Counselling approaches

Evidence-informed and individualized.

Your counsellor will discuss which approaches best fit your goals, preferences and needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT)

Thoughts, emotions and behaviour

Examines how thoughts, emotions and behaviours interact, then develops practical skills for change.

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy(REBT)

Beliefs and emotional change

Identifies rigid or extreme beliefs and develops more flexible and effective responses.

Person-Centred Therapy(PCT)

Relationship, autonomy and growth

Creates a collaborative, non-judgmental relationship that supports self-understanding, autonomy and growth.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT)-Informed Therapy

Regulation and relationship skills

Draws on mindfulness, distress-tolerance, emotion-regulation and interpersonal-effectiveness skills.

Compassion-Focused Therapy(CFT)

Working with shame and self-criticism

Supports a safer, more encouraging way of relating to yourself, especially when shame or self-criticism is strong.

Narrative Therapy / Narrative Practice

Identity, meaning and preferred stories

Explores how problem stories shape experience and supports preferred identities, values and possibilities.

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Awareness and regulation

Builds present-moment awareness, steadiness and greater choice in responding to thoughts and emotions.

Somatic Experiencing®(SE)

Body-based trauma work

A body-oriented approach supporting nervous-system regulation and gradual recovery.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR)

Trauma processing

A structured trauma therapy designed to reduce the emotional intensity of distressing memories.

Behaviour Therapy

Behaviour patterns and practical change

Uses learning principles, behavioural activation, exposure, skills practice and reinforcement to change patterns that maintain distress.

Psychosocial Interventions

Personal context and support systems

Connects emotional wellbeing with relationships, family, work, culture, community resources and practical life stressors.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy(SFBT)

Goals, strengths and achievable steps

Focuses on goals, strengths, useful exceptions and small, achievable steps toward preferred change.

Family Therapy

Communication, roles and interaction patterns

Explores communication, roles and interaction patterns and supports change across relationships and family systems.