest in narrative therapy, legacy, identity and the role of biography in helping people feel seen as whole human beings — not only as patients, residents, carers or family members.
She is also trained as a death doula and works across the broader death-care space, including funeral care, as a funeral celebrant and death-care consultant. This gives her a grounded understanding of what individuals and families may face before, during and after a death — emotionally, practically and relationally.
Llumus doesn’t work from a rigid programme or fixed protocol. Her approach is responsive, collaborative and trauma-informed.
Sessions may include conversation, body awareness, Processwork, narrative reflection, grief support, meaning-making, family communication support, or biographical exploration. The work is shaped by the person, the family, the context and what is most needed at the time.
This work often meets people in the tender places — where grief, fear, love, guilt, uncertainty, family complexity and questions of identity may all be present at once.
Where appropriate, support can continue after a death, offering continuity into bereavement.
Palliative biography and
legacy workTrained death doula
Death care consultant and
funeral celebrantBachelor of Social Science, University of NSW
Justice of the Peace
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
PACFA Reg. Certified Practising
Graduate Certificate Mental Health, Nan Tien Institute
Graduate Diploma Trauma-informed Psychotherapy, Pathways Psychology Institute
Process-Oriented Psychology / Processwork
Credentials
Begin With a Conversation
A brief initial conversation can help clarify whether Llumus is the right fit for you, your family, your resident, or your patient.