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Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
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Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1

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Available both in-person and online
9 McKay Street Turner, ACT 2612
Our struggles often have a terrible feeling of familiarity. The great lie of these familiar struggles is that they are unalterable. This is the value of counselling: the patterns we know are made new and changeable in the therapeutic encounter. I seek to bring a nonjudgmental, empathetic attunement to your experience to make the path of insight and change safe for you to tread. If it is relevant to your reasons for seeking support: I oppose colonial settlerism, imperialism and the US and Australia-backed genocide of Palestinians in occupied Palestine, and support land back for First Nations peoples and gender-affirming care.
I am a qualified and registered counsellor with a Masters of Culture, Health and Medicine. I draw on extensive academic and practical training in counselling, psychotherapy and the social foundations of health to illuminate new ways of understanding yourself, the outside world and, perhaps most importantly, the choices available to you.
I work well with clients who are acutely aware of the world around them, but who struggle to know what is meaningful to them and take action from that place. I offer an open, curious and nonjudgmental space in which to explore whatever brings you to counselling, and I invite you to try a short, free conversation with me if you suspect I may be able to help.
Call or Braddon Counselling now for a free 15 minute consultation - (02) 5137 7173

Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

North Canberra Counselling

9 McKay Street

Turner, ACT 2612 map

(02) 5137 7173
Website
I'm available Mondays and Fridays in-person or online, and otherwise by appointment online.
I focus on Life Transitions, Relationship Issues and Self Esteem 
$120 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 
Let's Connect (02) 5137 7173
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1

Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

North Canberra Counselling

9 McKay Street

Turner, ACT 2612 map

(02) 5137 7173
Website
I'm available Mondays and Fridays in-person or online, and otherwise by appointment online.
I focus on Life Transitions, Relationship Issues and Self Esteem 
$120 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $120
  • Concession rate: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

Bank transfer, Electronic Funds Transfer
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Sliding scale fees and plans are available, especially where clients are low-waged, unwaged, unhoused, refugees and/or First Nations.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173
"
Sliding scale fees and plans are available, especially where clients are low-waged, unwaged, unhoused, refugees and/or First Nations.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173

Qualifications

    Counsellor: Ashley Thomson

  • Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Australian Counselling Association Ashley Thomson
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • University of Canberra, Graduate Diploma of Counselling
  • Additional Credentials

  • Degree/Diploma from Australian National University in (MCHAM) Masters of Culture, Health and Medicine (Advanced) w. Commendation / 2018
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I am a professionally trained and registered counsellor with a deep understanding of the social construction of health.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173
"
I am a professionally trained and registered counsellor with a deep understanding of the social construction of health.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173

Expertise and Interests

Top Expertise

  • Life Transitions
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem

Practice Areas

  • Alcohol Use
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • Bisexual
  • Career Guidance
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Men's Issues
  • Peer Relationships
  • Polyamory & ENM
  • Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
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My work involves listening, reflecting, noticing and querying—simple tools which, in my experience, can be a key for radical insight and change. I offer an open, curious and deeply nonjudgmental space in which to explore whatever brings you to counselling. I hope my clients will feel a sense of progress, even simply a new feeling of clarity, from the first session.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173
"
My work involves listening, reflecting, noticing and querying—simple tools which, in my experience, can be a key for radical insight and change. I offer an open, curious and deeply nonjudgmental space in which to explore whatever brings you to counselling. I hope my clients will feel a sense of progress, even simply a new feeling of clarity, from the first session.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173

Endorsement

Caroline Rees
Caroline Rees
CounsellorMCACA-L2
Ashley has a calm and thoughtful approach and understands the structural barriers that get in the way of healing. His genuine listening, care and thought provoking questions have helped me to gain better self-insight in my work challenges.

Client Focus

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Queer Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Queer Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Existential
  • Person-Centred
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My primary method is conversational, looking especially for how the past repeats in the present. I pay attention not simply to what is said, but also what is not said, what the body may be saying, and how things are said, the better to understand, befriend and express whatever unconscious desires and fears may be present.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173
"
My primary method is conversational, looking especially for how the past repeats in the present. I pay attention not simply to what is said, but also what is not said, what the body may be saying, and how things are said, the better to understand, befriend and express whatever unconscious desires and fears may be present.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (02) 5137 7173

Location

Primary Location

North Canberra Counselling

9 McKay Street

Turner, ACT 2612

(02) 5137 7173

Nearby Areas

Cities/Towns

Postcodes

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I'm available Mondays and Fridays in-person or online, and otherwise by appointment online.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call for a free consultation now - (02) 5137 7173
"
I'm available Mondays and Fridays in-person or online, and otherwise by appointment online.
Photo of Ashley Thomson - Braddon Counselling, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Braddon Counselling
Counsellor, MA, ACA-L1
Call for a free consultation now - (02) 5137 7173