About

Indarra Wellness

Meet Wendy Cincotta

About Me

I started Indarra Wellness for two reasons: to truly help people who feel stuck after trying “mind over matter” for years, and to build a practice where I can show up with the steadiness my clients deserve.

My background is in Psychology and Counselling. I value that work but I kept seeing the same pattern: people were doing their best to think their way out of stress, anxiety, and old hurts… and still getting pulled back into the same reactions.

That’s when I trained in somatic therapy, an approach that works with the body, not just the mind. Because stress and trauma aren’t only thoughts; they’re also stored as patterns in the nervous system. When we include the body, change starts to land.

I chose the name Indarra because it means “strength.” To me, strength isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about capacity, the ability to meet life as it is, with more steadiness and choice. My role is to create safety, move at your pace, and teach practical skills you can use between sessions. It’s your strength we’re building; I’m simply the guide beside you.

People come to me when they’ve tried talk therapy and want a more holistic path. Many are managing chronic stress, people-pleasing, or anxiety. Before your first session, I send a short worksheet so I can understand what’s been hardest and what you hope will change. In session, we slow down, notice what’s happening in your body, and gently work towards where the root of the symptoms lies and introduce more safety and regulation to the nervous system. Over time, that steadier state becomes easier to access in everyday life; during difficult conversations, at work, with family, and in moments that used to trigger you.

Clients often report feeling less reactive, more regulated and being able to meet life’s demands, speaking up with more confidence; even presenting to a group they’d previously avoided. They describe our work as warm, safe, and deeply respectful. That matters to me. Healing should feel dignifying, never rushed.

Indarra Wellness offers one-to-one sessions in Moorabbin (Melbourne) and online. Sessions blend embodied processing, root-cause therapy, counselling, and mindfulness and always tailored to you. I help build capacity, so life feels possible again. If you’re ready to feel excited about your life, steadier in your body and clearer in your choices, I’m here to help you find that strength.

My Approach

I offer a holistic and trauma-informed approach to healing that blends traditional counselling methods with somatic, body-based therapies. Rather than focusing solely on thoughts and memories, I work with the body’s innate wisdom, recognising that emotional distress and trauma are often held within the nervous system.

This bottom-up approach begins with the body, not the mind. While talk therapy can provide valuable insight and understanding, somatic therapy allows you to feel and release trauma physically. Responses such as fight, flight, or freeze can become stuck in the body, and somatic techniques help gently discharge this stored energy, restoring balance and safety within the nervous system.

Somatic therapy also cultivates interoception, your ability to sense and interpret internal bodily signals. This heightened awareness supports emotional regulation, reduces anxiety, and deepens your connection to self.

The two somatic modalities I integrate into my practice are:

Embodied Processing (EP)

A gentle, intuitive method for accessing and releasing trauma through felt experience.

Embodied Processing is grounded in the understanding that the body holds the imprint of our emotional history, even when the mind cannot fully recall or articulate it. This modality invites you to slow down, tune in, and meet your internal sensations with curiosity and compassion. Rather than analysing or fixing, EP encourages you to feel what’s present in the body, allowing unresolved emotions and protective responses to surface naturally.

In a session, we create a safe and attuned space where you can explore physical sensations, images, emotions, and impulses as they arise. These subtle cues often point to deeper layers of stored trauma or unmet needs. By staying with the felt sense, without judgment or rush, you begin to metabolise what was once overwhelming, restoring flow and coherence to your nervous system.

Embodied Processing is not about catharsis or dramatic release. It’s about building trust with your body, learning to listen to its signals, and gently unwinding patterns of contraction, dissociation, or hypervigilance. Over time, this process cultivates a deeper sense of safety, presence, and emotional resilience.

This approach is especially supportive for those who feel disconnected from their bodies, struggle with anxiety or chronic stress, or have found traditional talk therapy insufficient. EP honours your pace and your body’s wisdom, helping you reclaim the parts of yourself that were once silenced or fragmented.

Root Cause Therapy (RCT)

A powerful technique that uncovers and heals the subconscious beliefs and emotional imprints driving unwanted patterns. Instead of just managing symptoms, RCT works by healing the cause of your limiting beliefs, trauma and triggers.

Root Cause Therapy bridges the conscious and subconscious mind, allowing you to access the deeper layers of your inner world where unresolved experiences and protective mechanisms reside. Through a structured yet intuitive process, RCT guides you into a safe space, similar to meditation or deep relaxation, where you can revisit formative memories and emotional imprints. In this space, we gently identify the original source of your emotional pain or behavioural patterns, often rooted in childhood or past trauma.

What makes RCT so transformative is its ability to shift the internal narrative that drives self-sabotage, anxiety, people-pleasing, or chronic stress. By healing the root, not just the surface, you begin to experience lasting change in how you relate to yourself, others, and the world around you.

This method is especially supportive for those who feel stuck in recurring cycles despite years of personal development or talk therapy.

Together, these approaches support deep, sustainable healing, helping you reconnect with your body, reclaim your resilience, and move forward with greater clarity and ease.

Qualifications and Registrations

Embodied Processing (The Centre for Healing)

Root Cause Therapist Level Two (The Centre for Healing)

Specialist Advanced Certificate in Guiding and Teaching Meditation and Mindfulness (ACMM)

Master of Counselling (Monash University)

Bachelor of Behaviour Studies (Psychology) (Swinburne University)