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He also works with his clients in the treating of: depression (especially in the context of a relationship), anxiety, PTSD, narcissism, panic disorder, sleep hygiene, anger management and family counselling.

He is enthusiastic, warm and engaging and he values highly the importance of a constructive, nurturing and intimate relationship.

Marlena finds great pleasure in working with couples. Her personal and professional journey of healing and growth has shown her how essential healthy relationships are to our happiness and wellbeing. She believes that we all get a bit stacked at times and require support. She recognises that relationships are complex and can bring both joy and hurt; and that it is through relationships that we heal, grow, and live satisfying lives.

With over 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families, she has the expertise to help you heal, and has trained and worked with a range of evidence-based therapeutic modalities.

Attuning to your concerns and needs, she will choose approaches suited to you, whether you are an individual or a couple. She will assist you to connect to your own resources such as curiosity, compassion, courage and more, in order to understand and heal your struggling parts and your relationship; to become your own caring, present and loving therapist and to experience more rewarding relationships and a happier life.

In addition to helping individuals and couples resolve relationship issues, she has worked intensively with issues of trauma, depression, anxiety, various addictive behaviours, including problematic gambling, eating disorders, grief and loss, mental health, abuse, self esteem, stigma, and parenting difficulties.

She is bilingual and can counsel in both English and Polish.

She is a registered Medicare Provider.

She is exceptionally qualified in couples counselling, and in helping couples sort through the issues and dysfunctional patterns that prevent them enjoying their relationships. She believes that the nearly all troubled relationships can be assisted to regain the openness, joy and flow that are the hallmarks of health.

Her doctoral thesis was on migration and the psychological identities that this experience creates. She tutored in psychology at a University and counselled at a university’s Psychology Clinic. She was also a crisis counsellor at a suicide line. In her early career she worked in community settings, counselling families and individuals dealing with child protection and parenting, suicide risk, mental health and relationships issues. Later she supported those living with dementia, their families and carers, through counselling and educational activities targeting the general public and volunteers.

She has worked in private practice for over 10 years, specialising in couples counselling and family counselling for over 7 years. She has helped couples with relationship difficulties better manage the personal issues with children and family during marriage, separation, and divorce.

She is fluent in Spanish.

Areas of expertise
She has experience and training in assisting clients with a broad spectrum of presenting concerns, including:

– Relationships – communication, infidelity, and relationship dissatisfaction
– Family breakdown, including divorce and related difficulties
– Parenting and family issues
– Support for families and carers affected by mental illness or physical illness
– Peri- and post-natal depression
– Depression
– Grief and loss
– Anxiety, including social anxiety
– Generalised anxiety and perfectionism
– Obsessions and compulsions
– Post-traumatic stress
– Self-esteem
– Stress and burnout
– Difficulties of adjustment to life transitions
– Career challenges – return from parental leave, career change, redundancy
– Work/life balance
– Working with cultural diversity, cultural values and beliefs

Depending on her client’s needs and preferences, she uses a variety of evidence-based approaches.

Understanding that people may seek relationship counselling for a range of reasons, his first task is to help each individual clarify his or her goals. He attends to the health and wellbeing of each individual in the relationship and does not assume that one or both people want to stay together. If both parties do, he helps them explore the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant aspects of the relationship. These may include communication and conflict management, fairness and power, trust and commitment, managing personality differences or individual mental health concerns, aspects of intimacy, and managing external stressors on the relationship such as finances, parenting, extended family, work, health, fertility issues and addictions. Within the counselling sessions, he fosters mature, respectful and constructive conversations to help the couple communicate and problem-solve more effectively in the ‘real world’.

Click here to read our interview with him about the marriage counselling and relationship counselling services he offers.

Daniel enjoys working with couples, aiming to create an emotionally safe space for growth and problem solving. He has learned that the couple relationship is the most important, and often the most challenging area in life. He is grateful to have the role of supporting couples through difficult times, a role which helps not only the couples but many others in the world around them.

Life and relationships are never simple or “one size fits all”. He has learned to be open to each unique couple and their situation, and to tailor counselling to their needs and goals. He is couple-focussed, and seeks to provide the most professional, supportive, and effective service to each and every couple he works with.

He has a special interest and skills in situations where a third-party is impacting a relationship. Examples of third-parties can be in-laws, children, other family, friends, and affairs. He also works with couples where one or both members have mental illness, personality disorder, addictions, trauma, and other issues.

Over the years, she has worked with couples that have experienced communication difficulties, infidelity, imbalances in power, issues with extended family, life transitional difficulties and conflicting ideas on matters such as child rearing, lifestyle differences and finances.

She has a particularly strong interest in both individual and relationship counselling. She is passionate about assisting couples become more adaptive, by helping each person understand the other’s needs, improving communication styles, practicing conflict resolution and assertiveness skills, and promoting strengths within the relationship.

She embraces a holistic approach to mental wellness. She is available for consultation after hours and welcomes face-to-face counselling as well as telephone and Skype counselling.

The mutual respect and reciprocal nature of her approach allows her to use a variety of evidence-based approaches to help her clients get to a healthier and happier place. She has helped hundreds of people in this way for over 20 years.

The foundation of her approach is her passion for helping couples recognise what they are bringing to the relationship and the impact it has on themselves, as well as their partner. This has seen her help many couples improve their communication, resolve long-standing disagreements, address their fertility needs, develop trust and respect, overcome struggles with sex and intimacy, move through life transitions, navigate family influences or to reconnect.

In addition, Dianna’s interest and extensive knowledge in working with romantic relationships is extended to working with family relationships, friendships, relationships at work, small businesses and partnerships. As a registered and qualified Counselling Physiologist she works with individuals and families in successfully helping them to deal with a variety of needs, such as depression, anxiety, loss and grief, anger, narcissism, emotions, fears, indecision, sensitivity and troubles related to work and career.

Finally, she has led group programs that have helped people to improve their self-awareness, sensitivity, understanding of how they perceive the world, IVF and Fertility. She prefers to collaborate with her clients and engage them in open and honest discussions around their main areas of focus, the duration of the work, how progress will be reviewed, and what success looks like. Her clients are active participants in the therapeutic process and ultimately, in their own healing beyond the counselling room. She is able to offer face-to face, SKYPE-based and telephone-based meetings.

Clients find she has a warm, empathic and non-judgemental approach which allows them to safely explore their issues. She also has a fine understanding of the importance of relationships in people’s lives, for their sense of well-being, happiness and health. She knows how painful and stressful it can be when these relationships founder, and she recognises the courage involved in taking the step to seek help. She worked full-time at Relationships Australia for six years at the beginning of her career, and has also been trained in individual therapy. She is also experienced in working with female same-sex couples, and with people suffering from childhood traumas.

She also has several years experience conducting online Skype consultations.

Her holistic approach moves clients forward quickly and successfully. By acknowledging and addressing the root of problems, she provides clients with the tools to create permanent, positive change in their lives while encouraging a greater sense of self-awareness. Open minded, compassionate and respectful, she is committed to helping people improve their wellbeing by resolving conflict and developing effective communication and problem-solving skills. The ultimate aim is for clients to experience a more fulfilling life, better relationships and a deeper understanding of themselves.

Shecombines both eastern and western therapies and her highly effective approach is based on addressing all aspects of wellbeing including mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.

She is a Professional Counsellor, Life Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, Time Line Therapist and Hypnotherapist.

Darleen upholds the highest standards of professionalism and ethical practice. She is an accredited Mediator with AIFLAM and RMAB, an accredited Family Group Facilitator, and a member of the ACA. She is committed to fostering healthy communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening familial bonds through evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

As a certified professional, she demonstrates her commitment to her clients. They always have the assurance that she not only knows what she is talking about, but she is dedicated to delivering solutions. She works with many successful clients to achieve happiness.

She is a down to earth woman who knows success in life and is often supported by those who love her most. She also recognizes the importance of self-growth in herself and others. Being a mother of three (3), a wife, a daughter and a grand mother of two (2) she knows the importance of strong and reliable relationships. These are the foundations that allow one the freedom to move forward with confidence.

Throughout her many and varied experiences, her acute awareness of what works and what doesn’t has allowed her to help others in developing their own successful strategies and procedures. From her experience of different types of counsellors and coaches, she noticed a more flexible, attuned and direct approach was needed to fully service the needs of individuals.

When visiting the clinic, you will be welcomed by the new therapy dog “Andy”. He is an 8 month old Dachshund  who will be visiting once a week whilst in “training”.

Rebekah’s philosophy is that the relationship is her client. She offers understanding and tools to best serve the relationship, which is in line with the couple’s own goals.

She uses a blend of research based, therapeutic modalities, to best suit the couple and their relationship goals.

This likable approach fits the counselling needs of her clients. Her calm, relaxed style, enables her to work successfully within all areas of therapeutic intervention.  She is a registered clinical psychotherapist and counsellor, registered parent educator, trainer and facilitator.  She is an International Member of Youth for Mental Health, QCoss, AASW and is MAASW accredited.

She has 16 years extra post graduate experience and credentials in Clinical Focused Psychological Strategies and Skills; all Mental Health matters, including suicidality. She has worked nationally, in both governmental and non governmental agencies.

In reflection, she says  “The past ten years have been challenging yet extremely valuable  years, working within some very difficult areas of counselling.  The reward comes when achieving a turn in perspective for people, it has been a true leveller, to realize that no matter where people are situated on the socio-economic spectrum, we all feel and think in the same dynamic, we all hurt, and we all can heal. She has worked the northern shores of Sydney, and all major capital cities nationally.

” The best reward for me I feel comes when a person discloses that they have seen other counsellors, some for years, and they state, without any significant changes. We live in a very complicated world, I understand well the complexities that go with doing so.  Without reaching out when we are hurting, we are at risk of developing depression, to not speak about our emotional pain, puts us at risk.. . . it’s not a bad idea nowadays, to put your hand up and ask for some guidance and support, this is the hardest thing for some to do, but the most crucial step, as it is the first stroke on a canvas for creating a new life ahead. Most people that come in for support and counselling, work well, and so they are able to recover, get stronger, and move ahead with their lives.”

Other specialist areas include couples and relationship counselling, ADHD, spectrum disorders, manic depression, childhood and adult mood disorders, confidence and self-esteem issues for women and men, addictions, self harming,  sexual abuse, cult affiliation and abuse, torture and trauma victims.  She has worked nationally, at the highest level of clinical psychotherapy and counselling, and in some very difficult localities and social settings.

Understanding that people may seek relationship counselling for a range of reasons, his first task is to help each individual clarify his or her goals. He attends to the health and wellbeing of each individual in the relationship and does not assume that one or both people want to stay together. If both parties do, he helps them explore the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant aspects of the relationship. These may include communication and conflict management, fairness and power, trust and commitment, managing personality differences or individual mental health concerns, aspects of intimacy, and managing external stressors on the relationship such as finances, parenting, extended family, work, health, fertility issues and addictions. Within the counselling sessions, he fosters mature, respectful and constructive conversations to help the couple communicate and problem-solve more effectively in the ‘real world’.

Click here to read our interview with him about the marriage counselling and relationship counselling services he offers.

She provides truly empathetic support as she journeys with her clients through a variety of challenges they face, providing them with real and practical tools to manage conflict, deepen their connection and strengthen friendship and intimacy.  Key to the success of her work is relating to both partners with equity and empathy, helping them to repair, rebuild and connect.

Whether you are looking to deepen your relationship, recover from an affair, manage ongoing conflicts, work through financial issues, work through addictions, deal with family issues, external stresses on the relationship, or many other issues facing couples; Gottman therapy is designed to teach you the tools to manage these and deepen the bond and happiness in your relationship.

Sessions focus on the couples immediate needs as well as the goals they have set out in their plan which we develop together. We learn about key tools and practice using these.

She utilises a blend of therapies to assist each individual/couple, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Mindfulness, among others. She will work with you to create the therapy style best suited to your needs and utilises various tools to engage with you and explore avenues to help you reach your desired outcomes.

She previously coordinated a network of professionals and has a strong network of Allied Health Professionals she can connect clients with. 

She is practical and grounded in her approach, empathetic and down to earth. She will use her professional skills and natural ease to be your best support, to help you set goals, grow and live well.

With respect for the relationship and care for his clients, he is able to support couples have conversations they may never have had. He then works together with his clients to find solutions which support the safety and well-being of everyone.

He draws from a variety of counselling theories and approaches which are chosen according to what his clients are looking for. His particular areas of interest are: intimacy, communication, affairs, grief and loss, parenting, and other family challenges.

Jane uses evidence-based techniques including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness and other models of counselling to assist clients explore positive coping strategies and achieve greater peace, health and happiness.
She enjoys relationship counselling as she partners with couples to help to identify relationship breakdowns and improve communication and intimacy.

This may involve working to nurture and improve an existing relationship or reflecting on what’s not working well. She works from the basis that relationships are complex and require lifelong attention. In her practice, she has found that when personal relationships are not working well, the ability to cope with other areas of life and often affected too.

Georgia is warm and inviting, open and insightful. She is passionate about assisting couples to feel more in tune with each other, improve communication and connect at a deeper level. She works hard to ensure a safe and supportive space for individuals and couples to explore their inner world and that of their partners.

Her therapeutic approach draws from a range of overarching frameworks including family systems, psychodynamic psychotherapy, emotion focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and couple and family therapy.

She works with individuals and couples experiencing a range of difficulties including communication, sex, desire and intimacy, infidelity, parenting, addictions, navigating the online space, grief, loss, infertility, the joining of two families and separation.

The first counselling session aims to obtain a ‘helicopter’ view of the relationship or issue. This may include the difficulties that have brought the couple to counselling, the history of the problem, what the couple would like to get out of the sessions and some information about past experiences. This then becomes useful in subsequent sessions to address the important matters as they arise.

David has extensive academic qualifications in the sciences, including psychology. His diverse professional background includes experience in hospital pharmacy, social work and teaching – as well as provision of psychology services in a range of settings. He has worked in psychology since 1980 – as a senior clinical psychologist in prisons, general and psychiatric hospitals, university counselling services, drug and alcohol clinics and in private practice. He has also provided consultancy services to Ngala Hospital, Racing and Wagering WA, Perth Human Sexuality Centre, the WA Police and the Commonwealth Department of Defence.

Having established his own private practice in Perth more than 30 years ago, he works with clients in a collaborative process to achieve the relationship goals they are seeking. He adopts a broad-spectrum approach to counselling, synthesizing the learnings of different schools of psychotherapy, as appropriate to the needs of the individual. Therapy is tailored to the preferences, circumstances and desired outcomes of the client.

His particular approach may include aspects of cognitive- behavioural therapy, Jungian Oriented Dreamwork, transactional analysis and Gestalt Therapy, as appropriate. Couples counselling is more ‘here-and-now’ focussed, with the emphasis on communication and conflict-resolution

In particular, over the last ten years, his interest and learning in the field of couples work has grown exponentially. He is trained in Gottman therapeutic tools and processes and loves how the approach is based on Dr. John Gottman’s more than 40 years of research and experience. He is a constant reader and learner, and loves to bring that learning into the counselling room.

Special interests and experience include: conflict & communication issues, gridlocks, emotional control and regulation, infidelity, relationship confusion, addictions (gambling, porn, alcohol and drug), sex and intimacy issues as well as anxiety and depression.

In a past life, he worked in the corporate world in the field of organisational psychology and human resources and so understands some of the issues and stressors that come with needing to earn a living, finding or changing careers and dealing with all manner of workplace-related issues.

Fiona has a warm and engaging manner, and brings compassion, empathy and expertise to her work. She respects each couples unique ‘story’ and situation, and tailors her approach accordingly. She uses a number of evidence-based therapies to support this process.

She supports her clients in becoming more aware of problematic thoughts, beliefs, feelings and behaviours, and how they can negatively influence a couple’s relationship dynamic.

Knowing that communication is often a major issue for couples, she supports her clients in working through difficult conversations – allowing each to identify issues, and express their emotions, needs, and hopes. She believes this is one of the most important ways she can support clients to make positive change, and move forward in their relationships and lives.

She is passionate about focusing on the strengths of each individual and the relationship – helping a couple to gain more confidence, and to realise they can make the changes they need and want to.

With experience working with individuals as well as couples, he understands some of the underlying issues, such as attachment and trauma, that might contribute to problems in relationships. He aims to work in partnership with both members of the couple, identifying dysfunctional patterns instead of judging or blaming.

Having trained in Integrative Psychotherapy, he is skilled in tailoring his approach to each client and couple, drawing on models such as Emotion Focused Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, Existential, Somatic, and Psychodynamic approaches. He has seen many couples who felt satisfied after just a few sessions, and others who have come for longer periods.

With a passion for couples therapy, he enjoys both short and long term work, and can often find something inspirational in the efforts of couples to do the work to repair their relationships. He has helped couples struggling with a range of issues including persistent conflict, substance use, trust issues, recovery from infidelity, use of pornography, emotional disconnection, communication problems, mismatched sexual desire and lack of sex.

Julie has trained many of Melbourne’s counselling and hypnotherapists as a senior lecturer at leading colleges and universities in Melbourne.

Having seen many clients over the past 24 years, her clinical experience is both extensive and diverse. Her sexual therapy and relationship counselling has provided many clients find a safe port to begin the process of discovery and recovery.

Many adults present with sexual issues related to healing after the end of a relationship, requiring special understanding and counselling to overcome any obsticals. It is often important to intervene early, repairing any resentments and hurts before they become a larger problem.

At times non-sexual relationships outside of the primary coupleship (sometimes referred to as “emotional affairs”) cause insecurities and jealousy. These situations need special understanding to sort out before permanent damage is caused, or the relationship difficulties become terminal.

Sexual dysfunctions or other sexual issues can arise from many different beginnings, such as a life stage dilemma, past emotional difficulties and thought patterns, as well as physical medical health issues. Discovering and understanding these issues will assist on the road to healing and wholeness.

Hypnotherapy is often helpful in cases requiring behaviour change, such as dealing with porn addiction, premature ejaculation and many other aspects of sexual therapy.

As a trained hypnotherapist, she is able to effectively use hypnotherapy to assist with behaviour change for both sexual and other issues as desired by the client.

She offers addiction counselling for all types of sexual addictions, as well as substance abuse.

Elissa works with adults, children and adolescents to create positive outcomes for people to change their lives. She provides a safe and confidential environment where everyone including couples, families, children and adults can explore their feelings and experiences. It is here that people can truly understand and accept themselves and move forward into an inspired life.

She recognises that counselling can be confronting to begin with, but has seen first-hand the positive changes that counselling can have. She encourages you if you want to change or are facing difficulties in your life to take a leap of faith and believe that life can be better and that you can live life to your greatest potential with the help of counselling.

Nicole values and supports authentic expression within the therapeutic process, which she engages with curiously and with sincerity. She is committed to creating a safe therapeutic space, where vulnerability is welcome, emotional needs are recognised, and troubling feelings can be worked through compassionately.

Her approach involves close listening and observation, thoughtful conversation, as well as consideration of one’s unique and individual history. This provides an understanding of how problems have grown and developed, both in life and within relationships.

She skillfully attends to emotions and experiences, helping clients become aware of unrecognised aspects of oneself and the functioning of their relationships. She helps clients to develop strengths and establish helpful patterns of thinking, being and relating, which encourages empowering and meaningful change.

Julie has trained many of Melbourne’s counselling and hypnotherapists as a senior lecturer at leading colleges and universities in Melbourne.

Having seen many clients over the past 24 years, her clinical experience is both extensive and diverse. Her sexual therapy and relationship counselling has provided many clients find a safe port to begin the process of discovery and recovery.

Many adults present with sexual issues related to healing after the end of a relationship, requiring special understanding and counselling to overcome any obsticals. It is often important to intervene early, repairing any resentments and hurts before they become a larger problem.

At times non-sexual relationships outside of the primary coupleship (sometimes referred to as “emotional affairs”) cause insecurities and jealousy. These situations need special understanding to sort out before permanent damage is caused, or the relationship difficulties become terminal.

Sexual dysfunctions or other sexual issues can arise from many different beginnings, such as a life stage dilemma, past emotional difficulties and thought patterns, as well as physical medical health issues. Discovering and understanding these issues will assist on the road to healing and wholeness.

Hypnotherapy is often helpful in cases requiring behaviour change, such as dealing with porn addiction, premature ejaculation and many other aspects of sexual therapy.

As a trained hypnotherapist, she is able to effectively use hypnotherapy to assist with behaviour change for both sexual and other issues as desired by the client.

She offers addiction counselling for all types of sexual addictions, as well as substance abuse.

Nicole values and supports authentic expression within the therapeutic process, which she engages with curiously and with sincerity. She is committed to creating a safe therapeutic space, where vulnerability is welcome, emotional needs are recognised, and troubling feelings can be worked through compassionately.

Her approach involves close listening and observation, thoughtful conversation, as well as consideration of one’s unique and individual history. This provides an understanding of how problems have grown and developed, both in life and within relationships.

She skillfully attends to emotions and experiences, helping clients become aware of unrecognised aspects of oneself and the functioning of their relationships. She helps clients to develop strengths and establish helpful patterns of thinking, being and relating, which encourages empowering and meaningful change.

Elissa works with adults, children and adolescents to create positive outcomes for people to change their lives. She provides a safe and confidential environment where everyone including couples, families, children and adults can explore their feelings and experiences. It is here that people can truly understand and accept themselves and move forward into an inspired life.

She recognises that counselling can be confronting to begin with, but has seen first-hand the positive changes that counselling can have. She encourages you if you want to change or are facing difficulties in your life to take a leap of faith and believe that life can be better and that you can live life to your greatest potential with the help of counselling.

Mark brings a wealth of counselling experience having worked extensively across the corporate, scholastic, and correctional sectors. Utilising lessons learned from this diverse audience now enables him to ensure clients feel safe and validated.

He works to create a calm and supporting environment, where clients can open up and feel empowered to make decisions toward lasting change. Having a real understanding that life can be difficult and challenging at times, he provides empathy and guidance to help direct you towards your goals.

She is a full member of the Australian Psychological Society, and has more than 30 years experience as an individual, couple and group therapist, and is also a certified family mediator. Having been born and raised in Brazil, she also speaks Portuguese.

Relationship counselling is one of her passions.  She has extensive experience working with couples in distress, including same-sex couples and cross-cultural relationships. She also assists couples who are planning cohabitation or marriage, blending families, or considering a separation or divorce. She provides counselling for sexual addictions and other behavioural addictions (not including active substance addictions, such as alcohol and drugs).

Creating a safe environment, where individual and cultural differences are valued and confidentiality is taken seriously, is central to her approach.  She enjoys helping clients solve problems and develop the full potential of their relationships.