Attachment-based Psychologists and Therapists in Miranda, NSW

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The Mind Health Clinic
Psychotherapist, PACFA
Online Only
The Mind Health Clinic is dedicated to providing wellbeing support to individuals experiencing challenging moments in their lives. We tailor our services to meet the unique needs of each individual in order to encourage positive developments and perspective growth in our clients. We work collaboratively and ethically with our clients to achieve therapeutic goals and transform insights into effective action. Our clinicians are Miss Angela Yazbeck and Miss Adriana Cvitan. Both hold a Masters in Psychotherapy and Counselling and are registered psychotherapist and counsellors with PACFA.
The Mind Health Clinic is dedicated to providing wellbeing support to individuals experiencing challenging moments in their lives. We tailor our services to meet the unique needs of each individual in order to encourage positive developments and perspective growth in our clients. We work collaboratively and ethically with our clients to achieve therapeutic goals and transform insights into effective action. Our clinicians are Miss Angela Yazbeck and Miss Adriana Cvitan. Both hold a Masters in Psychotherapy and Counselling and are registered psychotherapist and counsellors with PACFA.
(02) 9538 7702 View (02) 9538 7702
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Alyssia Simos
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Serves Area
Alyssia is a genuine, warm and relatable therapist who utilises a collaborative approach to therapy. She introduces evidence-based skills in a thoughtful and tailored manner, as you work together to overcome your specific challenges. Alyssia has experience across both public and private sectors and works with a range of psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety, self-harm post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, difficulties with emotion regulation, personality disorders, addiction, and chronic pain.
Alyssia is a genuine, warm and relatable therapist who utilises a collaborative approach to therapy. She introduces evidence-based skills in a thoughtful and tailored manner, as you work together to overcome your specific challenges. Alyssia has experience across both public and private sectors and works with a range of psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety, self-harm post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, difficulties with emotion regulation, personality disorders, addiction, and chronic pain.
(02) 8105 5715 View (02) 8105 5715
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Manna Maniago
Counsellor, ACA-L2
Serves Area
Are you hurting and feeling hopeless? If that's what brought you here, it may be time for us to talk. Distress, anxiety and stress from life's issues may be getting in the way of your achieving your personal goals. Together we can change your life story from defeat to one where you can tell yourself "I CAN deal with it! And I WILL overcome!". Are you ready to feel hopeful again and take the reins back on your life?
Are you hurting and feeling hopeless? If that's what brought you here, it may be time for us to talk. Distress, anxiety and stress from life's issues may be getting in the way of your achieving your personal goals. Together we can change your life story from defeat to one where you can tell yourself "I CAN deal with it! And I WILL overcome!". Are you ready to feel hopeful again and take the reins back on your life?
(02) 8074 5259 View (02) 8074 5259
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Renata Bogomolets
Counsellor, PACFA
Serves Area
I’m a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist registered with PACFA. I don’t believe in clinical distance or wearing a mask of expertise that puts me above you. I meet you human-to-human — with empathy, honesty, and care. My approach is holistic and integrative, meaning I tailor our work to suit you, not the other way around. Together, we create a space where it’s safe to feel, to speak, to unravel — and ultimately, to grow. I bring both evidence-based modalities and deep compassion to each session, weaving in practices that support not only the mind, but the body, heart, and soul. You don’t have to do it alone.
I’m a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist registered with PACFA. I don’t believe in clinical distance or wearing a mask of expertise that puts me above you. I meet you human-to-human — with empathy, honesty, and care. My approach is holistic and integrative, meaning I tailor our work to suit you, not the other way around. Together, we create a space where it’s safe to feel, to speak, to unravel — and ultimately, to grow. I bring both evidence-based modalities and deep compassion to each session, weaving in practices that support not only the mind, but the body, heart, and soul. You don’t have to do it alone.
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Camila Falconer
Psychologist, PsyBA General
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Hello everyone, welcome! You have started your journey towards growth and finding the right fit is important. I offer a calm, peaceful and supportive approach. My work is based on the practice of understanding and acceptance to foster change. The quality of client-therapist relationship enables a better outcome in therapy, so your choice matters. Together, we can discuss the issues stopping you from moving forward in an open and safe environment.
Hello everyone, welcome! You have started your journey towards growth and finding the right fit is important. I offer a calm, peaceful and supportive approach. My work is based on the practice of understanding and acceptance to foster change. The quality of client-therapist relationship enables a better outcome in therapy, so your choice matters. Together, we can discuss the issues stopping you from moving forward in an open and safe environment.
(02) 9538 7693 View (02) 9538 7693
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Petra Samlow
Psychotherapist, MA
Online Only
I work with individuals, couples, and professionals who want to better understand the patterns affecting their communication, confidence, relationships, performance, and emotional wellbeing. Many clients come to me feeling stuck in repeating cycles — difficulty speaking up, conflict that keeps returning, self-doubt, stress, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, avoidance, or a sense that they are not showing up as fully as they would like in life, work, or relationships. My work supports clients to make sense of these patterns, understand what may be driving them, and develop clearer, more grounded ways of responding.
I work with individuals, couples, and professionals who want to better understand the patterns affecting their communication, confidence, relationships, performance, and emotional wellbeing. Many clients come to me feeling stuck in repeating cycles — difficulty speaking up, conflict that keeps returning, self-doubt, stress, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, avoidance, or a sense that they are not showing up as fully as they would like in life, work, or relationships. My work supports clients to make sense of these patterns, understand what may be driving them, and develop clearer, more grounded ways of responding.
(02) 9538 7681 View (02) 9538 7681
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Sahar Jaafar
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Online Only
A little about me.. I describe myself as a warm and thoughtful clinician that values collaborative work in therapy. I have a deep curiosity for human behaviour and particular interests in anxiety and anxiety-related disorders. I have worked closely with adolescents and adults of various clinical presentations and in diverse practical settings ranging from public schools to correctional facilities.
A little about me.. I describe myself as a warm and thoughtful clinician that values collaborative work in therapy. I have a deep curiosity for human behaviour and particular interests in anxiety and anxiety-related disorders. I have worked closely with adolescents and adults of various clinical presentations and in diverse practical settings ranging from public schools to correctional facilities.
(02) 9100 0969 View (02) 9100 0969
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Jake Forrest
Psychotherapist, MA, PACFA
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Hi, I’m Jake (they/he). There's a tonne of therapy buzzwords thrown around these days, words that can feel important and quietly position therapists as the experts on life. That hierarchy is not a great way to start any relationship let alone a therapeutic one. My practice recognises that therapy does not exist outside culture. It is influenced by histories of power and by colonial and capitalist ideas about productivity and normality. I believe we need to name that and recognise the impact of these structures on marginalised bodies, so the work can feel honest rather than performative.
Hi, I’m Jake (they/he). There's a tonne of therapy buzzwords thrown around these days, words that can feel important and quietly position therapists as the experts on life. That hierarchy is not a great way to start any relationship let alone a therapeutic one. My practice recognises that therapy does not exist outside culture. It is influenced by histories of power and by colonial and capitalist ideas about productivity and normality. I believe we need to name that and recognise the impact of these structures on marginalised bodies, so the work can feel honest rather than performative.
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Anthony Colantuono
Social Worker, AMHSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
When working with children and adolescents, Anthony integrates attachment-based and systemic approaches that involve both the young person and their caregiver.
Anthony is a warm and person centred counsellor who offers evidence-based therapy grounded in empathy and respect. He draws on a range of well-researched, Medicare-approved approaches including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to support meaningful and lasting change.
When working with children and adolescents, Anthony integrates attachment-based and systemic approaches that involve both the young person and their caregiver.
Anthony is a warm and person centred counsellor who offers evidence-based therapy grounded in empathy and respect. He draws on a range of well-researched, Medicare-approved approaches including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to support meaningful and lasting change.
(02) 9538 7967 View (02) 9538 7967
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Kristen Bayliss
Psychologist, MA, PsyBA General
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Trauma & Attachment Psychologist, Couples Therapist. Whether single or in a relationship you struggle with uncertainty, fear, a rollercoaster of emotions or a sense of doom. You doubt whether you are ever going to feel settled, confident or secure in relationships. Time and time again, after a honeymoon period, the same pattern shows up, either cold distance or heated fighting. You don't know how to get through so you overthink or get overwhelmed & attack or freeze wondering when it will end. Maybe an sense of relief when it does. Then loneliness sets in and the search starts again.
Trauma & Attachment Psychologist, Couples Therapist. Whether single or in a relationship you struggle with uncertainty, fear, a rollercoaster of emotions or a sense of doom. You doubt whether you are ever going to feel settled, confident or secure in relationships. Time and time again, after a honeymoon period, the same pattern shows up, either cold distance or heated fighting. You don't know how to get through so you overthink or get overwhelmed & attack or freeze wondering when it will end. Maybe an sense of relief when it does. Then loneliness sets in and the search starts again.
(02) 7501 0936 View (02) 7501 0936
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Steven Passfield
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA General
Serves Area
Steven is a psychologist who provides a calming presence to aid individuals understand and resolve their struggles within a relaxed environment. Steven emphasises the individuality of each client to ensure that they are seen as more than a diagnosis and receive an intervention tailored to their needs. Steven has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) and Master of Clinical Psychology. Steven has had experience working within public and private settings to address a variety of presenting issues, including anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma.
Steven is a psychologist who provides a calming presence to aid individuals understand and resolve their struggles within a relaxed environment. Steven emphasises the individuality of each client to ensure that they are seen as more than a diagnosis and receive an intervention tailored to their needs. Steven has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) and Master of Clinical Psychology. Steven has had experience working within public and private settings to address a variety of presenting issues, including anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma.
(02) 8105 6288 View (02) 8105 6288
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Laura Therese Turner
Psychotherapist, MC, PACFA
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I work with Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic and body-based therapy, Gottman Method, ACT, attachment-based and expressive therapies.
Are you a woman in Cronulla or the Sutherland Shire carrying anxiety, overwhelm, rage, or a sense of having lost yourself? Maybe you're functioning on the outside, but inside it feels like you're struggling. Women come to Wild Hearts Counselling when they are ready to try something different, something that works with your body and mind to help create space for feelings to emerge and be held with tenderness, allowing them to be witnessed and integrated. Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation.
I work with Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic and body-based therapy, Gottman Method, ACT, attachment-based and expressive therapies.
Are you a woman in Cronulla or the Sutherland Shire carrying anxiety, overwhelm, rage, or a sense of having lost yourself? Maybe you're functioning on the outside, but inside it feels like you're struggling. Women come to Wild Hearts Counselling when they are ready to try something different, something that works with your body and mind to help create space for feelings to emerge and be held with tenderness, allowing them to be witnessed and integrated. Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation.
(02) 7501 1182 View (02) 7501 1182
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Lighthouse Therapeutic
Psychotherapist, PACFA
Serves Area
Are you finding it hard to cope with day-to-day stressors? Are you struggling with food and body image, such as restricting, bingeing, purging, or yo-yo dieting? Do intrusive thoughts, images, or compulsions feel like they are taking over your life? Perhaps your use of drugs or alcohol has increased or feels out of control, or your anxiety is holding you back. Maybe you are wanting to foster stronger relationships and find more effective ways to deal with conflict, regulate emotions, or assert boundaries.
Are you finding it hard to cope with day-to-day stressors? Are you struggling with food and body image, such as restricting, bingeing, purging, or yo-yo dieting? Do intrusive thoughts, images, or compulsions feel like they are taking over your life? Perhaps your use of drugs or alcohol has increased or feels out of control, or your anxiety is holding you back. Maybe you are wanting to foster stronger relationships and find more effective ways to deal with conflict, regulate emotions, or assert boundaries.
0460 832 082 View 0460 832 082
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Biljana (Billi) Rufati
Counsellor, PACFA
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I am a PACFA‑registered counsellor who supports adults, adolescents, couples, and families through a compassionate, trauma‑informed, and relational approach. My work is grounded in the belief that healing happens in safe, attuned connection — where your story is honoured, your voice is centred, and your nervous system is met with understanding rather than judgment. Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, trauma, or a longing for deeper self‑understanding, I offer a space where you can slow down, breathe, and reconnect with your own inner wisdom. Your journey, your voice, and your healing.
I am a PACFA‑registered counsellor who supports adults, adolescents, couples, and families through a compassionate, trauma‑informed, and relational approach. My work is grounded in the belief that healing happens in safe, attuned connection — where your story is honoured, your voice is centred, and your nervous system is met with understanding rather than judgment. Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, trauma, or a longing for deeper self‑understanding, I offer a space where you can slow down, breathe, and reconnect with your own inner wisdom. Your journey, your voice, and your healing.
(02) 9100 0595 View (02) 9100 0595
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Joseph Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counsellor, MA, PACFA
Serves Area
Individuals and couples seeking deeper self-understanding, emotional healing, and healthier relationships. Many come with anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, life transitions, or ongoing relational challenges, often feeling stuck or overwhelmed. They are motivated for meaningful change but need the right support. We help through evidence-based therapy and empathic listening, creating a safe space to build insight, regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, and move forward with clarity, resilience, and a stronger sense of self.
Individuals and couples seeking deeper self-understanding, emotional healing, and healthier relationships. Many come with anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, life transitions, or ongoing relational challenges, often feeling stuck or overwhelmed. They are motivated for meaningful change but need the right support. We help through evidence-based therapy and empathic listening, creating a safe space to build insight, regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, and move forward with clarity, resilience, and a stronger sense of self.
(02) 8105 5030 View (02) 8105 5030
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Brainspotting, EMDR, IFS ClinPsy- Tiffany Valente
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Online Only
You may appear to be functioning well on the outside. But inside, something still feels unresolved. You've done the reading, perhaps even the therapy, and yet the patterns persist. The weight hasn't lifted. Something deeper is asking to be met. I'm a Clinical Psychologist offering online therapy across Australia, working at the intersection of trauma healing and depth psychology. I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems and somatic approaches to work with the parts of you that talking alone hasn't reached. Not just processing what happened, but exploring who you are becoming.
You may appear to be functioning well on the outside. But inside, something still feels unresolved. You've done the reading, perhaps even the therapy, and yet the patterns persist. The weight hasn't lifted. Something deeper is asking to be met. I'm a Clinical Psychologist offering online therapy across Australia, working at the intersection of trauma healing and depth psychology. I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems and somatic approaches to work with the parts of you that talking alone hasn't reached. Not just processing what happened, but exploring who you are becoming.
(03) 7003 2560 View (03) 7003 2560
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Next Steps Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counsellor, PACFA
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Many people I work with feel stuck, disconnected, or burnt out. They might be dealing with trauma, addiction, relationship stress, or a sense of having lost direction. Some don’t know where to begin only that things can’t keep going the way they have. Whether it’s processing pain, finding meaning, or understanding old patterns, therapy offers a place to slow down and make sense of what’s been happening.
Many people I work with feel stuck, disconnected, or burnt out. They might be dealing with trauma, addiction, relationship stress, or a sense of having lost direction. Some don’t know where to begin only that things can’t keep going the way they have. Whether it’s processing pain, finding meaning, or understanding old patterns, therapy offers a place to slow down and make sense of what’s been happening.
(02) 9538 7432 View (02) 9538 7432
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Jessica Condell
Social Worker, AMHSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
For many clients, I incorporate attachment-based, Internal Family Systems and trauma-informed approaches.
I work with adults who experience anxiety, emotional distress or relationship difficulties, particularly when these feel longstanding, confusing or hard to shift. This might include difficulty forming or maintaining relationships, repeating patterns of conflict, family stress, parenting feeling overwhelming or a persistent sense of disconnection or loneliness. Many people I work with want to make sense of how their past and relational experiences influence the way they react and respond today. I also support children experiencing anxiety, stress or emotional regulation difficulties and work closely with caregivers.
For many clients, I incorporate attachment-based, Internal Family Systems and trauma-informed approaches.
I work with adults who experience anxiety, emotional distress or relationship difficulties, particularly when these feel longstanding, confusing or hard to shift. This might include difficulty forming or maintaining relationships, repeating patterns of conflict, family stress, parenting feeling overwhelming or a persistent sense of disconnection or loneliness. Many people I work with want to make sense of how their past and relational experiences influence the way they react and respond today. I also support children experiencing anxiety, stress or emotional regulation difficulties and work closely with caregivers.
(02) 9538 7368 View (02) 9538 7368
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Sonya Thompson
Counsellor, ACA-L2
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I draw on CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to shift unhelpful thought patterns, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to build psychological flexibility, attachment-based therapy to understand relationship dynamics, and trauma-focused and emotionally focused approaches to process difficult experiences and strengthen connection.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or the daily pressures of life in Illawong or the Sutherland Shire? Whether you're navigating relationship challenges, parenting struggles, ADHD, trauma, or grief, you deserve support that's warm, practical, and genuinely helpful. I work with individuals, couples, and families across Menai, Miranda, Cronulla, and Hurstville, as well as online across Australia. Reach out today.
I draw on CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to shift unhelpful thought patterns, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to build psychological flexibility, attachment-based therapy to understand relationship dynamics, and trauma-focused and emotionally focused approaches to process difficult experiences and strengthen connection.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or the daily pressures of life in Illawong or the Sutherland Shire? Whether you're navigating relationship challenges, parenting struggles, ADHD, trauma, or grief, you deserve support that's warm, practical, and genuinely helpful. I work with individuals, couples, and families across Menai, Miranda, Cronulla, and Hurstville, as well as online across Australia. Reach out today.
(02) 7501 1289 View (02) 7501 1289
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Rose Berdebes
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
Whether this is your first time seeking therapy, or if you have previously seen another psychologist(s), Rose will help you to feel comfortable in the therapy room. After understanding a bit about your past and present, Rose will work with you to develop a plan of how to move forward. This plan may look different for each person and can include: -Gaining skills to manage anxiety, stress or burnout -Improving low mood -Understanding how to identify, manage and communicate your emotions -Getting ‘unstuck’ -Finding out what is getting in the way of doing things that are important to you -Learning how to navigate romantic realtionships
Whether this is your first time seeking therapy, or if you have previously seen another psychologist(s), Rose will help you to feel comfortable in the therapy room. After understanding a bit about your past and present, Rose will work with you to develop a plan of how to move forward. This plan may look different for each person and can include: -Gaining skills to manage anxiety, stress or burnout -Improving low mood -Understanding how to identify, manage and communicate your emotions -Getting ‘unstuck’ -Finding out what is getting in the way of doing things that are important to you -Learning how to navigate romantic realtionships
(02) 7501 1402 View (02) 7501 1402
Attachment-based Therapists
Is attachment-based therapy the same as attachment therapy?
Attachment-based therapy may be confused with what is called “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy”), a discredited and dangerous approach to treating children with attachment disorders, autism, or other mental health concerns. Attachment therapy—not attachment-based therapy—may involve restraining a child, forcing eye contact, and other coercive or abusive techniques. None of these practices are used in attachment-based therapy and the two modalities are in no way related.

What should I expect from attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is based on attachment theory, which posits that children’s early relationships with their caregivers strongly influence their ability to navigate the world later in life. Thus, adults who seek attachment-based therapy should expect to deeply explore their childhood, identifying the dynamics or experiences that disrupted their attachment and the steps necessary to overcome challenges that arose as a result. Parents and children should expect to explore the possible factors that disrupted the parent-child relationship and work toward restoring trust and connection.

How long does attachment-based therapy last?
Certain forms of attachment-based therapy, especially those designed for parents and children, last for a set number of sessions; for example, Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch-Up, a specific attachment-based approach for young children who have undergone early adversity, unfolds over 10 one-hour sessions. When attachment-based therapy is practiced on adults or combined with other modalities, it may not last a specific length of time; clients may wish to ask prospective therapists how long they expect treatment to take.

Does attachment-based therapy work?
Most of the research on attachment-based therapy focuses on children and adolescents. Some of this research shows a positive effect, especially for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Other studies, however, have found that attachment-based therapy is no more effective than other approaches to childhood depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Less is known about the therapy’s efficacy on adult populations.