Guiding Light Center

GUIDING LIGHT CENTER

Find lasting and transformative changes in self and all your relationships

Couples Craft -
Foundations course

This 6-week guided course helps couples build a deeper connection by exploring communication, emotional safety, and shared values. Designed for couples at any stage of their relationship.

7 week intimacy
challenge

A powerful step-by-step experience to reconnect with your partner. Each week offers intentional practices to rebuild trust, closeness, and meaningful affection in your daily lives.

Alchemy of love.
2 day retreat

Join us for a weekend retreat focused on self-love, conscious connection, and emotional healing. Perfect for individuals and couples seeking renewal, inspiration, and tools for heart-led living.

Valerie Monteiro

Founder, Clinical Director and
Relationship and Trauma Therapist.

About our Founder and Clinical therapist

Valerie Monteiro is a celebrated Relationship Therapist, Author, Naturopath and Trauma specialist, known for her transformative sessions and impactful programs. With a wealth of expertise in mental health, addiction recovery, relationship counselling, and trauma therapy, Valerie has established herself as a beacon of guidance and support in these fields.

Valerie’s journey began with her own self-healing from several illnesses, leading her to study Naturopathy. Her quest for holistic well-being expanded into Ayurvedic studies and spiritual exploration. After triumphing over cancer in 1994, Valerie dedicated herself to promoting holistic health, creating the acclaimed 21-day Better Living Program in India. Her remarkable journey and dedication were chronicled by Dr. Neeta Khandekar in a biography, where Valerie is described as “a guiding light.” Her contributions were further recognized when she received the first prize from V Care for her efforts in helping cancer patients.

Our Healing Modalities

Guiding Light Center is more than a place of healing—it’s a sanctuary for profound transformation. Our holistic healing modalities are tailored to each individual, considering their unique story, environment, and personal resources. This approach ensures deep, lasting change …

Valerie Monteiro

Founder, Clinical Director and
Relationship and Trauma Therapist.

Continuing her quest for knowledge and excellence, Valerie pursued a Master’s in Psychotherapy and Counselling, bringing her invaluable skills to Australia. She has since excelled in mental health, trauma healing, and relationship counselling, making a profound impact through her 3-day Retreat “Alchemy of Love” and the 7-week Oneness Challenge. These programs empower couples to navigate challenges, strengthen bonds, and foster love and forgiveness.
Valerie’s approach is centered on guiding individuals towards spiritual wisdom and enlightenment, aligning them with their life purpose. As the author of “Conscious Conversations for Committed Couples,” she shares her extensive knowledge and experience, helping couples build strong, resilient relationships through intentional communication. Her work is a testament to her dedication to holistic health and well-being, guiding individuals and couples towards a life of fulfillment and happiness.

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Informed Decisions

Marriage Counseling Questions

Does marriage counseling work? When is it time to get couples therapy? Can you use insurance for marriage counseling? Is long-distance couples therapy a thing? Get answers to your marriage counseling questions.

Premarital Counseling Questions

Is premarital counseling necessary? How long does it take? How much does it cost? Can we get a certificate? What do you talk about in there, anyway? Here you go: answers to your premarital counseling questions.

Dating Coaching Questions

Therapy Questions

Do I need therapy? What kind of therapist do I need? What does it cost? Does insurance cover therapy? How do I find a good therapist? All your therapy questions, answered.

Evidence-Based Approaches

Good therapy or coaching can be transformational. But not all types of therapy and coaching are effective. Learn which approaches to coaching, therapy, and couples counseling are evidence-based, and which to avoid.

Dating Coaching Questions

What is a dating coach? What do they do? Is dating coaching worth it? What can a dating coach teach me about finding love? All is revealed in dating coaching questions.

For Therapists

If you’re a caring and effective therapist looking for opportunities to learn and grow in a supportive group private practice, here’s information about our private practice therapist opportunities.

Get Started

We’re easy. Schedule a free consultation session with the expert of your choice to discuss your hopes and goals, and make sure it’s a good fit, before moving forward. Start here.

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See Why People Love Us

Thank you so much Valerie for your warmth and wisdom. We instantly felt comfortable and open from the moment we arrived. We came to the course at a crisis point in our relationship of 24 years and it was amazing to spend a the 7 weeks discovering where we had been going wrong and the amazing potential we have to start a new chapter with the toolkit you provided. We learnt a lot about ourselves individually and as a couple and took the time to appreciate and be grateful for all the positives we have in our relationship that will hopefully help us in our journey. Your generosity, gentle natures and openness are priceless.

After attending “Alchemy of Love” we have even more respect and adoration for each other. Valerie managed to provide a safe and open environment where everyone is able to explore whatever comes up for them. I have never felt so safe to express how I feel or ask any question with no judgment. Everyone is there for different reasons and the work allows for this, but the underlying goal is to come back to being and feeling safe and loved to be your true self. I always walk away with a more expansive and open view of the world and a new perspective. Thank you.

It can be difficult to navigate the journey of a relationship on your own. It is so easy to become lost in old patterns or at times feel like giving up. To have the support of this amazing person, who cares so passionately for our cause It has been eye opening and a true gift to treasure. Like a breath of fresh air, she uncovered what we could not see, set our sails straight and gave us tools and a map for our way ahead. The wonderful thing about this course is that you don’t have to feel there is anything to ‘fix’ in your relationship. Couples can refresh and find ways to deepen the best relationship. We can all get lost in our busy lives and making the commitment to ourselves and our relationship is both rewarding and enlightening. I have come away with so many gems, so much hope and so much gratitude. I would recommend it to every couple who has the intention to improve, deepen and reconnect in their relationship.

The course was so powerful it was like attending a retreat. Within the course there arose for me challenges, insights, learning and enlightening openings about myself, my partner and how our past can shape our present interactions. Through the understanding of these insights, we've moved some blocks and now feel a sense of a refreshed bond with new tools to practice committed and responsible connection to each other and perhaps even ourselves. It was so invaluable to share with the other couples and of course the skilfulness, deep relatedness and experience of Valerie and Brendon the facilitators.

I highly recommend this course to all couples; I am deeply grateful and will definitely stay with the learnings. They are gold.

Alchemy of Love is beneficial for every couple, regardless of age, stage, or issue. It allows you to gain a deeper understanding of your partner and yourself which can explain why cracks may appear at times. I have never felt so safe and supported to face any issue that arises, no matter its magnitude. It may seem daunting to do some of this in front of other couples but you soon realise the power in sharing the experience. The work is meaningful and at times confronting and uncomfortable, but the benefits far outweigh this. The focus is on your intimate relationship with your partner, but the insights and personal growth permeate through all your relationships. Valerie is really genuine, caring, raw and emotive. They are clearly always working on themselves, so you never feel like they are up on a pedestal. I highly recommend this course as it affordable, powerful and will change your life.

Thank you Valerie for your guidance in helping us to rebuild our relationship. There is no doubt that in our busy lives, it’s easy to neglect our relationship and subsequently drift apart. We found that trying to reconnect on our own had become exhausting. Our relationship couldn’t seem to gain any traction and we came to you with what seemed to be a hopeless situation. After spending a short time with both of you we felt that there was hope for us. The comforting, supportive and relaxed environment that you guys create for this experience made us feel like we could tackle anything together. The techniques you use in helping us reconnect may have seemed unusual at first, but we quickly found that the more we embraced the experience the more we were getting out of it.