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He has a broad range of experience having worked with many groups including individual therapy with children, adolescents and adults as well as provision of couples and family therapy. He has particular interest in couples and relationship counselling, having seen ample evidence in his practice, that the pursuit of a healthy functioning relationship is a vital to wellbeing. He has a lot of experience working with autism.

He provides a supportive, safe and caring environment. He has an eclectic approach to therapy, with skills in a number of therapeutic techniques.

In relationship counselling, he provides an accommodating client focused approach to working through the personal, interpersonal and emotional issues bought into the room by the couples he works with.

Read our Interview with him here.

He is also available for Anger Management, Porn Addiction and Narcissism therapy, and is available for phone or skype sessions for clients who are unable to attend the clinic.

Couples are encouraged to use homework exercises she provides to actively engage with one another, which increases the benefits of therapy work. She regularly suggests specific exercises, books, readings, videoclips, podcasts, and games.

She is also passionate about helping people regain self worth, process trauma, and manage difficult personalities.

In addition to her over 20 year’s experience in the public and private sectors, she is a published researcher and has presented at conferences and workshops.

When she is not sharing her time between her clients, supervisees, and charity work, she prioritizes self care and family, as a wife, and mother of two children.

She is available for appointments relating to relationship and marriage counselling in Sydney, pre-marriage counselling, sexual difficulties, problematic pornography use, anger management, narcissism, and phone and skype appointments.

One of his particular areas of expertise is in relationship therapy and supporting couples to navigate through challenges, including in fostering healthier communication and understanding. He believes that healthy relationships are fundamentally important to living a meaningful and fulfilling life, and his work reflects this core belief.

He encourages partners to explore their needs and desires while fostering a deeper understanding of each other. Through relationship therapy, he aims to empower couples to navigate their challenges together, promoting intimacy and resilience. One of his key areas of focus is in early attachment and its significant impact upon romantic relationships. He helps clients explore and understand how past experiences, including in early relationships with caregivers, can influence their present relationships.

In his work with individuals, he seeks to provide opportunities for self-discovery and personal growth, by supporting clients to identify patterns and beliefs that may be influencing their relationships. Through a blend of careful listening and evidence-based intervention, he aims to help individuals with building resilience and enhancing their emotional wellbeing.

In family therapy, this Hart Clinical Psychologist recognises the interconnectedness of family dynamics. He works with families to identify and address communication breakdowns, conflicts, and generational patterns that may be impacting their relationships. His holistic approach considers the needs of each family member, creating a supportive environment for positive change.

Acknowledging that all relationships can face their own unique pressures, he seeks to guide individuals, couples, and families towards healthier, more fulfilling connections. Through his emphasis on early attachment and his warm, approachable manner, he aims to engage collaboratively in therapeutic work that can have a lasting impact on the lives of those seeking positive change and relationship harmony.

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 regularly undertakes professional development and training to keep updated on the latest therapeutic practices to empower people to develop self awareness and initiate positive change.

Read her interview about her work here. 

She believes that the fundamental key to successful relationships is being able to communicate effectively.  She enjoys helping her clients identify and change the unhelpful and sometimes destructive patterns and behaviours in their relationships.  She is passionate about facilitating personal growth in every individual and in empowering them to find hope, strength and resilience no matter what their history.  Her warmth and valuable life experiences enables her to relate easily and empathically to clients from diverse backgrounds.  Her ability to develop a genuine, respectful and collaborative relationship with clients greatly assists in achieving positive therapeutic outcomes.  She is married with 2 teenage children.

She believes in providing a safe and respectful environment for both opposite and same sex couples, at any stage of their relationship. In order for helpful outcomes to be achieved for each individual, she assists couples to build on their strengths and improve their skills in listening, communication and connection. She is friendly, professional and takes care to ensure counselling services are tailored to the needs of her clients.

Sessions are available face to face, over the telephone or Zoom depending on your preferences.

She is a certified Emotion Focused Therapist (EFT) and has obtained her certification with the ICEFT. In particular, she is interested in understanding how best to assist couples when there has been a significant traumatic or hurtful event/s. She commenced working with couples in 1993 while on a placement with Relationships Australia.  Since this time, she has continued to undertake specialist training in working with couples.

She has been in the field of counselling since 1986, and has an employment history of providing counselling for non-government, government and private agencies. Areas she has training include: Emotionally Focused Therapy – Couples & Individuals, Relationship Counselling, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Grief & Bereavement Therapy, Hypnosis, Recovery from Abuse, Body Image issues, Workplace Stress management, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, and Anxiety & Depression.

She has studied in several areas of the social sciences, and holds the following degrees: Honours B. Soc. Sc. (Pysch.); Graduate Degree in Psychology; Bachelor of Social Work; Bachelor of Education; Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a Master of Counselling.

Please note: She currently offers Sex Therapy from her Brisbane CBD clinic only.

See all of our Relationship Counselling Brisbane locations.

She focuses on assisting couples to identify barriers to healthy, mutually nurturing relationships and to develop alternative patterns of interaction. Her experience in adult mental health equips her to help partners in narcissistic relationships regain their confidence and self-respect. She is especially sensitive to the unique issues faced by same-sex and cross-cultural couples.

As a family therapist and family mediator, she is familiar with the issues involved in separation and divorce, re-partnering and blended families. She offers family counselling on these issues, among others. She is also sensitive to male depression, which is often misjudged as irritability and anger, especially in the context of marital breakdown.

She believes that the fast pace of modern life makes it too easy for couples to forget the important principles of a healthy relationship: CODE; Compassion, Openness, Depth, Equality. Her gentle, caring and compassionate approach will help you make the desired positive changes you choose for your life and your relationship. Other areas of interest and areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, recovery from sexual abuse, workcover and education.

She offers counselling via Skype or phone, in circumstances where face to face counselling is too difficult to arrange.

She has a doctorate in education and in addition to her private practice, is also a researcher at the university. She has also co-authored the book ‘A Girl’s Education’.

Read our interview with her about the marriage and relationship counselling she offers here.

When she is not at work, she enjoys a busy lifestyle with her partner and their children.

She has a special interest in individual and relationship counselling and seeing clients with sexual difficulties.  Kathrine understands that relationships are rarely smooth sailing and that with some knowledge you can create the relationship that you really want, or move on in the least stressful way if this is the direction you wish to take.

In addition to seeing clients for relationship counselling and sexual difficulties, she is also available for appointments relating to Pre-Marriage Counselling, Anger Management, Narcissism, Porn Addiction, and is also available for phone/skype appointments if needed.

She is a warm and caring person, who will listen to both sides without judgement or bias, and will give you practical steps to ensure you both realise your full potential individually and in your relationship.

Christina has specialised training in sex therapy both in Australia and the USA. She also understands personally and theoretically the impact that trauma can have on both the individual and the couple dynamics in any relationship. She is currently undergoing further advanced trauma studies in Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR).

She creates a safe, non-judgemental environment that enables her clients to share openly their thoughts and concerns. This then enables her to utilise a number of different techniques and modalities which allow her clients to move to a more positive, open and even joyful space, taking with them the tools they have learned, allowing progression of their own journey. In this way, she has helped hundreds of individuals and couples.

She works with individuals and couples struggling with issues pertaining to gender, sexuality, self-acceptance, grief and loss, adoption, depression and anxiety, eating disorders, and interpersonal relationships. Together she explores with her clients their values, identifies their commitments and the aspects of their life that are important to them, and then works to sensitively peel back the numerous life stressors that might keep her client from not living the life that is desired.

She offers an integrated holistic approach, working with the emotional, the physical, the mental and the existential/spiritual. She believes that a treatment plan should be individually tailored to each client or couple. She likes to partner with clients, involving them regarding the focus of the work, the duration, the review of work and what success will look like. In this way, her clients are active participants in the therapeutic process, and therefore in their own healing.

Christina has specialised training in sex therapy both in Australia and the USA. She also understands personally and theoretically the impact that trauma can have on both the individual and the couple dynamics in any relationship. She is currently undergoing further advanced trauma studies in Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR).

She creates a safe, non-judgemental environment that enables her clients to share openly their thoughts and concerns. This then enables her to utilise a number of different techniques and modalities which allow her clients to move to a more positive, open and even joyful space, taking with them the tools they have learned, allowing progression of their own journey. In this way, she has helped hundreds of individuals and couples.

She works with individuals and couples struggling with issues pertaining to gender, sexuality, self-acceptance, grief and loss, adoption, depression and anxiety, eating disorders, and interpersonal relationships. Together she explores with her clients their values, identifies their commitments and the aspects of their life that are important to them, and then works to sensitively peel back the numerous life stressors that might keep her client from not living the life that is desired.

She offers an integrated holistic approach, working with the emotional, the physical, the mental and the existential/spiritual. She believes that a treatment plan should be individually tailored to each client or couple. She likes to partner with clients, involving them regarding the focus of the work, the duration, the review of work and what success will look like. In this way, her clients are active participants in the therapeutic process, and therefore in their own healing.

She has a keen interest in working with couples and families and believes that good relationships can be central to one’s psychological and physical wellbeing.

She is particularly passionate and committed to assisting couples develop skills and resilience to tackle life problems and work towards addressing the needs of each individual as well as the needs of the couple. She has a special interest in sexual intimacy, trust, conflict and communication issues. She works with couples towards achieving realistic and wise decisions about their relationship.

Her warm, caring approach and respectful non-judgmental manner validates her deep belief in engaging with her clients and developing a trusting, safe and collaborative environment.

She uses evidence – based psychology to improve the wellbeing of young people and adults.  Her approach incorporates cognitive-behavioural therapy, solution focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy as well as elements of mindfulness and positive psychology.

Read Deborah’s interview about her work here.

She is available for appointments for Sydney Marriage Counselling, Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling, Sexual Difficulties, Porn Addiction, Narcissism, Pre-Marriage Counselling, Phone Appointments and Skype Appointments.

Iman most enjoys working with couples who are committed to putting in the effort required both personally and relationally, as this is where lasting change occurs.

She takes a collaborative and learning approach to work with couples. Each relationship is unique and a human’s individual needs and goals for their relationship matters. She helps couples chart a way forward to get out of being stuck and stop fighting and to build connection, bonding and achieve their goals. Enough loneliness, distance and disengagement!

She has 3 qualifications- counselling, applied science and an aspect of science devoted to human factors and the manifestation of mental health issues to bodily symptoms.

In addition, she is trained in multiple therapeutic modalities… because her work as a couple’s therapist is one of her passions. She also supervises and trains therapists in the Developmental Model of couple’s therapy.

She is a discernment counsellor and she loves helping couples make that very important decision – to stay or go. She is a specialist in this field as she has facilitated teams making complex decisions.

For couples who are uncertain about whether to divorce or not, she can facilitate the decision-making process, on this important matter. Building trust and good communication are paramount to successful relationships. She helps to build greater connection and care between couples who choose to stay together or to separate amicably, if staying together is not the goal.

By reconnecting with the body’s responses to certain behavioural or environmental factors, she helps her clients make sense of their experiences on a deeper level. She supports her clients to bring about meaningful, positive change in their lives by helping them understand how their past is impacting their present.

Understanding the sensitive nature surrounding topics of gender, sex and sexuality, she holds a safe space to work through difficult issues. She is easy to talk to, approaching her clients with warmth and a judgement free disposition. Her humanistic approach to therapy helps break down barriers, provide clients with the tools to communicate their needs and can reinforce key relationships in client’s lives.

She is a member with PACFA and and SAS (Society of Australian Sexologists).

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.

Working with individuals who may need to create a better work-life balance, need tools to help mange anger, struggle to maintain relationships, recovering from a broken relationship, moving on from loss, separation, divorce and stress management and sleep improvement are all areas where she can assist. Additionally, she has experience working with couples offering improved communication skills, support in the recovery from infidelity, reigniting desire and mismatched libido and many other relationship concerns.

Alinda is a member of ASSERT (Australian Society of Sex Educators Researchers and Therapists) and ISSHM (International Society of Sexual Heath).  Sex Therapists are qualified counsellors and healthcare professionals who have had extensive training in human sexuality. Along with a Psychology Degree, she has her Masters in Medicine Science and Sexual Health from the University Of Sydney. She continually increases her clinical knowledge with further research and training. She has extensive clinical experience with Erectile Dysfunction, performance anxiety, delayed and premature ejaculation, porn and sex addiction, sexual fetishes and painful sex (Vaginismus), low desire, low libido and sexual trauma.

Sexual issues can often cause distress and conflict in relationships and sex therapists can assist with these difficulties. As a qualified Sex Therapist, she uses specialised clinical skills and theoretical knowledge to help people deal with sexual difficulties or concerns.

Clients can expect her mature, professional and clinical experience to aid them in achieving the goals desired. A focus on result driven therapy has provided many others with success, and her ability to create a comfortable environment to discuss intimate and personal issues is of great value and importance.

David is down-to-earth, nonjudgmental and respectful: he creates a safe and trusting environment for his clients to discuss, explore, and resolve their concerns. Even in the most trying of circumstances, he gives his clients the support they need to turn their most challenging circumstances into opportunities for positive change. He equips his clients with practical strategies and workable solutions to all manner of concerns and difficulties. He is especially skilled at helping clients to manage conflict and improve their relationships.

He has a client-centred and outcome-focused approach to counselling. He tailors each session according to his clients’ unique personal needs and situations. He is strongly committed to helping his clients achieve their personal and professional life goals.

By using the therapeutic relationship for change and highlighting your strengths she will assist you in meeting your therapeutic needs.

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 helps clients who are dealing with grief, loss, anxiety, self esteem, relationship difficulties, end of relationships, life changes and personal growth. She offers a completely confidential safe place to work through these areas and gain positive insights. She has a warm and empathetic style. She uses client lead counselling techniques and will meet you where you are, and will help you to get to where you want to be.

She is a member of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia, and the International Coaching Federation. She has a Bachelor of Counselling (Coaching) from the Australian College of Psychology. She loves to help people find the best possible versions of themselves.

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.

Roohi works from a person-centred approach, which means that everyone has the resources to resolve the challenges they face. She helps her clients develop skills that will empower them to address conflicts better. She believes emotional growth results in a healthy way of thinking, which leads to healthier relationships. She works with individuals, couples and families from different cultural backgrounds. She has lived experience of stress, anxiety and low self-worth. She also has experience of moving to a new environment and successfully adapting in the community. This gives her a unique insight into the experiences of individuals from diverse cultures.

She will work with you in a caring and compassionate manner to help you explore your inner strength, so you feel stronger and more powerful. If you are facing uncertainties and challenges in your life, she will travel with you to meet you where you are in your life to understand how you see the world. She believes that you have the resources that are unique to you.

Peter is passionate about providing a caring and quality service, that empowers clients to make genuine and long-lasting positive changes to their personal lives and relationships. As a counsellor, he encourages and helps clients and their families find hope, and guides them onto a path of personal and relational restoration, wholeness, and overall health. Clients are treated with empathy and respect, free of judgment and bias, as they unpack their unique stories, and work toward agreed client-approved goals and targets. As a counsellor, he simply acts as a guide and facilitator, working with the client to develop a counselling and action plan specific to their particular needs.

The model of counselling used is an integrated, client-centred approach that looks at the past and the present, helping clients become self-aware of the root causes of challenges they are facing, and how to go about addressing them.  He uses his sound knowledge and skill of a wide range of evidence-based, proven therapies including Bowen family systems methodologies, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment therapy, Mindfulness, and Narrative therapy.  The aim is to address the whole person; their mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health; as well as their social and relational wellbeing.  He helps clients, couples and families discover their unused opportunities and strengths, along with guiding them to build practical new skill sets that enable them to go on to live sustainable, self-empowered fulfilling lives.  He also provides counselling for those living with and/or supporting those who are in need of help.

Lillian will help you identify issues, clarify complex feelings and provide you with practical tools to empower you and make a difference to yourself and the relationships your involved in.

She draws on her training and her experience to develop yourself, resolve your concerns, enhance your wellbeing and build healthy relationships.

Not only is Andy highly-qualified in marriage counselling, general counselling and family life counselling, but she also draws on her life experience to offer a holistic approach. Using her experiences running a business for many years, as well as the challenges of bringing up three now adult children, she’s well-equipped to understand the stresses of family and work life. She works hard to create a comfortable, trusting and relaxed setting in which you feel confident to voice your concerns and approach challenges with newly learnt skills.

Having worked with many different clients across Melbourne, she is committed to helping those facing life’s struggles by building confidence, identifying behaviour patterns and developing the skills to create a happier and healthier way forward.

Brigitte understands that no two people are the same, and tailors her therapeutic approach for the individual. She firmly believes every person has the ability to find the answers deep inside and believes it is her job to work with them to get there.

She specialises in:

– Acceptance and commitment therapy

– Solution focused therapy

– Emotion focused therapy

– Person centred therapy

– CBT

Strength based therapy

Working from a value based person-centred approach, she is able to connect with her clients on an individual level and establish a practical plan to initiate and evaluate change. She understands the barriers to accessing support and works within her client’s perspective to gain and maintain a personal commitment to growth.

Nissa is passionate about assisting people to unlock their unconscious barriers to growth, overcome self-sabotage and recognise their ability to self-fulfill. Giving hope to the hopeless and power to the powerless forms the basis of the support that she offers.

She brings a diversity of experience in both a personal and professional context. She has worked extensively to broaden her knowledge with specialised training in managing high conflict and trauma with a firm and respectful approach. She provides a non-judgemental, safe space to explore client’s deepest fears and reconnect with their authentic self.

In his life time, Paul has participated in what it means to engage in change and what is involved in self-understanding.

The challenges people discover during their existence shapes individuals and are often a result of their unique past experiences, and when solutions are ineffective and can’t be integrated in life, causing unnecessary disruption and unhappiness; these may need to be explored in a therapeutic setting, which requires a sensitive and personalised approach.

He is an excellent communicator and collaborates with his clients throughout their sessions in terms of procedures and their evolvement. He invites to his services those who are looking to improve their overall wellbeing and existence, through a holistic and supportive platform in order to sustain a successful outcome.

Over the years, he has adapted several modalities that have been highly recognised in the therapeutic profession and is decidedly competent in applying the appropriate technique to suit your circumstances.

Empathic and caring, she is committed to building trusting relationships. She offers a supportive environment so you can tell your story. By asking incisive questions, over time she gets to the core of your issues. In this way, we can find workable solutions to life’s challenges.

She is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Therapies, Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotional Freedom Techniques & Tapping (EFT), Schema Therapy, Gottman Relationship Counselling Level 2, other Trauma Related Therapies.

When couples are feeling stuck in intricate patterns in their lives, she can provide effective tools and strategies that help you both achieve your desired outcomes.

She possesses diverse expertise is to support clients who are experiencing; relationship issues, parenting, and child related issues, post-traumatic stress symptoms, post-natal and peri-menopausal mood fluctuations, insomnia, career-related stress, and post-retirement life challenges amongst some of the many challenges that we can face.

She is client-centred and outcome-focused in her approach to counselling.

Sessions are tailored to meet your unique needs and circumstances.

Outside of work, Lynda enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, and she especially loves walking her dog on the beach at sunrise.

Julie works with individual and couples who would like to overcome difficulties in their current situation. Each client and each couple is unique hence requires a personal counselling approach that is catered entirely for them. Her approach incorporates empathy, professionalism and mindfulness. Many individuals may find themselves experiencing various financial, mental and / or physical struggles.

She has worked with a wide range of people of all ages and from all walks of life. As a therapist, she works with various counselling approaches such as: Humanistic Approach, CBT, ACT and additionally EFT – Tapping, Hypnosis and Art Therapy. She offers her clients a wide range of approaches with a more rapid and lasting outcome. She is dedicated to helping others unlock and unleash their full potential. Her life experience and skills as a Counsellor, NLP Life- and Business Coach gives her an unique mix of knowledge and tools to awaken your inner awesome.

When you work together with this Nadia, she will administer comprehensive psychological questionnaires to assess your relationship’s areas of strengths and concerns. The questionnaires take your culture, core values and family background into consideration, and provide a framework for the challenges you both wish to work on, to strengthen your connection and commitment to one another.

​During couples therapy, she will help you identify negative patterns of communication that may be occurring in your relationship, and you will learn to use proven methods to resolve ongoing conflicts, resulting in you and your partner feeling understood by each other. She will work together with you to increase intimacy, respect, and affection within your relationship.

She has a strong passion for helping people who are experiencing relationship challenges. She understands there are highs and lows in every relationship and no relationship is perfect. When couples are experiencing difficulties in their relationship sometimes it can feel isolating, especially when they hold it all in. In order for relationships to thrive, rather than just survive, it’s important to understand relationship dynamics and how to work with them.

Donna works with couples to gain an understanding of where they might need help and provides practical strategies to support this. Throughout this process, she holds the space for clients to be able to express their emotions and perspectives. Working with her is a collaborative experience, and she will regularly check in with you to ensure you are getting what you want from relationship counselling. She uses an integrative approach and this allows her to create sessions that are tailored specifically to your needs.

Donna offers addiction counselling for couples sessions only.

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.

She is a certified Emotion Focused Therapist (EFT) and has obtained her certification with the ICEFT. In particular, she is interested in understanding how best to assist couples when there has been a significant traumatic or hurtful event/s. She commenced working with couples in 1993 while on a placement with Relationships Australia.  Since this time, she has continued to undertake specialist training in working with couples.

She has been in the field of counselling since 1986, and has an employment history of providing counselling for non-government, government and private agencies. Areas she has training include: Emotionally Focused Therapy – Couples & Individuals, Relationship Counselling, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Grief & Bereavement Therapy, Hypnosis, Recovery from Abuse, Body Image issues, Workplace Stress management, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, and Anxiety & Depression.

She has studied in several areas of the social sciences, and holds the following degrees: Honours B. Soc. Sc. (Pysch.); Graduate Degree in Psychology; Bachelor of Social Work; Bachelor of Education; Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a Master of Counselling.

Please note: She currently offers Sex Therapy from her Brisbane CBD clinic only.

See all of our Relationship Counselling Brisbane locations.

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.

She is passionate about helping couples who are distressed and despairing, find their way back to connection and then to successful lives individually and as a couple. She is trained in the use of the Developmental model, the Gottman model and Relational Life Therapy for couples, as well as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, ACT and EMDR, amongst other modalities.

Her clients appreciate the kind, supportive yet gently challenging environment she provides, enabling them to flourish in their lives and relationships.

She has a special interest in individual and relationship counselling and seeing clients with sexual difficulties.  Kathrine understands that relationships are rarely smooth sailing and that with some knowledge you can create the relationship that you really want, or move on in the least stressful way if this is the direction you wish to take.

In addition to seeing clients for relationship counselling and sexual difficulties, she is also available for appointments relating to Pre-Marriage Counselling, Anger Management, Narcissism, Porn Addiction, and is also available for phone/skype appointments if needed.

She is a warm and caring person, who will listen to both sides without judgement or bias, and will give you practical steps to ensure you both realise your full potential individually and in your relationship.

Formally, Jess is a qualified counsellor and member of the Australian Counselling Association. She has experience working with individuals and couples within a range of areas including relationship breakdown, communication issues, infidelity, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, LGBTQI+, issues with self-compassion and grief and loss.

Alongside an empathic, client-centered approach to therapy, Jess focuses on using proven working methods to help provide a pathway to healing. Such approaches are evidence-based Couples Therapy, including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. These theories aside, she will work to ensure your needs are priority and tailor the treatment to your relationship and its dimensions.

Jess’ practice aims to reconnect you with your natural passion, purpose and establish your deeper capacity for love and intimacy. Her role is to provide you with a place to heal; with an ideology that expresses, ‘sometimes we just need a helping hand’.

Whether it is a couple, family or other relationship, Janine can help you to identify, understand and change areas that may be causing you worry and distress. Your relationship is unique and so too are its circumstances and challenges. Online consultation is also available.

Simon works with both adult men and women as well as adolescents. He also works with men both young and old, focused on issues around relationships, parenting issues including those related to step/blended families, perpetrators of domestic violence as well as those experiencing domestic violence in their intimate relationships and clients going through separation and divorce.

He believes that no matter who we are, we can all benefit from talking to somebody about issues and challenges that affect our lives. If you are having issues with your relationships or an emotional breakdown due to divorce, failure, or loss of a loved one.

He tailors his approach to each individual client’s therapeutic needs, combining a wide range of therapeutic approaches. These include, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Gottman method, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment Theory, person centred and trauma-informed approaches.

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.

Each session with Kim is developed to meet the clients’ personal therapeutic needs. She incorporates many contemporary models of counselling into her practice, including: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Person-centred and Solution-Focused Therapy. She uses an integrated, client-centred approach, and is skilled at helping her clients address a variety of issues. She is ready to listen, so make the choice, to make a change and experience how counselling can help you to create a brighter today and tomorrow.

She is a proud member of The Hart Centre and registered with The Australian Counselling Association.  She ensures ongoing development and enhancements of her skills to deliver fresh and relevant professional support for her clients.

Mayouri creates a warm, caring, empathetic, and collaborative environment that fosters self-connection and relationship satisfaction and health. She supports clients in navigating transitions and overcoming relationship challenges, to improve their relationships with their partners, family, friends, colleagues, and oneself. She recognises the importance of enhancing communication skills, to encourage self-awareness, compassion, resilience, responsiveness, security, flexibility and intimacy.

She believes the quality of our relationships impacts our lives. She uses a range of therapy approaches to help her clients flourish in loving and long-lasting relationships, understanding that secure attachment bonds have positive effects on mental health, neurobiology and the immune system. She uses a non-pathologizing approach to promote healthy emotional experiences.

The primary modalities that she uses are Person-Centred care, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Play therapy, Gottman therapy techniques, Mindfulness, Compassionate Inquiry, and aspects of Acceptance Commitment Therapy. She has experience working with mood and anxiety disorders, burnout, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, personality deviations, and autistic and other neurodivergent people. She integrates evidence-based strategies to help clients with their emotional and cognitive health, life satisfaction, emotional security, flexibility and self-awareness.

In her free time, she enjoys marathon running, cycling, teaching Yoga, tramping at National parks, and creating nourishing plant-based meals for her family and friends.

Christina believes couple’s therapy is really being able to understand why we are the way we are. Our partner holds a mirror to us that reflects the best and worst parts of ourselves. She believes that unmet needs and unprocessed emotions manifest in behaviours and patterns that get replayed in our relationships. She aims to assist clients to gently recognise and reflect on themselves and their relationship to others. She tailors her approach the client and offers explanations and choices about how they want the therapy to proceed by setting goals, doing couple activities or keeping a journal. She particularly enjoys helping couples to examine their core values and beliefs.

She practices a person-centred approach, meaning the client is expert in their experience, the therapist is there to support growth and healing in the gentlest way possible. She believes that healing starts in a safe and trusting relationship between client and therapist. She practices a variety of modalities depending on the client’s needs. Within relationships, she works with loss of connection, communication difficulties, increasing intimacy, parenting tensions, unmet needs, expectations, cultural differences, affairs, separation and divorce, life-transitions, and grief and loss. She also has experience working with children and young people who may also be impacted by family tensions. She assists couples to move through each season of life, encouraging them increase empathy, patience and understand their relationship dynamics and patterns.

She is a mother and plant lover.  She started her academic journey with a keen interest in sociology, only to find herself drawn to people, relationships and the bright inner worlds of children and infants. She has been working in the community non-profit sector with traumatised adults, children and young people for 10 years. She also teaches post graduate counselling students and is a clinical member of PACFA.

She is a certified Emotion Focused Therapist (EFT) and has obtained her certification with the ICEFT. In particular, she is interested in understanding how best to assist couples when there has been a significant traumatic or hurtful event/s. She commenced working with couples in 1993 while on a placement with Relationships Australia.  Since this time, she has continued to undertake specialist training in working with couples.

She has been in the field of counselling since 1986, and has an employment history of providing counselling for non-government, government and private agencies. Areas she has training include: Emotionally Focused Therapy – Couples & Individuals, Relationship Counselling, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Grief & Bereavement Therapy, Hypnosis, Recovery from Abuse, Body Image issues, Workplace Stress management, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, and Anxiety & Depression.

She has studied in several areas of the social sciences, and holds the following degrees: Honours B. Soc. Sc. (Pysch.); Graduate Degree in Psychology; Bachelor of Social Work; Bachelor of Education; Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a Master of Counselling.

Please note: She currently offers Sex Therapy from her Brisbane CBD clinic only.

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She has worked in Australia and overseas, and therefore has a deep understanding of the main challenges facing couples from different cultures.

She is committed to working with individuals who present with a range of issues, including anxiety, stress, trauma, and cultural adjustment issues.

Sharon has a caring, warm and genuine nature, that assists her in working with both individuals, and couples struggling in a relationship. Her relaxed style provides a comfortable and safe environment within which clients can explore their deeper issues and challenges.

She is passionate about helping couples feel more emotionally connected, more aware and in tune with each other’s needs, improving communication skills, managing and reducing conflict, dealing with betrayal and loss of trust, negotiating parenthood, and providing a deeper understanding of their situation and patterns so they are better equipped to deal with issues that may arise in the future.

She uses a holistic and integrated approach and utilises a range of therapeutic techniques, tailoring therapy to suit each client’s needs. She views the therapeutic process as a journey where every participant works together to achieve the desired goals.

Lisa specialises in helping clients heal from trauma, overcome personal challenges, and cultivate fulfilling relationships and lives. She has 15+ years experience working in the mental health field, including 12 years as an emergency psychiatric nurse, where she gained invaluable experience supporting people through mental health crises, trauma, and injury. This inspired her to help clients who have endured traumatic histories, process their experiences and develop resilience.

Lisa has extensive experience working with clients who have learning challenges or neurodiversity. She understands the toll it can take on self-esteem and confidence, and enjoys supporting these clients in building self-compassion and healthy coping strategies.

To deliver the highest quality care, Lisa continually expands her skills through workshops, conferences, and advanced training. Her approach is also informed by authentic, lived experiences, allowing her to tailor her approach to suit each client’s needs, creating genuine connection and empowering clients to find their own healing path. 

Lisa also has a background in clinical hypnotherapy which enables her to offer alternative ways to overcome the core beliefs formed in childhood.

While her work is one of her greatest passions, she also enjoys spending quality time with loved ones, and nurturing her creative side through various hobbies and artistic outlets. At her core, she values authenticity, lifelong learning, giving back to others, and taking time to nurture personal well-being.

Her approach and objectives in counselling are to help her clients achieve self-empowerment, personal growth, increased emotional resiliency, self-healing, and lasting transferable life skills that promote mental wellbeing.

In her sessions, clients are drivers of their own counselling goals. She brings her expertise and experience to support them, by tailoring her interventions to everyone’s unique needs (client-centric).

She works with clients (individually, couples, or group) that experience issues such as: addiction, anger, depression, anxiety, careers counselling, childhood or adolescent issues, communication issues, conflict resolution, cultural & racial identity, existential or spiritual issues, family or parenting, gambling or gaming, grief and loss, LGBTQIA+ issues, life transitions, low self-esteem, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), rehabilitation, relationship issues, sex and sexual issues, social coping skills, and trauma recovery.

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.

Before becoming a psychologist, he worked in a number of significant roles in the Public Sector for over 20 years, initially as an economist and later as an Executive for 16 years.

This experience has given him great insight and understanding of what it is like to be a professional or an executive working in complex roles and managing a range of life, relationships, and workplace challenges. He has experienced what it is like to be a professional or executive who feels stuck in a negative pattern or cycle in their life, work or relationships.

This personal experience of being in a ‘life funk’ … worried about not performing to others’ expectations … feeling that he is letting down his wife (also an executive) and children … not truly following his own path and true passion.

This passion is about helping people like him … to improve their life, relationships and work. To find out what makes them tick and figure out what is ‘holding them back’ from achieving their dreams.

This passion led him to pursue his dream of becoming a psychologist, helping professionals and executives individually and in couples therapy.

Building on his successful career as an Executive and training as a coach, he decided to pursue his true passion in becoming a psychologist in private practice. He has established a special practice that delivers cutting edge therapy and counselling to executive and professional clients. Through his extensive experience as a psychologist and coach, he has come to understand what works and what doesn’t work in therapy and what leads to lasting change.

His psychological approach draws inspiration from Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and Karen Horney – famous psychologists in the 20th century – that ‘all problems are interpersonal problems.’ He has witnessed through in his own life and his clients – that our problems are manifested through our relationships with significant people in our personal, education and workplace life. He observes that:

“In my own life and the life of my clients, I now recognise that individuals present or are confronted with problems that at the root level are in connection to their relationships.”

His aim is to help you get to the root cause of the problem and to overcome the hidden roadblocks that have stopped you (as an individual or couple) feeling better and living the life that you want to live. In doing so, you will feel more confident, happy, hopeful and better connected to those around you.

Together with couple counselling, she is experienced in other problems such as depression and anxiety, anger management, narcissism, pre-marriage issues, family therapy, trauma, autism, pain management, sexual difficulties and porn addiction.  Sometimes some of these problems can, and do, impact on couples, and it is important to work out the ways in which such difficulties may have affected a relationship.

Joanne has been in private practice for 12 years and prior to that worked in a Family and Relationship agency that focused on couples therapy.  She is also trained in family mediation, conflict management and hypnosis.

She has found that skype and phone counselling can be an excellent alternative for individuals or couples who live in remote locations or for reasons of time or privacy would prefer to experience counselling online.