Jerusha provides individual mental-health and career counselling through a person-centred, trauma-informed, and multicultural lens. Her integrative approach is grounded in evidence-based practice and complemented by somatic-informed tools, with her therapeutic approach adapted according to each client’s unique needs, circumstances and goals. She views counselling as a collaborative and thoughtful process that can help clients better understand themselves, make sense of what they are experiencing, and recognise patterns that may be influencing their present lives.
Her work considers each person within the wider context of their relationships, culture, life experiences and current circumstances. Jerusha provides counselling in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Jerusha C. Thomas is a Registered and Licensed Counsellor with Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia (Registration No. KB13213; Practising Certificate No. PA12828). She holds a Master of Professional Counselling from Monash University Malaysia and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Management from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Her professional development includes training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), psychotraumatology and mental-health first aid, alongside experience in crisis response, clinical triage and employee-assistance settings.
Jerusha works primarily with adults experiencing grief and loss, stress and anxiety, self-esteem and identity concerns, loneliness, workplace difficulties, relationship concerns, adverse childhood experiences, and significant life or career transitions. She also supports clients navigating uncertainty around education, career direction and professional identity, and has a particular interest in the ways difficult life experiences can shape how individuals view themselves, relate to others and experience everyday life.
Her clinical and community mental-health experience spans private practice and community settings. She has supported clients from varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and has experience in individual counselling, career counselling, psychosocial support, mental-health screening, clinical triage and referral. Her earlier work has also involved community mental-health programmes, psychoeducational initiatives and engagement with university students, underserved communities and diverse populations.
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