Couples Counselling Psychologists and Therapists in South East Queensland, QLD
I'm experienced working with relationship skills and issues, boundaries, transitions, narcissistic abuse, depression, anxiety, trauma, complex trauma, attachment, neurodiversity, women’s sexuality, as well as purity culture.
We all have parts of ourselves that we like, and we have parts of ourselves that frustrate, confuse, or scare us. I’m interested in the whole of a person - both internally and externally - and desire to create a safe space for all parts of my clients. It is my hope to help you create acceptance and safety for these parts of you as well. Being trained in the US as a Marriage and Family Therapist gives me a holistic, systems-focused approach to clients’ lives. My experience with clients has cultivated a passion for trauma-informed, attachment-based, and person-centered care.
I'm experienced working with relationship skills and issues, boundaries, transitions, narcissistic abuse, depression, anxiety, trauma, complex trauma, attachment, neurodiversity, women’s sexuality, as well as purity culture.
We all have parts of ourselves that we like, and we have parts of ourselves that frustrate, confuse, or scare us. I’m interested in the whole of a person - both internally and externally - and desire to create a safe space for all parts of my clients. It is my hope to help you create acceptance and safety for these parts of you as well. Being trained in the US as a Marriage and Family Therapist gives me a holistic, systems-focused approach to clients’ lives. My experience with clients has cultivated a passion for trauma-informed, attachment-based, and person-centered care.
Whether you're dealing with addiction, anxiety, trauma, disability, carer burnout, emotional regulation, relationship challenges, work related stress, or just seeking personal growth, I'm here to support you on your journey every step of the way.
I have a wealth of skills and knowledge in working with people experiencing addiction related issues with coexisting mental health and related trauma including legal, personal, family, financial and relationship challenges. My approach is client centered, solution focused, and trauma informed using a mix of CBT, ACT and DBT methodologies.
Whether you're dealing with addiction, anxiety, trauma, disability, carer burnout, emotional regulation, relationship challenges, work related stress, or just seeking personal growth, I'm here to support you on your journey every step of the way.
I have a wealth of skills and knowledge in working with people experiencing addiction related issues with coexisting mental health and related trauma including legal, personal, family, financial and relationship challenges. My approach is client centered, solution focused, and trauma informed using a mix of CBT, ACT and DBT methodologies.
I provide emotional and practical support to adolescents, adults, couples and families who are facing issues such as anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, stress, PTSD, trauma, grief and loss, family issues, and parenting strategies.
I have a special interest and experience in providing support to victims of domestic and family violence. I work from a trauma-informed, feminist, client-centred, strengths-based approach whilst utilising a range of evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness.
I provide emotional and practical support to adolescents, adults, couples and families who are facing issues such as anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, stress, PTSD, trauma, grief and loss, family issues, and parenting strategies.
I have a special interest and experience in providing support to victims of domestic and family violence. I work from a trauma-informed, feminist, client-centred, strengths-based approach whilst utilising a range of evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness.
As a counsellor, I draw from person-centred approaches, Mindfulness Integrated DBT and Jungian therapy techniques, among others, to meet each person as a whole being with mind, body, and spirit. I hold deep respect for the sacred journey that each individual walks and the wisdom that resides within their story. I believe every person carries an innate capacity for healing, growth, and awakening when nurtured in a space of compassion and presence. My role is to help cultivate that space, one grounded in empathy, where emotions can be safely explored, insight can unfold, and the deeper truth of the self can gently emerge.
As a counsellor, I draw from person-centred approaches, Mindfulness Integrated DBT and Jungian therapy techniques, among others, to meet each person as a whole being with mind, body, and spirit. I hold deep respect for the sacred journey that each individual walks and the wisdom that resides within their story. I believe every person carries an innate capacity for healing, growth, and awakening when nurtured in a space of compassion and presence. My role is to help cultivate that space, one grounded in empathy, where emotions can be safely explored, insight can unfold, and the deeper truth of the self can gently emerge.
I specialise in relationship counselling, couples counselling, marriage counselling, sex therapy, ADHD and neurodiverse relationships, and infidelity recovery.
I’m incredibly down-to-earth — there’s not much I haven’t heard, and I remain completely non-judgmental. Everyone deserves compassion and respect in their healing. Alongside this, I bring master’s level qualifications, over 20 years of practice, and lived experience of ADHD, combining these to create a tailor-made treatment plan that works for you.
I specialise in relationship counselling, couples counselling, marriage counselling, sex therapy, ADHD and neurodiverse relationships, and infidelity recovery.
I’m incredibly down-to-earth — there’s not much I haven’t heard, and I remain completely non-judgmental. Everyone deserves compassion and respect in their healing. Alongside this, I bring master’s level qualifications, over 20 years of practice, and lived experience of ADHD, combining these to create a tailor-made treatment plan that works for you.
I support adults & couples experiencing trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and burnout.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stretched thin by the demands of work, family, or past experiences, therapy can be a space to pause and make sense of it all. At GetPerspective, I offer a calm, supportive environment where you can explore what’s beneath the surface and begin to feel more steady and clear.
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I provide trauma-informed, evidence-based therapy integrating EMDR, ACT, CBT, and mindfulness. Our work is collaborative and paced, supporting nervous system regulation, deeper insight, and meaningful, sustainable change.
I support adults & couples experiencing trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and burnout.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stretched thin by the demands of work, family, or past experiences, therapy can be a space to pause and make sense of it all. At GetPerspective, I offer a calm, supportive environment where you can explore what’s beneath the surface and begin to feel more steady and clear.
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I provide trauma-informed, evidence-based therapy integrating EMDR, ACT, CBT, and mindfulness. Our work is collaborative and paced, supporting nervous system regulation, deeper insight, and meaningful, sustainable change.
As a professional counsellor I work with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
My aim is to facilitate clients in openly exploring their current circumstances and options for change and growth. With an insightful and solution-focused approach, I offer clients practical tools, effective strategies and above all a realistic prospect that the future need not be the same as the past therefore empowering sustainable change in every area.
As a professional counsellor I work with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
My aim is to facilitate clients in openly exploring their current circumstances and options for change and growth. With an insightful and solution-focused approach, I offer clients practical tools, effective strategies and above all a realistic prospect that the future need not be the same as the past therefore empowering sustainable change in every area.
Will values the client-therapist relationship as the key to successful treatment results.
Will Drotsky is a clinical, forensic and counselling psychologist in private practice on the Gold Coast. He is the founder and the principal psychologist of the psychology practice, PsychologyCare in Mudgeeraba Coomera on the Gold Coast. Will is also the former Director of the Bond University Psychology Clinic. A trained specialist in various therapeutic treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), he incorporates an holistic and integrative approach to best meet the needs of his clients. Will also provides supervision to Master and Doctorate students and is an experienced supervisor for Clinical endorsement.
Will values the client-therapist relationship as the key to successful treatment results.
Will Drotsky is a clinical, forensic and counselling psychologist in private practice on the Gold Coast. He is the founder and the principal psychologist of the psychology practice, PsychologyCare in Mudgeeraba Coomera on the Gold Coast. Will is also the former Director of the Bond University Psychology Clinic. A trained specialist in various therapeutic treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), he incorporates an holistic and integrative approach to best meet the needs of his clients. Will also provides supervision to Master and Doctorate students and is an experienced supervisor for Clinical endorsement.
Individual counselling is $125/75 mins, couple counselling is $185/75mins We also offer low cost counselling and support to students, low income earners, sole parents.
Counsellors Gold Coast offer compassionate counselling utilising a range of counselling approaches. We are committed to providing a service that will improve mental wellbeing and relationships. We work with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, loss, anger, relationship difficulties, adolescent development, life transitions and to improve general wellbeing.
Individual counselling is $125/75 mins, couple counselling is $185/75mins We also offer low cost counselling and support to students, low income earners, sole parents.
Counsellors Gold Coast offer compassionate counselling utilising a range of counselling approaches. We are committed to providing a service that will improve mental wellbeing and relationships. We work with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, loss, anger, relationship difficulties, adolescent development, life transitions and to improve general wellbeing.
I specialise in Male and couple counselling.
I developed Core Value Therapy Approach which looks at unlocking values in men's lives. We might not even know our values yet when they are breached, we breach them back. Values can be Respect, Truth, and Recognition. These values control we think, behave and feel.
I specialise in Male and couple counselling.
I developed Core Value Therapy Approach which looks at unlocking values in men's lives. We might not even know our values yet when they are breached, we breach them back. Values can be Respect, Truth, and Recognition. These values control we think, behave and feel.
I have over 20 years experience working with individual clients and couples.
I am very privileged to work with clients who are interested in their self growth and development. Most of the time when people come to see a psychologist they are wanting to have some change in their life and they need the space to talk through their issues. I love providing a safe, confidential place for people to explore the difficulties and life experiences that have been challenging for them.
I have over 20 years experience working with individual clients and couples.
I am very privileged to work with clients who are interested in their self growth and development. Most of the time when people come to see a psychologist they are wanting to have some change in their life and they need the space to talk through their issues. I love providing a safe, confidential place for people to explore the difficulties and life experiences that have been challenging for them.
For couples, I utilise the Gottman's Method.
Olive Grove Counselling provides safe and confidential Christian counselling services that are tailored to your unique needs. We blend Biblical principles with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to provide you with the best possible counselling experience, which will inspire and equip you towards an assurance of life filled with hope and a future.
For couples, I utilise the Gottman's Method.
Olive Grove Counselling provides safe and confidential Christian counselling services that are tailored to your unique needs. We blend Biblical principles with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to provide you with the best possible counselling experience, which will inspire and equip you towards an assurance of life filled with hope and a future.
I help women who struggle with relationship challenges, chronic stress, and the lingering impact of trauma.
I support women who struggle with relationship challenges, low self-confidence, chronic stress, emotional dysregulation, and the lingering impact of trauma. You may find yourself repeating the same patterns, feeling disconnected from your body, or constantly doubting your worth. On the outside you appear “fine", but inside you feel broken. You're not.
I help women who struggle with relationship challenges, chronic stress, and the lingering impact of trauma.
I support women who struggle with relationship challenges, low self-confidence, chronic stress, emotional dysregulation, and the lingering impact of trauma. You may find yourself repeating the same patterns, feeling disconnected from your body, or constantly doubting your worth. On the outside you appear “fine", but inside you feel broken. You're not.
Adriana Louise Thomas
Psychologist, PhD, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Parrearra, QLD 4575
Waitlist for new clients
I am a registered clinical psychologist helping adults, young people, couples and families to understand life’s challenges whilst working towards positive changes and a meaningful existence.
I am trained in a range of evidence-based therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused therapy and Internal family systems (IFS). I have experience working with adolescents, adults, couples and families. My research and personal interests are in migration, identity, gender, culture and women’s health.
I am a registered clinical psychologist helping adults, young people, couples and families to understand life’s challenges whilst working towards positive changes and a meaningful existence.
I am trained in a range of evidence-based therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused therapy and Internal family systems (IFS). I have experience working with adolescents, adults, couples and families. My research and personal interests are in migration, identity, gender, culture and women’s health.
I am also trained in couple counselling.
I try to bring an honest, refreshing and transparent approach to counselling, where we work collaboratively to help you get on top of what is troubling you. Often, there is a lot of secrecy around counselling. Instead, I prefer to share with you approaches and strategies that I think would work. I am also a certified Gottman couples therapist.
I am also trained in couple counselling.
I try to bring an honest, refreshing and transparent approach to counselling, where we work collaboratively to help you get on top of what is troubling you. Often, there is a lot of secrecy around counselling. Instead, I prefer to share with you approaches and strategies that I think would work. I am also a certified Gottman couples therapist.
As a registered counselor, working in the areas of women's mental health and couples therapy using Telehealth Services.
Using techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy, I provide evidence-based counseling for individuals or couples.
As a registered counselor, working in the areas of women's mental health and couples therapy using Telehealth Services.
Using techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy, I provide evidence-based counseling for individuals or couples.
Grief, relationship strain, burnout, or a quiet inner shift might be pulling you toward deeper truth.
I integrate neuroscience, humanistic counselling, and evidence-based frameworks to support deep, sustainable change. My work draws on IFS-informed therapy, Gottman-informed couples work, mindfulness, and nervous-system regulation, alongside contemplative and somatic practice to support whole-person integration.
Grief, relationship strain, burnout, or a quiet inner shift might be pulling you toward deeper truth.
I integrate neuroscience, humanistic counselling, and evidence-based frameworks to support deep, sustainable change. My work draws on IFS-informed therapy, Gottman-informed couples work, mindfulness, and nervous-system regulation, alongside contemplative and somatic practice to support whole-person integration.
I work with couples experiencing relationship distress who would like to explore repairing and reconnecting their relationship, develop better communication skills and learn to manage conflict in a more positive way and find that they need some help in achieving these goals.
I have been a Psychologist for well over 20 years the last 5 years of which I have been working almost exclusively with couples. I work with all couples and specialise in helping couples with difficulty managing conflict, experiencing infidelity or who have found after many years that they have drifted apart and are struggling to reconnect.
I work with couples experiencing relationship distress who would like to explore repairing and reconnecting their relationship, develop better communication skills and learn to manage conflict in a more positive way and find that they need some help in achieving these goals.
I have been a Psychologist for well over 20 years the last 5 years of which I have been working almost exclusively with couples. I work with all couples and specialise in helping couples with difficulty managing conflict, experiencing infidelity or who have found after many years that they have drifted apart and are struggling to reconnect.
As a Registered UCLA Peers facilitator, I also offer a discounted 7-week online group for families seeking to improve social skills, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen communication in a supportive, structured environment.
Life can be tough, and many are struggling financially. I understand the pressures that come with trying to manage mental health while also managing your finances. So Bulk Billing is offered through our clinic.
As a Registered UCLA Peers facilitator, I also offer a discounted 7-week online group for families seeking to improve social skills, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen communication in a supportive, structured environment.
Life can be tough, and many are struggling financially. I understand the pressures that come with trying to manage mental health while also managing your finances. So Bulk Billing is offered through our clinic.
Katrina is a registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association and holds a Bachelor of Counselling from the University of the Sunshine Coast. She provides both short- and long-term psychotherapy and counselling for individuals.
Katrina welcomes both neurodivergent and neurotypical clients into her practice, and also works with NDIS participants. She supports adults and young people aged 13+, offering counselling via face-to-face appointments, online sessions, and walk-and-talk therapy.
Katrina is a registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association and holds a Bachelor of Counselling from the University of the Sunshine Coast. She provides both short- and long-term psychotherapy and counselling for individuals.
Katrina welcomes both neurodivergent and neurotypical clients into her practice, and also works with NDIS participants. She supports adults and young people aged 13+, offering counselling via face-to-face appointments, online sessions, and walk-and-talk therapy.
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Couples Counselling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.