Intertwined
Therapy & Consulting
Where Passions, Purpose & Possibilities Meet
It's all Intertwined.
Helping people live values driven lives by providing support for complex lives, relationships and homes.
Many people try to keep their roles, responsibilities and bodies in separate boxes, and end up exhausted or feeling like too much. At Intertwined, we support people to bring these parts of life back together, so daily rhythms, relationships and work can feel more sustainable and aligned with what matters most.
We recognise that who we are at work, at home, in our communities and within ourselves is deeply connected and intrinsically intertwined. Through compassionate, inclusive and justice centred support, we invite people to listen to their bodies, honour their capacity and embrace their whole selves with curiosity and kindness.
We offer online therapy and lifestyle informed sessions, embodied and somatic practices, compassion focused yoga and meditation, and clinical supervision and consulting. My work is grounded in accessibility, inclusion and multispecies family life, supporting people, practitioners and organisations, including vets and animal professionals, to work in ways that honour humans, companion animals and the places we share.
Let's work together
We offer flexible, accessible online support—with appointment times available during the day and after hours, across Australia and worldwide.
Therapy for Complex Lives
Supporting adults, parents and carers whose lives feel full, stretched or stuck. Online sessions draw on lifestyle informed counselling, body based and somatic practices, EMDR and gentle shifts in sleep, movement, food, rest and environment. Everything is adapted for real bodies, disability, pain, neurodivergence and fluctuating energy. We can also talk about home, space, relationships and, where relevant, the pets and other beings you share life with.
Supervision & Mentoring
Reflective supervision and mentoring for social workers, counsellors, allied health, animal assisted and animal adjacent practitioners who want their work to be sustainable and values aligned. Together we explore scope and niche, bodies and burnout, integrating lifestyle and embodied approaches, and working in disability and neuroaffirming ways. Sessions create space for the emotional load of practice, including when you are working with children, families and multispecies households.
Consulting & Training
Consulting and training for values driven clinics and organisations that want to better support people and their companion animals. This includes veterinary practices, shelters, training and behaviour services, schools, community programs and others who recognise pets as family. We look at accessibility, inclusion, consent based care, grief and decision making, and how policies and environments impact disabled and multispecies households.
EMBRACING THE BEAUTIFUL MESSINESS OF LIFE IN BODY, MIND, WORK AND HOME.
Life is complicated and messy. Unlike traditional therapy and consulting services that separate work, personal life, and values, we embrace, and work with, the interconnectedness of it all.
Anita Franklin, Founder of Intertwined
Meet the founder
Anita Franklin
I believe in walking beside others with compassion, curiosity, and courage.
Rooted in justice, care, and connection, I strive to honour the dignity of all people, animals, and the planet.
I challenge systems that exclude and create spaces where everyone can belong, grow, and thrive.
My work is grounded in integrity, driven by purpose, and nourished by creativity and joy. I'm passionate about helping people embrace the interconnected nature of their lives—recognising that work, home, personal values, and professional growth are all intertwined.
As an accredited mental health social worker with a Bachelor in Social Sciences, a Master of Social Work, and ongoing PhD studies in critical sociology, my work is rooted in values-driven, ethical, and strengths-based practice. My current PhD and book, We Make Home Together, focus on how disabled people, children and pets make and experience home together, and how services can better honour those relationships.
My approach is compassionate and inclusive. In addition to my university qualifications, I told hold an Advanced Diploma in BioMedical Yoga, Meditation, & Lifestyle Medicine and a Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis & Strategic Psychotherapy. I have extensive experience integrating traditional psychotherapy with lifestyle and embodied practices, including lifestyle medicine, embodied medicine, compassion focused yoga therapy and meditation.
I provide holistic, supervision, consulting, and mentoring to those who feel pulled in different directions—helping them integrate their roles, embrace their whole selves, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Whether you are a parent, practitioner, researcher, carer, vet or animal professional, or someone simply figuring things out, my goal is to support you in living a values driven, accessible and authentic life at home, at work and in community, often alongside beloved companion animals.
Alongside Intertwined, I also run Side by Side Therapy, where I provide integrative clinical play and creative therapy for children and families.
Anita Franklin
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR | ACCREDITED MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER | MEDITATION TEACHER | CLINICAL SUPERVISOR | PhD CANDIDATE | AUTHOR | RESEARCHER | ACADEMIC
Core Values
Compassion for people, communities, other animals, the environment, and the planet
Inclusion, accessibility, and ethical practice
Honouring the interconnection between body, mind, work, home and advocacy
Sustainability in professional and personal growth, energy and everyday life
Here's How We Can Work Together
Therapy for Complex Lives
- Supporting people who feel stretched thin, burnt out or pulled in many directions to care for body and mind with compassion
- Drawing on lifestyle informed counselling, somatic and body based practices, EMDR, yoga, meditation and food mood approaches that fit disability, pain, neurodivergence and changing energy
- Exploring home, space, routines and relationships, including with pets where that is part of life, to shape sustainable rhythms that honour values, capacity and connection
Supervision & Mentoring
- Providing reflective supervision for social workers, counsellors, allied health, play therapists and animal related practitioners grounded in justice, care and sustainability
- Exploring values, scope, niche and identity as a practitioner, and shaping work that fits body, mind, season of life and access needs
- Integrating lifestyle, embodied and yoga informed approaches into practice in ways that are ethical, evidence informed and within scope
- Making room for the impact of working with trauma, grief, disability and multispecies family life, and for your own nervous system and body
Consulting & Training
- Working with vet clinics, shelters, training and behaviour services, schools and community programs that want to take pets as family seriously
- Supporting teams to embed consent based, neuroaffirming and accessibility focused approaches with clients and their animals
- Reviewing policies, environments and communication with disabled and multispecies households in mind
- Offering online workshops, reflective spaces and project based input informed by my PhD and my book We Make Home Together
Buy my book
We Make Home Together
We Make Home Together is a gentle, beautifully illustrated picture book that explores everyday moments of care, connection, and consent between children and their pets.
Through a series of calm, inclusive scenes, children learn how to notice, respect, and respond to their pets’ needs—whether it’s a cat who prefers space, a rabbit who needs time to feel safe, or a dog who rests beside a child during a quiet moment. Each page includes thoughtful prompts for shared discussion between children and the adults who support them.
Perfect for families, therapists, educators, and support workers, We Make Home Together is ideal for neurodivergent and neurotypical children alike. It gently invites children to reflect on relationships, boundaries, and what it means to build a multispecies home filled with kindness.
frequently asked
questions
Who do you work with?
We work with adults, parents and carers whose lives feel full, stretched or stuck, as well as practitioners and organisations. This includes people navigating stress, burnout, grief, trauma, chronic illness, parenting, care work, study and busy professional lives. We have particular experience with disability, neurodivergence and multispecies households, but you do not need any specific label or background for this work to be a good fit.
Do I need to have a pet or be disabled or neurodivergent to work with you?
No. Many of the people we work with are disabled or neurodivergent and share home with pets, and our practice is shaped by this experience and research. At the same time, we also work with people who do not identify in these ways and people who do not currently live with a pet. The focus is on your life, your values and the relationships and environments that matter most to you.
How do online sessions work and what do I need?
All sessions are offered via secure telehealth, usually using video on a computer, tablet or phone. You just need a stable internet connection, a private space if possible and whatever helps you feel comfortable, such as a drink, a blanket, fidgets or a pet nearby. If video is not accessible or comfortable for you, we can talk about options such as phone or camera off sessions. Together we can adjust pace, breaks and sensory input so sessions feel as safe and workable as possible.
I am a practitioner, vet or animal professional. Can I work with you?
Yes. We offer supervision, mentoring and consulting for social workers, counsellors, allied health practitioners, play therapists, vets, vet nurses, behaviour professionals and animal welfare workers. Together we can reflect on complex work with people and their animals, consent and decision making, grief, burnout, access and inclusion, and shaping a scope and niche that fits your body, values and season of life.
Do I need a referral and what about Medicare or NDIS?
You are welcome to self refer and contact us directly. A GP Mental Health Treatment Plan is only needed if you want to claim Medicare rebates for eligible therapy sessions with an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker. We also work with some self managed and plan managed NDIS participants where the fit is right. Fees, rebates and funding options are discussed clearly before we begin so you can make informed choices about what is sustainable for you.
Ready to begin?
Let's Connect
We offer a range of session times, including after-hours options, to support your schedule—wherever you are in the world.
We value self care! We don't over-schedule, we value our lunch breaks and our downtime so we are at our best for our clients and ourselves.
We aim to get back to you within two business days.
