NESS: Integrated Practice
Consulting. Counselling. Storytelling.
A multidisciplinary practice supporting individuals, teams, and organisations through equity-led, relational, and attuned work.
NESS Murby
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DEIAB Consultant · Registered Therapeutic Counsellor · Storyteller
I’m not one thing — I’m human. I don’t fit in a checkbox.
Dad; Gran’s kid always and Pop’s “tiger” forever. Queer, disabled, mixed race, white-presenting, trans. Australian, and an immigrant settler grateful to live, work, and learn on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples (in settler-called British Columbia).
Meaning-making, critical interculturalism, and intersectional belonging shape how I see and how I work. Eternally curious. Lover of puzzles, connection, and walkabouts. Still reads bedtime stories.
human.
I’m not one thing, and I don’t fit in a box — human is both how I work and who I am. With decades of cross-sector experience and multidisciplinary training, I bring an integrative approach, showing up whole and grounded in lived experience.
My work centres relationship, curiosity, and shared agency. I believe we are each our own expert, and I lean into that truth by engaging collaboratively and with care — supporting connection, meaning-making, and capacity through relational and reflexive practice. My current motto: Ask better questions.
contextual.
I name my lens intentionally. This practice is grounded in the understanding that expertise is not formed in isolation from identity. Identity shapes lived experience, and lived experience produces knowledge. In a world that often privileges credentialed knowledge while dismissing experiential insight, I intentionally hold lived experience as a valid and necessary form of expertise — alongside research, training, and ethical responsibility. This approach supports work that is nuanced, accountable, and responsive to lived conditions rather than theoretical ideals.
work.
I work with complexity. My work lives at the intersection of systems and stories, strategy and care, leadership and agency. Anchored in dignity, relational accountability, and strength-based practice, I engage across justice, support, social impact, and intersectional belonging. I partner with individuals, teams and organisations — holding complexity with curiosity and working in ways that honour people and systems.
NESS: integrated practice moves across three distinct but mutually reinforcing arenas
Independent DEIAB Consulting and Advisory
Strategy, assessment, and engagement grounded in equity and intercultural practice.
I provide independent consulting and advisory support to help poeple, teams and organisations clarify direction, examine impact, and design values-led strategies and roadmaps that can be implemented and sustained.
Therapeutic Counselling and Support
Person-centred, trauma-aware therapeutic care.
I offer integrative counselling and support that centres wholeness, accessibility, and lived experience — recognising mental health as inseparable from identity, context, and relationship.
Storytelling and Lived Experience Engagement
Knowledge-sharing through story, dialogue, and facilitation.
I engage storytelling as a way of sharing knowledge, inviting reflection, and strengthening connection — across media, learning spaces, public forums, hearings, and facilitated conversations.
I live, work and learn as an immigrant settler on traditional, ancestral and unceded Coast Salish Territory. This acknowledgement is an ongoing responsibility — shaping how I understand place, relationship, accountability, and the work I do.
Interested in connecting?
Whether you’re working on a specific project, seeking support, or simply curious about fit, you’re welcome to reach out. We can begin with a conversation — to explore context, intentions, and whether working together feels aligned.
You can connect with me through the contact form, or email me directly at ness@nessmurby.com