Depression Psychologists and Therapists in Umina Beach, NSW
Even though you might not always feel like it, you are the expert in your own life. Life's complexities can often leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused, and adrift, lacking purpose and direction. This can lead to adopting unhealthy coping mechanisms to avoid thoughts and feelings altogether. My approach involves treating you with empathy, acceptance, and without judgment in a practical and supportive manner. Together, we will collaborate to rediscover your strengths, nurture resilience, and unlock your potential for growth, facilitating the changes you desire. I firmly believe in the possibility of positive change.
Even though you might not always feel like it, you are the expert in your own life. Life's complexities can often leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused, and adrift, lacking purpose and direction. This can lead to adopting unhealthy coping mechanisms to avoid thoughts and feelings altogether. My approach involves treating you with empathy, acceptance, and without judgment in a practical and supportive manner. Together, we will collaborate to rediscover your strengths, nurture resilience, and unlock your potential for growth, facilitating the changes you desire. I firmly believe in the possibility of positive change.
With personal experience overcoming depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction, I bring nearly 20 years of clinical experience as a counsellor specialising in addiction recovery and relapse prevention.
If you're in recovery and scared it's not going to stick — I get it. I've been there. I'm a counsellor with almost 20 years of clinical experience and my PhD research specialises in addiction recovery and relapse prevention. I work with people who are serious about lasting change, not just getting through the week. My Terrigal clinic is a short drive from anywhere on the Central Coast, and I offer telehealth if that's easier. Call me for a free 15-minute chat — no pressure, no forms, just a conversation. If you are ready for recovery - REALLY ready - then let's get started.
With personal experience overcoming depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction, I bring nearly 20 years of clinical experience as a counsellor specialising in addiction recovery and relapse prevention.
If you're in recovery and scared it's not going to stick — I get it. I've been there. I'm a counsellor with almost 20 years of clinical experience and my PhD research specialises in addiction recovery and relapse prevention. I work with people who are serious about lasting change, not just getting through the week. My Terrigal clinic is a short drive from anywhere on the Central Coast, and I offer telehealth if that's easier. Call me for a free 15-minute chat — no pressure, no forms, just a conversation. If you are ready for recovery - REALLY ready - then let's get started.
I’m a registered psychologist and performance psychologist based on the Central Coast. I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, trauma, ADHD/ASD, and life challenges, as well as athletes wanting to strengthen mindset and confidence. My approach is compassionate, down‑to‑earth, and focused on helping you build the skills and clarity you need to thrive.
I’m a registered psychologist and performance psychologist based on the Central Coast. I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, trauma, ADHD/ASD, and life challenges, as well as athletes wanting to strengthen mindset and confidence. My approach is compassionate, down‑to‑earth, and focused on helping you build the skills and clarity you need to thrive.
I work with people who feel unhappy, disconnected, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that no longer serve them. This might show up as relationship difficulties, people-pleasing, feeling out of control, or a nagging feeling that you're not enough. Together, we work to understand your experiences and build coping skills and strategies to help you move forward. Clients often report greater self-awareness, feeling more connected to themselves, and approaching life with more choice and self-compassion. Throughout this process, I bring warmth, honesty, and humour to our work, creating a space that feels safe, validating, and supportive.
I work with people who feel unhappy, disconnected, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that no longer serve them. This might show up as relationship difficulties, people-pleasing, feeling out of control, or a nagging feeling that you're not enough. Together, we work to understand your experiences and build coping skills and strategies to help you move forward. Clients often report greater self-awareness, feeling more connected to themselves, and approaching life with more choice and self-compassion. Throughout this process, I bring warmth, honesty, and humour to our work, creating a space that feels safe, validating, and supportive.
As a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist, I support adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, navigating major life transitions and living with the legacies of trauma. I help people reconnect with their inner strengths and resources, and build a steadier, more grounded relationship with themselves and others.
I also support adults through identity shifts and life transitions, including relationship changes, career shifts, becoming a parent, midlife and other periods of change. This also includes working with adults exploring a late-identified or late-diagnosed neurodivergent identity, including ADHD, Autism and AuDHD.
As a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist, I support adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, navigating major life transitions and living with the legacies of trauma. I help people reconnect with their inner strengths and resources, and build a steadier, more grounded relationship with themselves and others.
I also support adults through identity shifts and life transitions, including relationship changes, career shifts, becoming a parent, midlife and other periods of change. This also includes working with adults exploring a late-identified or late-diagnosed neurodivergent identity, including ADHD, Autism and AuDHD.
I support adolescents and adults with anxiety, trauma, PTSD, depression, grief, and life challenges.
Hello, Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, just not yourself or disconnected — even though you’re trying to keep going?
Do you worry that things may never feel safe or steady again or that you have lost your way in life?
If trauma, anxiety, feeling flat or burnout are shaping your days, you don’t have to face that alone.
I offer relational, trauma-informed therapy grounded in evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, to gently support healing and lasting change.
I support adolescents and adults with anxiety, trauma, PTSD, depression, grief, and life challenges.
Hello, Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, just not yourself or disconnected — even though you’re trying to keep going?
Do you worry that things may never feel safe or steady again or that you have lost your way in life?
If trauma, anxiety, feeling flat or burnout are shaping your days, you don’t have to face that alone.
I offer relational, trauma-informed therapy grounded in evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, to gently support healing and lasting change.
Our experienced clinicians offer expertise in the assessment and therapeutic support of anxiety, depression, PTSD, attachment difficulties, emotional and behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD, learning difficulties and more.
Our clinicians offer evidence-based treatments including Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), CBT, ACT, Play Therapy and somatic treatments. Our highly skilled assessment team provides gold standard, collaborative assessment for ADHD, autism, learning difficulties, cognitive functioning and more. Support for NDIS participants is available too.
Our experienced clinicians offer expertise in the assessment and therapeutic support of anxiety, depression, PTSD, attachment difficulties, emotional and behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD, learning difficulties and more.
Our clinicians offer evidence-based treatments including Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), CBT, ACT, Play Therapy and somatic treatments. Our highly skilled assessment team provides gold standard, collaborative assessment for ADHD, autism, learning difficulties, cognitive functioning and more. Support for NDIS participants is available too.
I offer therapy for a range of presentations such as Trauma and C-PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Depression and Adjustment, anger management, masking and navigating late diagnosis, support for executive functioning skills, boundary setting, self-esteem and identity exploration, parenting and emotional regulation support, school refusal (“school can’t”).
Working across multiple locations and clinics has allowed me the chance to develop skills in a range of areas, including early childhood (5+), adolescence, and into adulthood. This has also given me the opportunity to develop clinical therapeutic skills while also expanding my knowledge in the diagnostic assessment space.
I offer therapy for a range of presentations such as Trauma and C-PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Depression and Adjustment, anger management, masking and navigating late diagnosis, support for executive functioning skills, boundary setting, self-esteem and identity exploration, parenting and emotional regulation support, school refusal (“school can’t”).
Working across multiple locations and clinics has allowed me the chance to develop skills in a range of areas, including early childhood (5+), adolescence, and into adulthood. This has also given me the opportunity to develop clinical therapeutic skills while also expanding my knowledge in the diagnostic assessment space.
I bring extensive experience supporting women through trauma, anxiety, grief and depression.
Hi I’m Leanne, a Counsellor, Art Therapist, EFT Practitioner and Eating Psychology Coach, with more than 30 years’ experience supporting women’s wellbeing. I blend evidence-based and creative approaches to guide women toward greater self-compassion and inner healing. My passion is helping you discover more kindness for yourself and empowering you to expand your existing strengths and tools, so you can confidently embrace the life you choose to live.
I bring extensive experience supporting women through trauma, anxiety, grief and depression.
Hi I’m Leanne, a Counsellor, Art Therapist, EFT Practitioner and Eating Psychology Coach, with more than 30 years’ experience supporting women’s wellbeing. I blend evidence-based and creative approaches to guide women toward greater self-compassion and inner healing. My passion is helping you discover more kindness for yourself and empowering you to expand your existing strengths and tools, so you can confidently embrace the life you choose to live.
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I am well versed to help with anxiety, depression, grief, interpersonal difficulties, autism, and am particularly interested in assisting with phobias and OCD presentations.
I have always had a heart and passion for working alongside people experiencing difficulties in their mental health. I have completed a Master of Psychology (Professional) degree and have extensive experience supporting adults and young people who have been through mental health difficulties including significant trauma and neglect. I have also worked within a school environment and I apply a scientist practitioner approach to referrals. Whether it be children, adolescents, adults or older adults alike, I will work collaboratively to establish goals and facilitate recovery and mental wellbeing.
I am well versed to help with anxiety, depression, grief, interpersonal difficulties, autism, and am particularly interested in assisting with phobias and OCD presentations.
I have always had a heart and passion for working alongside people experiencing difficulties in their mental health. I have completed a Master of Psychology (Professional) degree and have extensive experience supporting adults and young people who have been through mental health difficulties including significant trauma and neglect. I have also worked within a school environment and I apply a scientist practitioner approach to referrals. Whether it be children, adolescents, adults or older adults alike, I will work collaboratively to establish goals and facilitate recovery and mental wellbeing.
PTSD, anxiety, depression, anger management, issues with self worth, disordered eating, neurodiversity, addictions, suicidality - are these the kind of experiences that are present in your life?
I have been working with trauma survivors diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for more than a decade. First responders seek me out for trauma therapy. I am LGBTQ+ and kink-aware, and I welcome individuals from the sex worker community
PTSD, anxiety, depression, anger management, issues with self worth, disordered eating, neurodiversity, addictions, suicidality - are these the kind of experiences that are present in your life?
I have been working with trauma survivors diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for more than a decade. First responders seek me out for trauma therapy. I am LGBTQ+ and kink-aware, and I welcome individuals from the sex worker community
Expertise in navigating life's complex challenges: Anxiety & Depression ( Unraveling thought patterns, fostering resilience), Trauma: (Gentle healing, reclaiming personal power), Relationships (Enhancing communication, deepening connections), Self-esteem (Building confidence, nurturing self-compassion), Life transitions (Embracing change, discovering new purpose)
As an integrative psychotherapist, I blend evidence-based therapy with spiritual insight to support adults, teens, and couples on their path toward healing, growth, and emotional well-being. My approach is trauma-informed, holistic, and client-centered—drawing from modalities such as CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, somatic therapy, narrative therapy, and relational psychotherapy. I specialise in helping clients navigate anxiety, low self-worth, trauma recovery, relationship struggles, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions.
Expertise in navigating life's complex challenges: Anxiety & Depression ( Unraveling thought patterns, fostering resilience), Trauma: (Gentle healing, reclaiming personal power), Relationships (Enhancing communication, deepening connections), Self-esteem (Building confidence, nurturing self-compassion), Life transitions (Embracing change, discovering new purpose)
As an integrative psychotherapist, I blend evidence-based therapy with spiritual insight to support adults, teens, and couples on their path toward healing, growth, and emotional well-being. My approach is trauma-informed, holistic, and client-centered—drawing from modalities such as CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, somatic therapy, narrative therapy, and relational psychotherapy. I specialise in helping clients navigate anxiety, low self-worth, trauma recovery, relationship struggles, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions.
I have experienced with a range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, adjustment problems and relationship concerns.
I am passionate to help clients overcome their challenges and take meaningful steps toward a better future. By exploring clients' internal conflicts and working on underlying vulnerabilities, I assist clients in finding ways together to alleviate or solve them.
I have experienced with a range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, adjustment problems and relationship concerns.
I am passionate to help clients overcome their challenges and take meaningful steps toward a better future. By exploring clients' internal conflicts and working on underlying vulnerabilities, I assist clients in finding ways together to alleviate or solve them.
I’m a Clinical Psychologist with more than 15 years’ experience working with adults and couples using attachment-informed and trauma-focused therapies, including EMDR Therapy. Whether you’re seeking emotional support, assessment and diagnosis, or research-backed ways to heal past wounds, break reactive patterns, and create lasting change, I’m here to help.
My aim is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can feel truly seen, understood, and empowered to make meaningful progress on your healing journey.
I am an Accredited Practitioner (EMDR Association of Australia) and Psychology Board (PsyBA) Approved Supervisor.
I’m a Clinical Psychologist with more than 15 years’ experience working with adults and couples using attachment-informed and trauma-focused therapies, including EMDR Therapy. Whether you’re seeking emotional support, assessment and diagnosis, or research-backed ways to heal past wounds, break reactive patterns, and create lasting change, I’m here to help.
My aim is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can feel truly seen, understood, and empowered to make meaningful progress on your healing journey.
I am an Accredited Practitioner (EMDR Association of Australia) and Psychology Board (PsyBA) Approved Supervisor.
Together with our couples work, we work extensively with those who may be experiencing difficulties with addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, loss, identity, relationship difficulties, motivation, goal setting and focus.
Our passion at Liberty Road Counselling is to walk with you as you move toward the rich and fulfilling life you desire; a life of liberty, purpose and meaning. To us, this means to be at liberty to live a life free from the domination of the troubling thoughts and emotions common to human experience. Perhaps one of the more healing experiences we can have when we are troubled or hurting, is to be with someone who is able to sit with you in your place of pain, someone who offers compassion, acceptance and a listening ear. It is our aim to build this relationship with all that come to us
Together with our couples work, we work extensively with those who may be experiencing difficulties with addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, loss, identity, relationship difficulties, motivation, goal setting and focus.
Our passion at Liberty Road Counselling is to walk with you as you move toward the rich and fulfilling life you desire; a life of liberty, purpose and meaning. To us, this means to be at liberty to live a life free from the domination of the troubling thoughts and emotions common to human experience. Perhaps one of the more healing experiences we can have when we are troubled or hurting, is to be with someone who is able to sit with you in your place of pain, someone who offers compassion, acceptance and a listening ear. It is our aim to build this relationship with all that come to us
Silvia's interest in mental health stems from a lived experience of post-natal depression, and a desire to help others to deal with life's challenges, loss, anxiety, and depression.
While the challenges of modern life affect everyone in different ways, most life challenges are universal: balancing work and home life, changing jobs, starting a new life with a partner, parenting, dealing with loss, maintaining satisfactory and harmonious relationships with colleagues, friends, family... the list goes on. The aim of counselling sessions is to provide a safe space where clients experiencing difficulties in any aspect of their life can unburden themselves, discuss and explore issues of concern, and gain the skills to live a better, happier life, feeling better about themselves and the world around them.
Silvia's interest in mental health stems from a lived experience of post-natal depression, and a desire to help others to deal with life's challenges, loss, anxiety, and depression.
While the challenges of modern life affect everyone in different ways, most life challenges are universal: balancing work and home life, changing jobs, starting a new life with a partner, parenting, dealing with loss, maintaining satisfactory and harmonious relationships with colleagues, friends, family... the list goes on. The aim of counselling sessions is to provide a safe space where clients experiencing difficulties in any aspect of their life can unburden themselves, discuss and explore issues of concern, and gain the skills to live a better, happier life, feeling better about themselves and the world around them.
I believe an empathic understanding builds a foundation of therapeutic relationship. My passion lies in being part of my clients’ lives to facilitate positive change and to improve quality of their lives. Sometimes we face adversity or simply get ‘stuck’ and are left without a sense of control. I am committed to providing effective treatment to assist my clients understand their problems and learn coping strategies allowing to restore balance and a sense of hope.
I believe an empathic understanding builds a foundation of therapeutic relationship. My passion lies in being part of my clients’ lives to facilitate positive change and to improve quality of their lives. Sometimes we face adversity or simply get ‘stuck’ and are left without a sense of control. I am committed to providing effective treatment to assist my clients understand their problems and learn coping strategies allowing to restore balance and a sense of hope.
At Mind Matters we mainly work with clients who seek therapy to address areas of their lives that are weighing them down - from a relationship breakdown, to a toxic workplace, to anxiety, to depression, to low self-worth.
Our professional team of clinical psychologists are experts in their wide range of fields - from individuals to couples, to children and families. We are client-centred in our methods, utilising evidence-based therapies to deal with a broad range of issues; from depression and anxiety to addiction and trauma.
At Mind Matters we mainly work with clients who seek therapy to address areas of their lives that are weighing them down - from a relationship breakdown, to a toxic workplace, to anxiety, to depression, to low self-worth.
Our professional team of clinical psychologists are experts in their wide range of fields - from individuals to couples, to children and families. We are client-centred in our methods, utilising evidence-based therapies to deal with a broad range of issues; from depression and anxiety to addiction and trauma.
I work with clients presenting with symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression, as well as more complex presentations with multiple diagnoses and chronic health conditions.
The main modalities I work with are EMDR, Internal Family Systems therapy and Deep Brain Reorienting. Please note I mainly provide online therapy via Zoom videoconference, unless you live within my local area and prefer face to face sessions. Our practice also offers clinical hypnotherapy services such as quit smoking, vaping and weight loss.
I work with clients presenting with symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression, as well as more complex presentations with multiple diagnoses and chronic health conditions.
The main modalities I work with are EMDR, Internal Family Systems therapy and Deep Brain Reorienting. Please note I mainly provide online therapy via Zoom videoconference, unless you live within my local area and prefer face to face sessions. Our practice also offers clinical hypnotherapy services such as quit smoking, vaping and weight loss.
I've been a mental health clinician/ therapist for over 20 years assisting patients/clients with a variety of issues ranging from mild depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment to more severe psychological and complex difficulties stemming from trauma, abuse, addictions, disability, psychiatric illnesses and personality and relationship related problems.
My career experiences include many years in clinical counselling through government funded community-based and health departments before going into private practice. Over the years, I've developed a vast range of therapeutic skills and interested in assisting to figure out the difficult struggles between the inner and the outer world in the modern life.
I've been a mental health clinician/ therapist for over 20 years assisting patients/clients with a variety of issues ranging from mild depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment to more severe psychological and complex difficulties stemming from trauma, abuse, addictions, disability, psychiatric illnesses and personality and relationship related problems.
My career experiences include many years in clinical counselling through government funded community-based and health departments before going into private practice. Over the years, I've developed a vast range of therapeutic skills and interested in assisting to figure out the difficult struggles between the inner and the outer world in the modern life.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognise and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioural activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.