Background: Inga is a PACFA and ARCAP registered counsellor with a background in allied health and bodywork. She brings both professional training and lived experience to her practice, grounded in depth-oriented psychotherapy and an embodied understanding of how emotional history is held in the body.
Specialty: Inga specialises in supporting adults through what might be called the “descent phases” of life: the periods when something is ending, shifting, or asking to be looked at more honestly. This includes grief and loss, separation and relationship unravelling, menopause and ageing-related transitions, cultural identity and migration experiences, and the kind of stuck-ness that resists easy explanation. She works with people who are less interested in quick fixes and more interested in understanding what’s really going on.
Approach: Inga draws on depth psychology, existential and psychodynamic frameworks, and body-based awareness to work with both the stories people carry and the way those stories live in the body. Her former background in bodywork informs a particular attentiveness to physical holding patterns and somatic experience alongside the talking process. She works slowly, gently, and at your pace.
Perspective: Inga believes not everything that surfaces in therapy needs to be resolved. Some things need to be met, witnessed, and understood. She works with complexity and shadow material without rushing toward resolution, trusting that clarity and groundedness emerge in their own time. Her aim is not to fix but to accompany, creating a space where all parts of you, including the parts that feel difficult or unfamiliar, are welcome.
How to Book
- Think about your goals for counselling, and which counsellor might be a good match
- Send an email to the counsellor you’d like to work with requesting an appointment
- In the rare event you don’t hear from your counsellor within 24 hours, please call us
- Not sure who might be the right fit for you? Call us and we’re happy to make a recommendation
Intake Process
- Initial appointments are $70 for individuals, or $80 for couples
- Due to our counsellor’s busy schedules, they cannot do intakes over the phone
- Your intake session will include discussing what supports you need, your goals for counselling, and to decide whether your counsellor is a good match for you
- If you decide that the fit isn’t right, you can ask to be referred to someone else – no offence will be taken!
Important Notice
There are some people that our counsellors can’t work with – not because we don’t want to, but because we want you to have the best possible care.
If you currently experience domestic violence, are having a mental health crisis, are experiencing severe substance dependency issues, or other acute crises, we can’t provide you with the level of support you deserve. However, we will use your initial appointment to connect you with places that specialise in these issues, so you can get the best possible care.
All Rough Patch counsellors manage their own scheduling and administration. Click on a profile below to read more and send an email enquiry. In the rare event you don’t hear from a counsellor within 24 hours, please call us on 02 7226 0809
All of our counsellors generously reduce their usual fees to provide affordable mental healthcare to our community. They do not receive government rebates or funding to provide their services.
Request An Appointment With Inga
Inga Rodenberg is a PACFA and ARCAP registered counsellor offering depth-oriented, non-pathologising counselling for individuals navigating anxiety, depression, grief and major life transitions. She provides online counselling across Australia, supporting clients who are seeking thoughtful and compassionate therapeutic support.
Inga brings both professional training and lived experience to her work, grounded in psychotherapy principles and informed by a background in allied health. She has particular experience supporting women through menopause, migration experiences, relationship changes and identity shifts across the lifespan.
She draws on Existential, Narrative, Gestalt, Psychodynamic and Attachment-based therapies, alongside Emotion-Focused and mindfulness-based practices. Inga works collaboratively with you to explore current challenges and past experiences with care, curiosity and respect.
Inga practises in a gentle, relational and non-judgemental way. She believes healing comes through welcoming all parts of yourself, including those that may feel vulnerable or overlooked, and sees this process as central to living authentically and finding deeper meaning in life.
