Couples Counsellor Canberra

Simon

Certified Relationship Therapist

Registered Counsellor Canberra

MCouns. BA, Grad Dip Couns.

He/Him/His.

Hart Centre Certified

In personOnlineAfter hoursBusiness hours

Types of Counselling

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

Session Fees

Individual: $165
Couples: $200

Areas of Interest

Parenting (young children/teenagers), same sex couples, intimacy, young couples, couples with young families, senior couples, extended families/in-laws, anxiety, depression, addiction, sex positive, LGBTQIA+, kink and Poly relationships.

Types of Modalities

  • Eclectic
  • EMDR
  • Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Coaching
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment Based
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Rogerian Psychotherapy
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Motivation Interviewing
  • Person Centred
  • Trauma-Informed Approach

Accepted Insurance Funds

  • GU Health
  • Doctors Health Fund
  • Medibank Private
  • HCF
  • AHM
  • Bupa
  • ARHG Group (AIA Health, Emergency Services Health, GMHBA, Mildura Health Fund, Phoenix Health, Police Health, See-U by HBF, St Luke’s Health, Teachers Health, Teachers Union Health and Westfund)

“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”

— Linda Lambert

Specialised Training

  • ASIST- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
  • Trauma informed Care
  • Accidental Counsellor
  • Expert Insights: Therapeutic frameworks explained – ACT, CBT and Schema Therapy
  • Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) for Practitioners
  • The 7 Habits of a Reasonably Helpful Counsellor
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • AVERT Family Violence Basics
  • AVERT Family Violence Screening and Planning
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: The Basics
  • Fostering Healthy Relationships: The Dance of Intimacy
  • Working with Trauma
  • Using Motivational Interviewing with Alcohol Dependence and Depression
  • Narcissism Training, Ross Rosenberg
  • The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, Dr Ellyn Bader
  • Foundations for Neurodivergence Affirming Practice – Tracey Milson
  • Desire Discrepancy, A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists – Martha Kauppi
  • ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider – Evergreen
  • ADHD and Sex: Treating Both Partners and Re-Balancing the Relationship
    by Dr. Ari Tuckman

About Simon

Simon is a compassionate and qualified counsellor in Forrest, Canberra. He has a Masters in Counselling and is a member the Australian Counselling Association. In addition to his private practice, he manages an Employee Assistance Program for small businesses in regional NSW. He is also an active volunteer with Parentline ACT over many years, providing both telephone and face to face counselling, and delivering group psychoeducation program for new and not so new fathers.

Hart Centre Located in Forrest, ACT

More About Simon

    • Empathy
    • Compassion
    • Good communication skills
  • Having to opportunity to work with a diverse of range clients, all with such a wide range of presenting problems. No two days or even two hours are the same and the feeling of accomplishment and seeing clients not only find comfort in therapy but gain perspective and clarity in themselves is enormously rewarding.

  • A couple come to me for relationship counselling, both had issues from their previous relationships that were impacting on their relationship, including some significant trust issues. Over the period of a few months we worked through each of their individual issues and brought trust back into their current relationship.

93% Client Satisfaction
Trusted, recommended, and valued
83,000+ Clients Helped
People just like you, finding their way forward
Great Match Guarantee
Peace of mind if your first match isn’t right. Terms.