Relationship Counsellor Kingston

Donna

Certified Relationship Therapist

Registered Counsellor Canberra

BPsych, MCouns

She/Her/Hers.

Hart Centre Certified

In personOnlineBusiness hours

Types of Counselling

  • Relationship Counselling
  • Desire & Intimacy Counselling
  • Trauma Counselling
  • Anxiety & Depression Counselling
  • Neurodiversity Counselling
  • ADHD Counselling
  • LGBTQIA+ Counselling
  • Addiction Counselling
  • Porn Addiction Counselling
  • Anger Management
  • Narcissism Counselling
  • Pre-Marriage Counselling
  • Online Counselling

Session Fees

Individual: $180
Couples: $230

Areas of Interest

I have a special interest in working with couples who want to improve their communication, parents, and couples who have experienced a betrayal of trust.

Types of Modalities

  • Attachment-based
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gestal
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person-Centred
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Rogerian Psychotherapy
  • Strength-Based
“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”

— Linda Lambert

Specialised Training

  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
  • Masters of Counselling
  • Level 3 Gottman method
  • Gottman Treating Affairs and Trauma
  • Gottman Couples and Addiction
  • Emotionally Focussed Therapy (EFT) Externship
  • Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.)
  • Circle of Security (COS)
  • Mindfulness
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • ADHD and Couples Therapy with Ari Tuckman
  • Autism in Couple Relationships with Tony Attwood and Michelle Garnett
  • Trauma, Attachment and Neuroscience with Bessel van der Kolk
  • Emotionally Focussed Therapy (EFT) Core Skills A & Core Skills B
  • Gottman Intimate Partner Aggression
  • Transforming Differences in Sexual Desire with Martha Kauppi
  • Advanced Clinical Training in Desire Differences with Martha Kauppi
  • Working with Sexual Shame with Martha Kauppi
  • Integrative Sex and Couples Certification Training with Tammy Nelson
  • ADHD and Sex: Treating Both Partners and Re-Balancing the Relationship
    by Dr. Ari Tuckman

About Donna

Donna is warm, empathic and non-judgmental, and has been practising counselling since 2016. She has broad experience locally and internationally, having lived overseas as an expatriate. She is also culturally sensitive and has a deep understanding on the role of culture for both individuals and couples.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science (Psychology) and Masters of Counselling from the University of Canberra. She is also registered with PACFA (Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation Australia).

Hart Centre Located in Kingston, ACT

More About Donna

  • <ol> <li>I have empathy for both partners’ and I believe in walking alongside both of you. I am there to help you both figure out where your challenges are, and what we can do to help in these areas.</li> <li>I am non-judgmental. I create a safe space so that both partners feel heard and understood.</li> <li>I am passionate about helping people with their relationships. I know how <a href="/have-you-lost-yourself-in-your-relationship/">crucial our closest relationships</a> are to our well-being. The harmony with our loved ones means that we can better face what life throws at us.</li> </ol>

  • Over 8 years.

  • Having the privilege to enter my clients worlds, hearing their stories and seeing their perspectives. I am always honoured to have clients feel comfortable with me and to share all parts of themselves.

  • “I want to say a huge thanks to this counsellor for saving my marriage! When my life came crashing down around me, I was in enough of a crisis that I had become almost non-functional. Somehow I found this counsellor, who even in the first session started helping me to see more clearly. She has taught my husband and I how to communicate better which has changed our lives. I have never met a person like her who can stay so calm and non judgemental. I can’t recommend her enough!”

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