Attachment-based Psychologists and Therapists in Kyneton, VIC

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Ethos Psychotherapy
Counsellor, ACA-L2
Kyneton, VIC 3444
Are you experiencing difficulties within yourself or in your relationships? How do you get through life? Do you feel things need to change? I maintain clients' mental health by helping them better understand themselves and their situations so they can find peace, balance and positivity.
Are you experiencing difficulties within yourself or in your relationships? How do you get through life? Do you feel things need to change? I maintain clients' mental health by helping them better understand themselves and their situations so they can find peace, balance and positivity.
(03) 4410 8579 View (03) 4410 8579
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Rene Spence
Counsellor, ACA-L2
Kyneton, VIC 3444
My work is collaborative and tailored, drawing on attachment-based and evidence-based approaches, including the Gottman Method for couples.
I work with adults, couples, and adolescents who find themselves caught in familiar patterns in relationships, in their sense of self, or in the quiet feeling that something isn’t quite working. Whether you come alone or together, counselling offers a space to slow things down, reflect, and begin to understand what may be unfolding beneath the surface. Often, people arrive with a sense of repetition; the same tensions in relationships, the same doubts about self-worth, or a lingering question about where life is heading. My approach is thoughtful, evidence-based, and collaborative, shaped around the session as it unfolds.
My work is collaborative and tailored, drawing on attachment-based and evidence-based approaches, including the Gottman Method for couples.
I work with adults, couples, and adolescents who find themselves caught in familiar patterns in relationships, in their sense of self, or in the quiet feeling that something isn’t quite working. Whether you come alone or together, counselling offers a space to slow things down, reflect, and begin to understand what may be unfolding beneath the surface. Often, people arrive with a sense of repetition; the same tensions in relationships, the same doubts about self-worth, or a lingering question about where life is heading. My approach is thoughtful, evidence-based, and collaborative, shaped around the session as it unfolds.
(03) 4427 7138 View (03) 4427 7138
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Benita Joy Murray
Counsellor, PACFA
1 Endorsed
Kyneton, VIC 3444
My clients are people who are struggling with everyday life situations that have become an issue mentally and need help to begin to unpack these overwhelming thoughts. Your goal is to organise your thoughts, to ease the chatter and feel capable of handling them. I am looking forward in meeting with you.
My clients are people who are struggling with everyday life situations that have become an issue mentally and need help to begin to unpack these overwhelming thoughts. Your goal is to organise your thoughts, to ease the chatter and feel capable of handling them. I am looking forward in meeting with you.
(03) 4427 7646 View (03) 4427 7646
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Sebastian Kitchen
Psychotherapist, PACFA
Kyneton, VIC 3444
My name is Seb & I'm an Integrative Psychotherapist working somatically with clients in Bendigo & Kyneton. For me, Psychotherapy is the science and art of creating transformative change by using the healing power of relationships that are grounded in safety and trust. The motivation for change might be prompted by a loss, a crisis or a need to fix specific problems, yet it often ends up with stepping into a deeper, more connected sense of self, responsibility, love & freedom. Thus, Psychotherapy is a place to accept and come to terms with how our experiences and stories have shaped us into who we are, and how we live and love.
My name is Seb & I'm an Integrative Psychotherapist working somatically with clients in Bendigo & Kyneton. For me, Psychotherapy is the science and art of creating transformative change by using the healing power of relationships that are grounded in safety and trust. The motivation for change might be prompted by a loss, a crisis or a need to fix specific problems, yet it often ends up with stepping into a deeper, more connected sense of self, responsibility, love & freedom. Thus, Psychotherapy is a place to accept and come to terms with how our experiences and stories have shaped us into who we are, and how we live and love.
(03) 4420 3637 View (03) 4420 3637
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Tamera Broughton- EMDR Immersives
Social Worker, AMHSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
My approach is trauma-informed and evidence-based, blending EMDR with attachment-based, somatic and ego-state therapy.
Hi, I'm Tamera, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Accredited EMDR therapist, and co-founder of Centre Self Collective, with locations in Brunswick and Daylesford. If you've been carrying trauma, anxiety, or relational pain for a long time and feel like weekly therapy isn't moving the needle fast enough, you might be ready for something different.
My approach is trauma-informed and evidence-based, blending EMDR with attachment-based, somatic and ego-state therapy.
Hi, I'm Tamera, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Accredited EMDR therapist, and co-founder of Centre Self Collective, with locations in Brunswick and Daylesford. If you've been carrying trauma, anxiety, or relational pain for a long time and feel like weekly therapy isn't moving the needle fast enough, you might be ready for something different.
(03) 4420 3660 View (03) 4420 3660
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Ru Connolly
Psychotherapist, ACA-L2
Online Only
I’m Ru, an Integrative Psychotherapist. Psychotherapy supports both the processing of distressing experiences and the development of self-actualisation and insight. My approach is grounded in attachment and developmental perspectives, as well as systems and psychodynamic theories. I am guided by trauma-informed principles and use somatic practices. I work extensively with personality disorders and CPTSD.
I’m Ru, an Integrative Psychotherapist. Psychotherapy supports both the processing of distressing experiences and the development of self-actualisation and insight. My approach is grounded in attachment and developmental perspectives, as well as systems and psychodynamic theories. I am guided by trauma-informed principles and use somatic practices. I work extensively with personality disorders and CPTSD.
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Storge Family Therapy
Psychotherapist, MA, AAFT
Serves Area
I work with parents, families, individuals, and couples, who feel overwhelmed by life’s challenges and want to make sense of their experiences. Many of my clients are parents navigating the complex world of parenting, or women and men managing the weight of transitions, expectations, or the impact of trauma within family life.
I work with parents, families, individuals, and couples, who feel overwhelmed by life’s challenges and want to make sense of their experiences. Many of my clients are parents navigating the complex world of parenting, or women and men managing the weight of transitions, expectations, or the impact of trauma within family life.
(03) 4427 9580 View (03) 4427 9580
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Clàudia Paretilla Guardi
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Serves Area
You may benefit from working with me if you’re seeking somebody to walk alongside you to help you reach a deeper and richer understanding of yourself. My work is suited to people who are ready to actively engage in personal growth and want to build insight, self-awareness, reconnect with what matters most, live more in line with your values or be the best version of yourself. If past experiences continue to hold you back, or you’re wanting to be kinder and feel more grounded, resilient, and connected to yourself, others, and life, this approach may be a good fit for you.
You may benefit from working with me if you’re seeking somebody to walk alongside you to help you reach a deeper and richer understanding of yourself. My work is suited to people who are ready to actively engage in personal growth and want to build insight, self-awareness, reconnect with what matters most, live more in line with your values or be the best version of yourself. If past experiences continue to hold you back, or you’re wanting to be kinder and feel more grounded, resilient, and connected to yourself, others, and life, this approach may be a good fit for you.
(03) 4421 6686 View (03) 4421 6686
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Tony O'Loughlin
Psychotherapist, PACFA
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
You don't have to keep carrying it alone. Maybe anxiety has been with you so long it feels normal — the racing thoughts, the tight chest, the sense that something's always about to go wrong. Maybe trauma has left you disconnected from yourself or the people you love. Or life has shifted in ways you didn't expect, and you're not sure who you are anymore. Whether you're an individual, a couple, or a teen navigating something hard — this is a space where you can breathe, be seen, and start to heal.
You don't have to keep carrying it alone. Maybe anxiety has been with you so long it feels normal — the racing thoughts, the tight chest, the sense that something's always about to go wrong. Maybe trauma has left you disconnected from yourself or the people you love. Or life has shifted in ways you didn't expect, and you're not sure who you are anymore. Whether you're an individual, a couple, or a teen navigating something hard — this is a space where you can breathe, be seen, and start to heal.
(02) 5849 6468 View (02) 5849 6468
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Helen Fraser
Psychologist, MAPS
Online Only
As a psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience, I focus on helping individuals and couples navigate the challenging terrain of relational trauma, abuse recovery, and relationship transformation. My approach integrates deep psychological work with practical strategies for healing and growth, drawing upon psychoanalytic understanding, EMDR trauma processing, dream analysis, and body-based awareness. Relational trauma can emerge from various experiences, including narcissistic abuse, family estrangement, workplace psychological abuse, and toxic relationship patterns. These experiences often leave deep emotional wounds.
As a psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience, I focus on helping individuals and couples navigate the challenging terrain of relational trauma, abuse recovery, and relationship transformation. My approach integrates deep psychological work with practical strategies for healing and growth, drawing upon psychoanalytic understanding, EMDR trauma processing, dream analysis, and body-based awareness. Relational trauma can emerge from various experiences, including narcissistic abuse, family estrangement, workplace psychological abuse, and toxic relationship patterns. These experiences often leave deep emotional wounds.
(03) 8595 5347 View (03) 8595 5347
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Marie Mirbach
Psychotherapist, ACA-L2
Serves Area
Hi there, I’m Marie and I love creating spaces for people to realise the patterns of their own minds and work towards feeling more alive and connected. As an integrative psychotherapist I work with couples and individuals in a way that honours your uniqueness as well as recognises the circumstances shaping your life. My approach is warm, inquisitive and creative and above all else I value collaborating with you to ensure we are creating processes that let you feel safe, inspired and closer to your most authentic and empowered self. I specialise in eating disorders, ASD, gender/identity and relationship problems.
Hi there, I’m Marie and I love creating spaces for people to realise the patterns of their own minds and work towards feeling more alive and connected. As an integrative psychotherapist I work with couples and individuals in a way that honours your uniqueness as well as recognises the circumstances shaping your life. My approach is warm, inquisitive and creative and above all else I value collaborating with you to ensure we are creating processes that let you feel safe, inspired and closer to your most authentic and empowered self. I specialise in eating disorders, ASD, gender/identity and relationship problems.
(03) 4420 9044 View (03) 4420 9044
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Fantastic Therapy
Psychotherapist, MA
Serves Area
Your mental health is key to living the life you want for yourself. If you are experiencing burnout, feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or experiencing a depressed mood, I can help. I can help you address your anxiety and help you to feel more connected to yourself and more connected in your relationships. I can help you with life transitions and help find solutions to your challenges. Working together we can get the sustainable results you seek.
Your mental health is key to living the life you want for yourself. If you are experiencing burnout, feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or experiencing a depressed mood, I can help. I can help you address your anxiety and help you to feel more connected to yourself and more connected in your relationships. I can help you with life transitions and help find solutions to your challenges. Working together we can get the sustainable results you seek.
(03) 4422 2422 View (03) 4422 2422
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Priya Kaul
Social Worker, MA, AMHSW
Serves Area
I’m a warm, experienced therapist with over 20 years of practice grounded in trauma-informed, neuroscience-based care. I work gently and deeply, supporting clients to feel safer in their bodies, more regulated in their nervous systems, and more connected to who they truly are. I specialise in complex trauma and attachment repair, offering a calm, attuned presence that helps shift long-held patterns and reclaim inner clarity, confidence, and ease.
I’m a warm, experienced therapist with over 20 years of practice grounded in trauma-informed, neuroscience-based care. I work gently and deeply, supporting clients to feel safer in their bodies, more regulated in their nervous systems, and more connected to who they truly are. I specialise in complex trauma and attachment repair, offering a calm, attuned presence that helps shift long-held patterns and reclaim inner clarity, confidence, and ease.
(03) 4427 7563 View (03) 4427 7563
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Care For Your Mind
Psychotherapist, MA, PACFA
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
At Care For Your Mind we care about connection and understand the driver of lasting change is determined by the strength of the therapeutic relationship. Care For Your Mind is a private practice located in Central Victoria in two locations; Bendigo and Castlemaine providing counselling and psychological assessments to adults, young people, children and their families. We work with a range of mental health presentations.
At Care For Your Mind we care about connection and understand the driver of lasting change is determined by the strength of the therapeutic relationship. Care For Your Mind is a private practice located in Central Victoria in two locations; Bendigo and Castlemaine providing counselling and psychological assessments to adults, young people, children and their families. We work with a range of mental health presentations.
(03) 4422 2180 View (03) 4422 2180
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Streatfeild & Co Psychology
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Welcome to Streatfeild & Co Psychology. We offer face to face appointments from our Macedon Ranges office and national Telehealth services. We support children, young people, families, couples, and adults across the lifespan for mental health, disability and neurodiverse assessment and intervention. Streatfeild & Co Psychology has Provisional, Registered, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, MH Social Worker and Child & Family Therapist. Fees for hourly services range from $105 to $260. We are accrediated to provide services with most funding bodies.
Welcome to Streatfeild & Co Psychology. We offer face to face appointments from our Macedon Ranges office and national Telehealth services. We support children, young people, families, couples, and adults across the lifespan for mental health, disability and neurodiverse assessment and intervention. Streatfeild & Co Psychology has Provisional, Registered, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, MH Social Worker and Child & Family Therapist. Fees for hourly services range from $105 to $260. We are accrediated to provide services with most funding bodies.
(03) 9021 1490 View (03) 9021 1490
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Terry Gaechter
Social Worker
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
I come to the therapeutic space with a deep curiosity about life and the people I meet there, their stories, their lives, their relationships with others and most importantly with themselves. I join with you and guide you to discover the more hidden parts of yourself that you haven’t yet explored or have only touched on. Perhaps there’s a difficult or recurring issue from your personal or professional life that you would like to address. It could be grief, loss, depression, anxiety, addiction, dissociation, historical or current trauma, life transition, identity or relationship issues, or even existential questions and concerns.
I come to the therapeutic space with a deep curiosity about life and the people I meet there, their stories, their lives, their relationships with others and most importantly with themselves. I join with you and guide you to discover the more hidden parts of yourself that you haven’t yet explored or have only touched on. Perhaps there’s a difficult or recurring issue from your personal or professional life that you would like to address. It could be grief, loss, depression, anxiety, addiction, dissociation, historical or current trauma, life transition, identity or relationship issues, or even existential questions and concerns.
(07) 4520 6046 View (07) 4520 6046

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M Heywood-Lane
Social Worker, AMHSW
Serves Area
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with a Master of Social Work, Master in Counselling and Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology and have been running a successful practice since 2002. I look to ensure a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship putting people at ease and providing a safe non-judgmental environment. I work with people registered with NDIS, DVA, Work Safe, GP Referral and Self Referral. I do not charge a gap for people with social services cards. I am skilled in several psychological frameworks including CBT, DBT and EFT (tapping).
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with a Master of Social Work, Master in Counselling and Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology and have been running a successful practice since 2002. I look to ensure a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship putting people at ease and providing a safe non-judgmental environment. I work with people registered with NDIS, DVA, Work Safe, GP Referral and Self Referral. I do not charge a gap for people with social services cards. I am skilled in several psychological frameworks including CBT, DBT and EFT (tapping).
(03) 4328 3936 View (03) 4328 3936
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Kim Revell
Social Worker, AMHSW
Serves Area
Are you feeling that talk therapies aren’t quite getting to the heart of the problem? Are you or your kids experiencing big emotions that appear out of nowhere and can’t quite be explained by words? Do your kids need help, but encouraging them to attend sessions has turned into a weekly carpark battle? Do you want a therapist who can work creatively with your family rather than answering questions like a textbook? Do you wish therapy could just simply feel easier?
Are you feeling that talk therapies aren’t quite getting to the heart of the problem? Are you or your kids experiencing big emotions that appear out of nowhere and can’t quite be explained by words? Do your kids need help, but encouraging them to attend sessions has turned into a weekly carpark battle? Do you want a therapist who can work creatively with your family rather than answering questions like a textbook? Do you wish therapy could just simply feel easier?
(03) 4320 5120 View (03) 4320 5120
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Christine Davies
Counsellor
Serves Area
EMDR Therapy - Nueroaffirming - Trauma-informed - LGBTQIA+ Safe Space. Christine (MCounsPsych) supports anxious, burnt-out professionals to understand and overcome their blocks to wellbeing. Christine works holistically to address root causes of your challenges by weaving together her grounding in psychological science and counselling with other modalities, thereby expanding treatment options & allowing them to be tailored to the individual. She creates a safe and compassionate space where clients feel they are a person beyond their symptoms.
EMDR Therapy - Nueroaffirming - Trauma-informed - LGBTQIA+ Safe Space. Christine (MCounsPsych) supports anxious, burnt-out professionals to understand and overcome their blocks to wellbeing. Christine works holistically to address root causes of your challenges by weaving together her grounding in psychological science and counselling with other modalities, thereby expanding treatment options & allowing them to be tailored to the individual. She creates a safe and compassionate space where clients feel they are a person beyond their symptoms.
(03) 4320 5110 View (03) 4320 5110
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Monument Counselling Kilmore
Counsellor, ACA-L2
Serves Area
At Monument Counselling Kilmore we provide individualised counselling support to adults and children experiencing lifes challenges. Our practice is led by principal counsellor Demi Bereza who specialises in trauma support, as well as stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. We want you to achieve your wellbeing goals and understand the importance of support that meets your needs. In your first session our priority is to make you feel comfortable with your counsellor, and build therapeutic goals. Future sessions will implement meaningful strategies. We aim to provide 'take aways' so you can build your growth.
At Monument Counselling Kilmore we provide individualised counselling support to adults and children experiencing lifes challenges. Our practice is led by principal counsellor Demi Bereza who specialises in trauma support, as well as stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. We want you to achieve your wellbeing goals and understand the importance of support that meets your needs. In your first session our priority is to make you feel comfortable with your counsellor, and build therapeutic goals. Future sessions will implement meaningful strategies. We aim to provide 'take aways' so you can build your growth.
(03) 4421 6682 View (03) 4421 6682
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.