Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Psychologists and Therapists in Ballina, NSW
I deeply believes in people’s innate ability to overcome their difficulties and heal. I am genuinely dedicated to supporting clients to reach their potential and live a truly fulfilling life by addressing the underlying issues and obstacles that prevent them from moving forward. I bring genuine care, warmth, and a supportive environment for clients to express their concerns.
I deeply believes in people’s innate ability to overcome their difficulties and heal. I am genuinely dedicated to supporting clients to reach their potential and live a truly fulfilling life by addressing the underlying issues and obstacles that prevent them from moving forward. I bring genuine care, warmth, and a supportive environment for clients to express their concerns.
Can you relate to either of these statements? “I’m so over hurtful relationships. I’m starting to think I’ll be single forever” "We can’t keep fighting like this. If something doesn’t change we’re headed for a breakup” If you can relate to the pain of struggling in a relationship, you’re not alone. If you’re an individual in relationship pain, I can help you overcome your past relationship hurts, understand your blocks to intimacy, and help you create a successful long-term relationship. If you’re a couple, I can help you resolve long-standing issues and rebuild the loving, intimate and harmonious relationship you once had.
Can you relate to either of these statements? “I’m so over hurtful relationships. I’m starting to think I’ll be single forever” "We can’t keep fighting like this. If something doesn’t change we’re headed for a breakup” If you can relate to the pain of struggling in a relationship, you’re not alone. If you’re an individual in relationship pain, I can help you overcome your past relationship hurts, understand your blocks to intimacy, and help you create a successful long-term relationship. If you’re a couple, I can help you resolve long-standing issues and rebuild the loving, intimate and harmonious relationship you once had.
I draw on my experience as a teacher of mindfulness, yoga to help men & women express themselves and relieve stress/anxiety.
I have a Masters of Counselling with experience in humanistic, psychodymamic and behavioural approaches. I also have an interest in mindfulness-based somatic counselling; Imago dialogue therapy, Transpersonal Counselling and Emotionally-focused therapy.
I draw on my experience as a teacher of mindfulness, yoga to help men & women express themselves and relieve stress/anxiety.
I have a Masters of Counselling with experience in humanistic, psychodymamic and behavioural approaches. I also have an interest in mindfulness-based somatic counselling; Imago dialogue therapy, Transpersonal Counselling and Emotionally-focused therapy.
I offer evidence-based therapy that is warm, practical and collaborative, drawing on ACT, mindfulness, MBCT, self-compassion, and behavioural science.
You might be someone who is used to holding everything together, but lately it feels harder to do. Many of my clients are navigating burnout, workplace stress, life or career transitions, ADHD/neurodivergence, chronic illness or women’s health concerns such as perimenopause. Others are carrying climate grief, anxiety or uncertainty about the future. Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening, build ways to navigate it and find a way forward that feels sustainable and true to you.
I offer evidence-based therapy that is warm, practical and collaborative, drawing on ACT, mindfulness, MBCT, self-compassion, and behavioural science.
You might be someone who is used to holding everything together, but lately it feels harder to do. Many of my clients are navigating burnout, workplace stress, life or career transitions, ADHD/neurodivergence, chronic illness or women’s health concerns such as perimenopause. Others are carrying climate grief, anxiety or uncertainty about the future. Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening, build ways to navigate it and find a way forward that feels sustainable and true to you.
I support adults living with the lasting effects of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, abuse or neglect, domestic violence or coercive control. You may struggle with trust, boundaries, relationships or self-worth, put others’ needs before your own, or question your feelings and judgement. Together, we can understand how past experiences affect you now, strengthen self-trust and help you make changes that reflect your needs, values and choices.
I support adults living with the lasting effects of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, abuse or neglect, domestic violence or coercive control. You may struggle with trust, boundaries, relationships or self-worth, put others’ needs before your own, or question your feelings and judgement. Together, we can understand how past experiences affect you now, strengthen self-trust and help you make changes that reflect your needs, values and choices.
Nathan works with adults using evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness.
Nathan de Heer is a generally registered psychologist with a Masters in Health Psychology and over eight years’ experience across private practice, hospitals, and university settings. He takes a warm, flexible approach, helping clients gain clarity and take meaningful steps toward wellbeing and fulfilment.
Nathan works with adults using evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness.
Nathan de Heer is a generally registered psychologist with a Masters in Health Psychology and over eight years’ experience across private practice, hospitals, and university settings. He takes a warm, flexible approach, helping clients gain clarity and take meaningful steps toward wellbeing and fulfilment.
I am a men’s coach, relationship therapist, mindfulness facilitator, blogger and a podcaster.
I support men, couples, spiritual seekers and entrepreneurs. My speciality is in holding a space of deep presence and compassion, uncovering a clear perspective based on inner wisdom and emphatically encouraging people to live from their own strengths and values. Somatic processing, meditation, breathwork, journaling, self experiments and self reflection.
I am a men’s coach, relationship therapist, mindfulness facilitator, blogger and a podcaster.
I support men, couples, spiritual seekers and entrepreneurs. My speciality is in holding a space of deep presence and compassion, uncovering a clear perspective based on inner wisdom and emphatically encouraging people to live from their own strengths and values. Somatic processing, meditation, breathwork, journaling, self experiments and self reflection.
Hi, I'm Lisa Rose, a holistic, heart-centred clinical therapist specialising in Process Work / Process-Oriented Psychology, Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Clinical HeartMath. I have 15 years of experience and training in holistic therapies, group facilitation, trauma therapies, breathwork, somatic release, Taoist practices and movement therapies.
I am deeply committed to client-centred practice, grounded in presence, care, and curiosity; drawing on trauma-informed Process-Oriented Psychology, somatic awareness, nervous system support and biographical insight to nurture meaningful change.
Hi, I'm Lisa Rose, a holistic, heart-centred clinical therapist specialising in Process Work / Process-Oriented Psychology, Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Clinical HeartMath. I have 15 years of experience and training in holistic therapies, group facilitation, trauma therapies, breathwork, somatic release, Taoist practices and movement therapies.
I am deeply committed to client-centred practice, grounded in presence, care, and curiosity; drawing on trauma-informed Process-Oriented Psychology, somatic awareness, nervous system support and biographical insight to nurture meaningful change.
My therapeutic approach combines cognitive restructuring, mindfulness-based practices, emotion-focused interventions, and somatic techniques.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’ve been carrying too much for too long. I work with adolescents (13+) and adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, low mood, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. I take a holistic, evidence-based approach, exploring how past experiences, attachment patterns, nervous system responses, relationships, and current stressors may be shaping your emotional well-being. Together, we’ll build insight, strengthen coping strategies, and reconnect with your sense of self. My aim is to help you feel more grounded, confident, resilient, and able to create a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling.
My therapeutic approach combines cognitive restructuring, mindfulness-based practices, emotion-focused interventions, and somatic techniques.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’ve been carrying too much for too long. I work with adolescents (13+) and adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, low mood, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. I take a holistic, evidence-based approach, exploring how past experiences, attachment patterns, nervous system responses, relationships, and current stressors may be shaping your emotional well-being. Together, we’ll build insight, strengthen coping strategies, and reconnect with your sense of self. My aim is to help you feel more grounded, confident, resilient, and able to create a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling.
I support and guide people to process trauma and maladaptive behaviours so they can find passion and direction in their lives to build lasting quality relationships with self and others, making adjustments and modifications in their behaviours and thought processes. I am a qualified counsellor, behavioural specialist and EMDR trauma specialist. I specialise in working with teenagers and adults through the power of EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Behaviour Change Techniques.
I support and guide people to process trauma and maladaptive behaviours so they can find passion and direction in their lives to build lasting quality relationships with self and others, making adjustments and modifications in their behaviours and thought processes. I am a qualified counsellor, behavioural specialist and EMDR trauma specialist. I specialise in working with teenagers and adults through the power of EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Behaviour Change Techniques.
I have a passion for integrating contemporary psychology with Mindfulness-based therapies.
I work with individuals experiencing an array of mental health issues including life transitions, loss and grief and the impact of childhood traumas to name a few. I use a trauma informed approach and I aim to create a safe and inspiring space to facilitate healing of the heart and mind. I see my role as helping people to find their way in overcoming obstacles and creating ‘a life worth living’ in a respectful, non-judgemental and compassionate manner.
I have a passion for integrating contemporary psychology with Mindfulness-based therapies.
I work with individuals experiencing an array of mental health issues including life transitions, loss and grief and the impact of childhood traumas to name a few. I use a trauma informed approach and I aim to create a safe and inspiring space to facilitate healing of the heart and mind. I see my role as helping people to find their way in overcoming obstacles and creating ‘a life worth living’ in a respectful, non-judgemental and compassionate manner.
I am an English born, Australian qualified psychologist who is trained to help people of all ages with their mental and emotional challenges.
I am an English born, Australian qualified psychologist who is trained to help people of all ages with their mental and emotional challenges.
My gentle, trauma-informed approach draws on somatic therapy, IFS/parts work, mindfulness and nervous-system education.
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Hi, I'm Liga. I believe healing is about more than overcoming challenges—it's about creating greater calm, confidence, connection and joy.
Through individual psychotherapy and women's group therapy, I help you feel calmer, think more clearly, strengthen relationships, and create lasting emotional wellbeing.
Individual Therapy
• Find calm, clarity & confidence
• Heal old patterns & reconnect with yourself
• Thrive with lifelong wellbeing skills
Women's Groups
• Learn, grow & heal together
• Feel supported, connected & understood
• Create lasting change with practical tools
My gentle, trauma-informed approach draws on somatic therapy, IFS/parts work, mindfulness and nervous-system education.
Apply now for Term 4 Women's Group Therapy!
Hi, I'm Liga. I believe healing is about more than overcoming challenges—it's about creating greater calm, confidence, connection and joy.
Through individual psychotherapy and women's group therapy, I help you feel calmer, think more clearly, strengthen relationships, and create lasting emotional wellbeing.
Individual Therapy
• Find calm, clarity & confidence
• Heal old patterns & reconnect with yourself
• Thrive with lifelong wellbeing skills
Women's Groups
• Learn, grow & heal together
• Feel supported, connected & understood
• Create lasting change with practical tools
Are you feeling stuck in patterns of disconnection, self-doubt, or anxiety? You may be navigating a major life transition, struggling with relationships, or searching for deeper meaning and self-awareness. Perhaps you're longing for greater intimacy, emotional resilience, or healing from past wounds but aren’t sure how to move forward. Whether you're an individual exploring identity and self-worth or a couple seeking better communication and trust, you deserve a space where your experiences are truly seen and understood. I have a particular passion for supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and those experiencing relationship challenges.
Are you feeling stuck in patterns of disconnection, self-doubt, or anxiety? You may be navigating a major life transition, struggling with relationships, or searching for deeper meaning and self-awareness. Perhaps you're longing for greater intimacy, emotional resilience, or healing from past wounds but aren’t sure how to move forward. Whether you're an individual exploring identity and self-worth or a couple seeking better communication and trust, you deserve a space where your experiences are truly seen and understood. I have a particular passion for supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and those experiencing relationship challenges.
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I work with people who are thoughtful, reflective, and ready to actively engage in therapy. Many of my clients are functioning well on the outside yet feel anxious, burnt out, stuck, or caught in repeating relational patterns. They’re not looking for quick fixes, but for a deeper understanding of how their nervous system shapes their emotions, body, and relationships. Through somatic psychotherapy, we work at a steady and supportive pace to build regulation, capacity, and trust in yourself. Over time, clients often feel more grounded, less reactive, and more able to meet life and relationships with clarity, choice, and ease.
I work with people who are thoughtful, reflective, and ready to actively engage in therapy. Many of my clients are functioning well on the outside yet feel anxious, burnt out, stuck, or caught in repeating relational patterns. They’re not looking for quick fixes, but for a deeper understanding of how their nervous system shapes their emotions, body, and relationships. Through somatic psychotherapy, we work at a steady and supportive pace to build regulation, capacity, and trust in yourself. Over time, clients often feel more grounded, less reactive, and more able to meet life and relationships with clarity, choice, and ease.
Jane is an experienced Clinical Psychologist and Board-approved Supervisor with a warm, compassionate and integrative therapeutic approach. She offers therapy for adults, youth, and parents. Jane supports people experiencing a wide range of challenges, including: anxiety (including separation anxiety and social anxiety), depression, stress and adjustment, grief and loss, trauma (including complex trauma and PTSD), attachment and parenting, behaviour and emotion regulation, addiction problems, and social and relationship difficulties.
Jane is an experienced Clinical Psychologist and Board-approved Supervisor with a warm, compassionate and integrative therapeutic approach. She offers therapy for adults, youth, and parents. Jane supports people experiencing a wide range of challenges, including: anxiety (including separation anxiety and social anxiety), depression, stress and adjustment, grief and loss, trauma (including complex trauma and PTSD), attachment and parenting, behaviour and emotion regulation, addiction problems, and social and relationship difficulties.
I provide a client-focused, integrative approach drawing from therapeutic modalities such as Schema Therapy, DBT, ACT, CBT, Mindfulness and somatic practices for individual therapy.
Whether I am working with individuals or couples, at the heart of my work is connection — to yourself, to your partner, and to the parts of you seeking greater calm and clarity. With individuals, I help reduce anxiety and stress, rediscover joy, build self-belief, improve relationships, overcome addiction, and navigate life transitions and neurodiversity with greater clarity and confidence. With couples, I focus on rebuilding trust, belief and connection, and creating relationships where both partners feel seen and valued.
I provide a client-focused, integrative approach drawing from therapeutic modalities such as Schema Therapy, DBT, ACT, CBT, Mindfulness and somatic practices for individual therapy.
Whether I am working with individuals or couples, at the heart of my work is connection — to yourself, to your partner, and to the parts of you seeking greater calm and clarity. With individuals, I help reduce anxiety and stress, rediscover joy, build self-belief, improve relationships, overcome addiction, and navigate life transitions and neurodiversity with greater clarity and confidence. With couples, I focus on rebuilding trust, belief and connection, and creating relationships where both partners feel seen and valued.
Hey I’m Sheena Schuy. I am a Holistic Therapist (BPsych, MCoun, MSW). We are a womens mental health online practice - we specialise in helping high-achieving women create balance in their life so that can be the best leaders, entrepreneurs, partners, mothers, and friends - without the burnout. We help women go from exhausted, tired, and strung out to calm, clear and content with our psychology and life coaching services. The main issues we work with are anxiety, burnout, relationships, ADHD and depression but can also help with career development, mindset, personal development, leadership, business strategy and entrepreneurship.
Hey I’m Sheena Schuy. I am a Holistic Therapist (BPsych, MCoun, MSW). We are a womens mental health online practice - we specialise in helping high-achieving women create balance in their life so that can be the best leaders, entrepreneurs, partners, mothers, and friends - without the burnout. We help women go from exhausted, tired, and strung out to calm, clear and content with our psychology and life coaching services. The main issues we work with are anxiety, burnout, relationships, ADHD and depression but can also help with career development, mindset, personal development, leadership, business strategy and entrepreneurship.
My clients are adults carrying something for a long time without a name for it. Functioning on the outside. Holding careers, relationships, and families together. But underneath, something keeps surfacing in the same patterns, the same arguments, the same sleepless nights.
Many are navigating major transitions. A career change. A relationship ending. A move across countries or cultures. Some carry the invisible weight of expectations that were never theirs to own.
All of them have reached a point where something has to shift. I work with them to find what is underneath. Not to fix them. To help them finally see themselves clearly.
My clients are adults carrying something for a long time without a name for it. Functioning on the outside. Holding careers, relationships, and families together. But underneath, something keeps surfacing in the same patterns, the same arguments, the same sleepless nights.
Many are navigating major transitions. A career change. A relationship ending. A move across countries or cultures. Some carry the invisible weight of expectations that were never theirs to own.
All of them have reached a point where something has to shift. I work with them to find what is underneath. Not to fix them. To help them finally see themselves clearly.
Using an integrative, evidence-based approach that includes CBT, psychodynamic insight, and mindfulness-based practice, I help you understand the roots of obsessive attachment, reduce emotional intensity, and build more secure and grounded relational patterns.
You may feel consumed by thoughts of someone, caught in cycles of longing, uncertainty, and emotional highs and crashes. Limerence can feel confusing, addictive, and destabilising. You might know the relationship is not healthy, yet struggle to let go. I work with individuals and couples experiencing limerence, obsessive love, attachment anxiety, betrayal, or relationship distress who want clarity, emotional steadiness, and healthier connection. I am also the author of Limerence: The Psychopathology of Loving Too Much (Routledge, 2025).
Using an integrative, evidence-based approach that includes CBT, psychodynamic insight, and mindfulness-based practice, I help you understand the roots of obsessive attachment, reduce emotional intensity, and build more secure and grounded relational patterns.
You may feel consumed by thoughts of someone, caught in cycles of longing, uncertainty, and emotional highs and crashes. Limerence can feel confusing, addictive, and destabilising. You might know the relationship is not healthy, yet struggle to let go. I work with individuals and couples experiencing limerence, obsessive love, attachment anxiety, betrayal, or relationship distress who want clarity, emotional steadiness, and healthier connection. I am also the author of Limerence: The Psychopathology of Loving Too Much (Routledge, 2025).
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Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists
How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy originated in the work of John Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He developed mindfulness-based stress reduction, which is a technique found in yoga and meditation. MBCT is a combination of this type of stress reduction and cognitive behavioral therapy; it essentially quiets emotional distress through mindfulness, utilizing proper breathing and meditation. These techniques aim to bring the individual into the present moment when in a state of distress.
When do I know if I need treatment with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
If an individual’s mind is filled with emotional distress and general negativity, the person may feel trapped. A mindfulness-based cognitive therapist can help a person change their thinking patterns as well as their behaviour through calm acceptance and compassion. This therapy can provide an individual with the coping skills needed for a healthier and more constructive life.
What should I expect from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
This therapy often takes place in group sessions. A therapist will work with the group as well as with each individual. Meditation and breathing exercises are core practices that aim to invite inquiry and discovery into a person’s troubled mental state. The objective is to identify and lessen negative thoughts and behaviours and move toward optimal health and productivity. The individual will see life in a more realistic way. This therapy is supportive, accepting, and warm.
Is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effective?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is evidence-based and effective. One study found that people with major depressive disorder have benefitted from this type of therapy; the person accepts their distressed thoughts and also moves into healthier patterns of thinking. This therapy also aims to move an individual away from automatic negative responses. This type of therapy can bring a person lifelong change, with higher levels of satisfaction, less stress, as well as positive emotional and behavioural habits.