Domestic Abuse Psychologists and Therapists in Metropolitan Adelaide, SA
Are you broken-hearted? Find hope and healing as you learn to love yourself again. Has trauma visited your life? Reclaim your life from the effects of hurt and pain and rediscover your hopes and dreams for a hope-filled future.
Are you broken-hearted? Find hope and healing as you learn to love yourself again. Has trauma visited your life? Reclaim your life from the effects of hurt and pain and rediscover your hopes and dreams for a hope-filled future.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, grief or identity struggles? You don’t have to face it alone.
I’m Audrey, the counsellor behind Enrei Counselling, providing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive support to adults across Australia. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to gently explore your emotions and attachment experiences. Through deepening emotional awareness, we’ll heal relational wounds, strengthen your connections, and build emotional resilience.
You can expect greater emotional insight, healing from past hurts, practical tools for managing anxiety and grief, and support that honours your identity.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, grief or identity struggles? You don’t have to face it alone.
I’m Audrey, the counsellor behind Enrei Counselling, providing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive support to adults across Australia. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to gently explore your emotions and attachment experiences. Through deepening emotional awareness, we’ll heal relational wounds, strengthen your connections, and build emotional resilience.
You can expect greater emotional insight, healing from past hurts, practical tools for managing anxiety and grief, and support that honours your identity.
Clients consult me due to experiencing a range of personal and interpersonal difficulties. Often clients contact me because they want to overcome anxiety, depression, and in particular, relationship issues. A group of clients also consult me about transexual challenges they are facing in day to day life.
Clients consult me due to experiencing a range of personal and interpersonal difficulties. Often clients contact me because they want to overcome anxiety, depression, and in particular, relationship issues. A group of clients also consult me about transexual challenges they are facing in day to day life.
The first step is often the hardest... Find clarity in what you want, be able to express yourself, feel motivated, and explore what positive relationships look like. Have fears, hesitations, confusion and the past been holding you back from contentment in life, career or relationships? Be in the present moment and become more aware of your thoughts. This provides immense relief from fear-based thoughts and gives you clarity, as the mental clutter shifts. This is helpful for all areas of life - career, purpose, relationships, stress, anxiety and so on. Available in ANY location Australia wide via video call.
The first step is often the hardest... Find clarity in what you want, be able to express yourself, feel motivated, and explore what positive relationships look like. Have fears, hesitations, confusion and the past been holding you back from contentment in life, career or relationships? Be in the present moment and become more aware of your thoughts. This provides immense relief from fear-based thoughts and gives you clarity, as the mental clutter shifts. This is helpful for all areas of life - career, purpose, relationships, stress, anxiety and so on. Available in ANY location Australia wide via video call.
Hi, I’m Rocco Luppino, Clinical Psychologist & Practice Director at Willow Tree Psychology & Wellbeing. I have worked with children, teens, adults, & older adults across schools, private, and community settings, including the LGBT+ community. I use evidence-based therapies like CBT & Schema Therapy & offer clinical supervision both within our practice and externally. I am committed to creating a warm, inclusive, and welcoming space where you can feel safe and supported. For further information, please call or email our friendly admin team, who are always happy to help, or visit our website to learn more about how we can support you.
Hi, I’m Rocco Luppino, Clinical Psychologist & Practice Director at Willow Tree Psychology & Wellbeing. I have worked with children, teens, adults, & older adults across schools, private, and community settings, including the LGBT+ community. I use evidence-based therapies like CBT & Schema Therapy & offer clinical supervision both within our practice and externally. I am committed to creating a warm, inclusive, and welcoming space where you can feel safe and supported. For further information, please call or email our friendly admin team, who are always happy to help, or visit our website to learn more about how we can support you.
Trauma Informed retreats for women and clinical practice, working with women of all ages, from different backgrounds, beliefs and cultures. Passionate about women self-empowerment. Specialised in fields of HSP and Trauma Work, MiCBT, Mindfulness, Self Compassion, DBT, EMDR, IFS, Art Therapy.
I guide women through self discovery, transformation and healing. Supporting them growing through their wounds, developing self-awareness, uncovering their strengths and creating changes for themselves. Shifts and growth, new perceptions for one's life.
See website for more information and retreats' schedule.
Trauma Informed retreats for women and clinical practice, working with women of all ages, from different backgrounds, beliefs and cultures. Passionate about women self-empowerment. Specialised in fields of HSP and Trauma Work, MiCBT, Mindfulness, Self Compassion, DBT, EMDR, IFS, Art Therapy.
I guide women through self discovery, transformation and healing. Supporting them growing through their wounds, developing self-awareness, uncovering their strengths and creating changes for themselves. Shifts and growth, new perceptions for one's life.
See website for more information and retreats' schedule.
Reaching out for counselling often takes courage. Many people seek support when life feels overwhelming, relationships feel strained, or they find themselves caught in cycles of worry or unhelpful thinking patterns.
I offer a warm, supportive space where you can talk about what’s happening in your life without fear of judgement. Together, we work at your pace to understand thought patterns, emotions, and behaviours, process difficult experiences, and develop practical strategies and tools to help you feel more grounded and confident.
Reaching out for counselling often takes courage. Many people seek support when life feels overwhelming, relationships feel strained, or they find themselves caught in cycles of worry or unhelpful thinking patterns.
I offer a warm, supportive space where you can talk about what’s happening in your life without fear of judgement. Together, we work at your pace to understand thought patterns, emotions, and behaviours, process difficult experiences, and develop practical strategies and tools to help you feel more grounded and confident.
We will explore problem stories and begin to re-author preferred narratives of resistance to abuse and control.
My therapeutic work with clients invites rigorous reflection on self-narratives, stories of self-integrity and change. Every conversation offers both space and time to explore your life and contexts of problems that may be having a powerful influence over your sense of self and your preferred relationships. With 20 years experience in psychological counselling, narrative therapy, supervision and training across private and community settings.
Practice: Principal of Adelaide Narrative Therapy Collective.
We will explore problem stories and begin to re-author preferred narratives of resistance to abuse and control.
My therapeutic work with clients invites rigorous reflection on self-narratives, stories of self-integrity and change. Every conversation offers both space and time to explore your life and contexts of problems that may be having a powerful influence over your sense of self and your preferred relationships. With 20 years experience in psychological counselling, narrative therapy, supervision and training across private and community settings.
Practice: Principal of Adelaide Narrative Therapy Collective.
Self Inquiry Psychotherapy is an invitation to journey within to get to know and understand the inner workings of ourselves. From here we can live more fully and completely, with introspection and self awareness to create our lives authentically.
Jesse provides integrative psychotherapy that is trauma informed, attachment based and incorporates parts work through internal family systems, and somatically aware. Jesse's work is influenced by Janina Fisher, Pat Ogden, Richard Schwartz, Bessel van der Kolk, Ron Kurtz, and Stephen Porges.
Trans and gender diverse people along with all people from LGBTIQA+ communities are welcome.
Self Inquiry Psychotherapy is an invitation to journey within to get to know and understand the inner workings of ourselves. From here we can live more fully and completely, with introspection and self awareness to create our lives authentically.
Jesse provides integrative psychotherapy that is trauma informed, attachment based and incorporates parts work through internal family systems, and somatically aware. Jesse's work is influenced by Janina Fisher, Pat Ogden, Richard Schwartz, Bessel van der Kolk, Ron Kurtz, and Stephen Porges.
Trans and gender diverse people along with all people from LGBTIQA+ communities are welcome.
I provide support in managing client’s current challenges with the goal of building their capacity for positive and sustainable changes that can be implemented into daily life. As an experienced Psychologist working with a variety of people of all ages and from different backgrounds, I use a strengths-based, client-centred, and tailored approach while working collaboratively to build resilience and independence, creating hope for a better future.
I have worked in multiple health care and community settings, following a strong code of ethics, using evidence-based treatment, and understanding and respecting individual differences.
I provide support in managing client’s current challenges with the goal of building their capacity for positive and sustainable changes that can be implemented into daily life. As an experienced Psychologist working with a variety of people of all ages and from different backgrounds, I use a strengths-based, client-centred, and tailored approach while working collaboratively to build resilience and independence, creating hope for a better future.
I have worked in multiple health care and community settings, following a strong code of ethics, using evidence-based treatment, and understanding and respecting individual differences.
I have experience working with a range or presentations including personality diagnosis, addiction, mood, emotional dysregulation, trauma, psychosis, situational distress, interpersonal and attachment difficulties. I work to offer compassionate support to clients aged 12 and above. Helping to provide strategies to manage emotions, work through invalidation, and embrace the strengths of neurodivergence. My goal is to empower you to achieve emotional well-being, foster healthier connections, and create a life worth living.
I have experience working with a range or presentations including personality diagnosis, addiction, mood, emotional dysregulation, trauma, psychosis, situational distress, interpersonal and attachment difficulties. I work to offer compassionate support to clients aged 12 and above. Helping to provide strategies to manage emotions, work through invalidation, and embrace the strengths of neurodivergence. My goal is to empower you to achieve emotional well-being, foster healthier connections, and create a life worth living.
Hi, I’m James. I’m a qualified & Registered counsellor with more than 30-years’ experience in various support, pastoral-care & counselling roles. I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where couples and individuals can explore avenues that can lead to a place of healing and greater success and intimacy in their personal relationships, including family, friends & work colleagues. I offer counselling for Relationships, Marriage, Pre-Marital & teach Communication & Active Listening Skills, 5-love languages, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, and how to find healing and move forward from infidelity.
Hi, I’m James. I’m a qualified & Registered counsellor with more than 30-years’ experience in various support, pastoral-care & counselling roles. I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where couples and individuals can explore avenues that can lead to a place of healing and greater success and intimacy in their personal relationships, including family, friends & work colleagues. I offer counselling for Relationships, Marriage, Pre-Marital & teach Communication & Active Listening Skills, 5-love languages, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, and how to find healing and move forward from infidelity.
I provide a relaxed, confidential space to explore what's creating distress, preventing you from feeling fulfilled or causing difficulties in life & relationships. We explore the impact of life experiences on you, your behaviours & perceptions, your community & your challenges. With this insight, you can then work out what you want in life & how you want to be, giving you choice. Using evidence-based neurobiological and emotion focused, experiential interventions we'll process what’s happening to you, explore your resources & strengths & develop further skills to manage your challenges.
I provide a relaxed, confidential space to explore what's creating distress, preventing you from feeling fulfilled or causing difficulties in life & relationships. We explore the impact of life experiences on you, your behaviours & perceptions, your community & your challenges. With this insight, you can then work out what you want in life & how you want to be, giving you choice. Using evidence-based neurobiological and emotion focused, experiential interventions we'll process what’s happening to you, explore your resources & strengths & develop further skills to manage your challenges.
Working with you to live your best life! Down South Psychology is a home-based practice located in the coastal suburb of Hallett Cove, Adelaide. The practice provides psychological therapy for both adolescents and adults across a number of struggles and difficulties that we face at any given time. These include difficult life events and transitions, anxiety, stress, depression, panic, trauma, and workplace and interpersonal struggles.
Working with you to live your best life! Down South Psychology is a home-based practice located in the coastal suburb of Hallett Cove, Adelaide. The practice provides psychological therapy for both adolescents and adults across a number of struggles and difficulties that we face at any given time. These include difficult life events and transitions, anxiety, stress, depression, panic, trauma, and workplace and interpersonal struggles.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in conflict, or caught in stories about yourself or your relationships that no longer feel true. Perhaps you're a couple wanting to reconnect, a parent seeking support for your child, or an individual trying to make sense of stress, anger, or disconnection. My clients are often looking for a safe space to be heard, to reflect on the meanings they've made, and to explore new ways of being that feel more aligned with who they truly are.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in conflict, or caught in stories about yourself or your relationships that no longer feel true. Perhaps you're a couple wanting to reconnect, a parent seeking support for your child, or an individual trying to make sense of stress, anger, or disconnection. My clients are often looking for a safe space to be heard, to reflect on the meanings they've made, and to explore new ways of being that feel more aligned with who they truly are.
From the outside it may look like you’re coping, yet inside you feel overwhelmed, exhausted or disconnected from yourself. Many women come to see me carrying trauma, burnout, grief or the quiet weight of holding everything together for too long. You are not broken. In our work together we create a calm, respectful space to slow down, untangle what’s been weighing on you and reconnect with your inner fire so you can move forward with greater clarity, confidence and self-trust.
From the outside it may look like you’re coping, yet inside you feel overwhelmed, exhausted or disconnected from yourself. Many women come to see me carrying trauma, burnout, grief or the quiet weight of holding everything together for too long. You are not broken. In our work together we create a calm, respectful space to slow down, untangle what’s been weighing on you and reconnect with your inner fire so you can move forward with greater clarity, confidence and self-trust.
I am a Mental Health Clinician. Within my role, it has become a great passion of mine to work alongside clients to help them identify their own values, qualities and strengths. I also believe in assisting clients through a strengths based perspective to acknowledge their own history and the part it plays within their journey. I provide a space for clients that is safe and judgement free, where they are able to explore said journey and decide the path they would like to take towards their future.
I am a Mental Health Clinician. Within my role, it has become a great passion of mine to work alongside clients to help them identify their own values, qualities and strengths. I also believe in assisting clients through a strengths based perspective to acknowledge their own history and the part it plays within their journey. I provide a space for clients that is safe and judgement free, where they are able to explore said journey and decide the path they would like to take towards their future.
I began working in the early 2000's, supporting individuals impacted by addiction trauma, anxiety, depression, sexual & domestic violence, family separation, grief & financial strain.
I am a Certified Compassionate Inquiry practitioner and experienced psychotherapist specialising in addiction and trauma. With a strong person-centered and holistic approach, I combine various therapeutic techniques to encourage one’s healing and understanding of self. I aim to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to explore all facets of themselves, supporting them to find peace and stability amidst life’s challenges. I can work with you on a range of life's issues and I am deeply committed to creating safety and care within the therapeutic relationship. There is no need to struggle alone.
I began working in the early 2000's, supporting individuals impacted by addiction trauma, anxiety, depression, sexual & domestic violence, family separation, grief & financial strain.
I am a Certified Compassionate Inquiry practitioner and experienced psychotherapist specialising in addiction and trauma. With a strong person-centered and holistic approach, I combine various therapeutic techniques to encourage one’s healing and understanding of self. I aim to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to explore all facets of themselves, supporting them to find peace and stability amidst life’s challenges. I can work with you on a range of life's issues and I am deeply committed to creating safety and care within the therapeutic relationship. There is no need to struggle alone.
Beyond Talk Counselling is focused on helping clients finding healing, clarity and connection within. Whether they feel stuck in a particular area of life and don’t know how to get unstuck, or wanting to work on healing old wounds, recover from trauma, improve their relationships and their ability to move forward in life. To struggle is to be human. But sometimes those struggles become overwhelming and impact people's sense of self, their ability to engage in life and the people around them. At Beyond Talk Counselling I help clients overcome and transform life’s challenges and struggles into opportunities for growth and healing.
Beyond Talk Counselling is focused on helping clients finding healing, clarity and connection within. Whether they feel stuck in a particular area of life and don’t know how to get unstuck, or wanting to work on healing old wounds, recover from trauma, improve their relationships and their ability to move forward in life. To struggle is to be human. But sometimes those struggles become overwhelming and impact people's sense of self, their ability to engage in life and the people around them. At Beyond Talk Counselling I help clients overcome and transform life’s challenges and struggles into opportunities for growth and healing.
Traditional therapy isn't for everyone. Omnetherapy is the first clinic to introduce Active Therapy. Active Therapy is a type of psychotherapy created to occupy the mind while the therapist accesses the deeper mind. We focus on those who have low moods, struggle with confidence, fears and phobias and mental health barriers.
Traditional therapy isn't for everyone. Omnetherapy is the first clinic to introduce Active Therapy. Active Therapy is a type of psychotherapy created to occupy the mind while the therapist accesses the deeper mind. We focus on those who have low moods, struggle with confidence, fears and phobias and mental health barriers.
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Domestic Abuse Therapists
What are the most effective ways to recover from domestic abuse?
Leaving an abusive relationship requires tremendous courage, so survivors in treatment should recognise that they have already completed the most important step. Still, the trauma of physical or emotional abuse can be difficult to process and overcome. Therapy can help survivors process trauma, grief, and difficult emotions, treat relevant mental health symptoms, and create a new framework for boundaries and relationships in the future. For some, support groups can also be an invaluable outlet for healing.
When should an individual seek help for domestic abuse?
Victims of intimate partner violence should seek help immediately. It can take substantial time, planning, energy, and courage to leave an abusive relationship, but starting the process—by seeking therapy, calling the domestic violence hotline, or simply confiding in a loved one—will help them get there. Those who have left abusive relationships but haven’t sought treatment can also greatly benefit from therapy to process and heal from the experience.
What are the consequences of staying in an abusive relationship?
Remaining in an abusive relationship has serious repercussions. In addition to the ongoing threat of physical danger and emotional abuse, research shows that intimate partner violence is associated with a range of mental health disorders including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and substance abuse. Therefore it’s important for individuals in an abusive relationship to seek help as soon as possible.
How can you get domestic abuse treatment for someone else?
It can be very complicated to identify and leave an abusive relationship; barriers include the threat of violence, financial instability, and family pressures. Those concerned about a loved one in an abusive relationship should talk to them about the situation, provide them with resources such as the domestic violence hotline, and introduce the idea of seeing a therapist due to their concern for the person’s safety and well-being.