Women's Issues Psychologists and Therapists in Northcote, VIC
Your well-being is my priority and I am dedicated to creating a safe and nurturing environment where you can explore your feelings, thoughts and experiences without judgement. I understand that seeking counselling is a deeply personal decision and I respect and honour the trust you place in me by providing compassionate support tailored to your personal needs. I work primarily with adult women navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, self-esteem challenges, relationship difficulties, grief, and life transitions. I also support adolescents (12+) through to older adults.
Your well-being is my priority and I am dedicated to creating a safe and nurturing environment where you can explore your feelings, thoughts and experiences without judgement. I understand that seeking counselling is a deeply personal decision and I respect and honour the trust you place in me by providing compassionate support tailored to your personal needs. I work primarily with adult women navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, self-esteem challenges, relationship difficulties, grief, and life transitions. I also support adolescents (12+) through to older adults.
We offer affirming, trauma-informed support for ADHD, autism, AuDHD, late-diagnosed, queer, trans and genderfluid people. We’re Indigenous, LGBTIQA+ owned and operated. Many clients come to us seeking relief from anxiety, depression, trauma, overwhelm, masking fatigue, emotional regulation challenges, and identity exploration. We understand how the body communicates stress and truth, and we help you reconnect with safety, awareness, and authenticity. In-person in Melbourne or online Australia-wide.
We offer affirming, trauma-informed support for ADHD, autism, AuDHD, late-diagnosed, queer, trans and genderfluid people. We’re Indigenous, LGBTIQA+ owned and operated. Many clients come to us seeking relief from anxiety, depression, trauma, overwhelm, masking fatigue, emotional regulation challenges, and identity exploration. We understand how the body communicates stress and truth, and we help you reconnect with safety, awareness, and authenticity. In-person in Melbourne or online Australia-wide.
Hi! I'm a Holistic Counsellor, Sound Healing Practitioner and Nutrition, Health & Wellness Coach. I work with women and specialise in mind-body holistic wellbeing. My approach blends Psychology, Spirituality and Wellness with a social justice and systems lens. My gentle and relaxed approach assists you to understand the root cause of personal challenges through increasing awareness, compassion, connection and prioritising stress management & self-care.
Hi! I'm a Holistic Counsellor, Sound Healing Practitioner and Nutrition, Health & Wellness Coach. I work with women and specialise in mind-body holistic wellbeing. My approach blends Psychology, Spirituality and Wellness with a social justice and systems lens. My gentle and relaxed approach assists you to understand the root cause of personal challenges through increasing awareness, compassion, connection and prioritising stress management & self-care.
I utilise a person-centred approach to help clients adjust to and cope with difficulties that are arising in their life. I believe you are the expert on your own life and I enjoy collaborating with clients to evoke meaningful change. I can assist clients who are experiencing: stress, anxiety, depression, women's health issues (coping with endometriosis, fibroids, fertility and other reproductive health concerns), life transitions, grief and loss, addiction and substance use issues, and relationship concerns.
I utilise a person-centred approach to help clients adjust to and cope with difficulties that are arising in their life. I believe you are the expert on your own life and I enjoy collaborating with clients to evoke meaningful change. I can assist clients who are experiencing: stress, anxiety, depression, women's health issues (coping with endometriosis, fibroids, fertility and other reproductive health concerns), life transitions, grief and loss, addiction and substance use issues, and relationship concerns.
Our intimate relationships and the bonds we build with each other are an integral part of our physical and psychological wellbeing. Kyra offers an inclusive therapeutic service to both individuals and couples, looking to strengthen their relationships.
Our intimate relationships and the bonds we build with each other are an integral part of our physical and psychological wellbeing. Kyra offers an inclusive therapeutic service to both individuals and couples, looking to strengthen their relationships.
Stina is a registered counsellor, certified somatic therapist, IFS-trained and trauma-informed, and yoga and mindfulness teacher.
With over a decade of experience in mental health and community services, Stina offers a grounded, integrative approach to counselling that honours the complexity of the human experience. She draws on somatic therapy, IFS, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to support healing and growth. Sessions may include mindfulness, grounding, or guided visualisation—offered gently and with consent. Stina believes healing is not about fixing what is broken, but rediscovering what is already whole.
Stina is a registered counsellor, certified somatic therapist, IFS-trained and trauma-informed, and yoga and mindfulness teacher.
With over a decade of experience in mental health and community services, Stina offers a grounded, integrative approach to counselling that honours the complexity of the human experience. She draws on somatic therapy, IFS, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to support healing and growth. Sessions may include mindfulness, grounding, or guided visualisation—offered gently and with consent. Stina believes healing is not about fixing what is broken, but rediscovering what is already whole.
My ideal clients are adults and couples who feel overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or are struggling to cope with life's challenges. They often seek support for anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, self-esteem concerns, pregnancy and postpartum adjustments, or major life transitions. At A Drop in Emotion Counselling, I provide a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental space where clients can feel heard and understood. Together, we explore what's keeping them stuck, develop practical coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and build confidence so they can move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and emot
My ideal clients are adults and couples who feel overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or are struggling to cope with life's challenges. They often seek support for anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, self-esteem concerns, pregnancy and postpartum adjustments, or major life transitions. At A Drop in Emotion Counselling, I provide a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental space where clients can feel heard and understood. Together, we explore what's keeping them stuck, develop practical coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and build confidence so they can move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and emot
Sherridan is a Gestalt therapist and EMDR practitioner. Her personal style is attentive, compassionate, and supportive. You will experience being listened to and responded to with curiosity and authenticity. She provides a safe and welcoming space for you to explore your deepest concerns, leading to deep healing. Sherridan supports individuals and couples on journeys of self-discovery through understanding vital areas of their lives, including emotional development, identity, responses to the world, awareness, process of enquiry, living skills, and capacity for self-responsibility.
Sherridan is socially progressive and inclusive.
Sherridan is a Gestalt therapist and EMDR practitioner. Her personal style is attentive, compassionate, and supportive. You will experience being listened to and responded to with curiosity and authenticity. She provides a safe and welcoming space for you to explore your deepest concerns, leading to deep healing. Sherridan supports individuals and couples on journeys of self-discovery through understanding vital areas of their lives, including emotional development, identity, responses to the world, awareness, process of enquiry, living skills, and capacity for self-responsibility.
Sherridan is socially progressive and inclusive.
Hi, I am Cristina and I’m an ACA-accredited Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist offering warm, compassionate, and trauma-informed support to adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, or life transitions. I work holistically, integrating body and mind to foster healing, self-awareness, and lasting change. I’m both Australian and Spanish, and fluent in English and Spanish. I welcome people from all cultural backgrounds, including the LGBTIQ+ community, and offer an inclusive, safe space where you can feel deeply supported. WorkSafe/WorkCover also available.
Hi, I am Cristina and I’m an ACA-accredited Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist offering warm, compassionate, and trauma-informed support to adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, or life transitions. I work holistically, integrating body and mind to foster healing, self-awareness, and lasting change. I’m both Australian and Spanish, and fluent in English and Spanish. I welcome people from all cultural backgrounds, including the LGBTIQ+ community, and offer an inclusive, safe space where you can feel deeply supported. WorkSafe/WorkCover also available.
Do you feel like you've been living in ways that looked right from the outside, but felt misaligned from within? Whether you're navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship stress, or a deeper question of identity and authenticity, you don't have to keep pushing through alone.
I'm Sally, a Melbourne-based counsellor with a Masters in Counselling and ACA Level 2 registration. I specialise in anxiety and burnout, relationship stress, identity and authenticity, and late-diagnosed ADHD and neurodivergence.
I offer a warm, evidence-informed space - non-pathologising, collaborative, and entirely on your terms.
Do you feel like you've been living in ways that looked right from the outside, but felt misaligned from within? Whether you're navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship stress, or a deeper question of identity and authenticity, you don't have to keep pushing through alone.
I'm Sally, a Melbourne-based counsellor with a Masters in Counselling and ACA Level 2 registration. I specialise in anxiety and burnout, relationship stress, identity and authenticity, and late-diagnosed ADHD and neurodivergence.
I offer a warm, evidence-informed space - non-pathologising, collaborative, and entirely on your terms.
At the heart of Chaille's practice is a deep commitment to the needs of her clients. She is dedicated to empowering individuals to work toward facing their challenges and to live more fulfilling lives. If someone thinks they might be a good fit, Chaille welcomes the opportunity to connect and discuss how she can support them. In addition to in-person sessions Chaille offers online therapy. Telehealth provides flexibility and accessibility for clients who may be more comfortable in their own environment or for those who the demands of their day to day lives mean they put off prioritising themselves.
At the heart of Chaille's practice is a deep commitment to the needs of her clients. She is dedicated to empowering individuals to work toward facing their challenges and to live more fulfilling lives. If someone thinks they might be a good fit, Chaille welcomes the opportunity to connect and discuss how she can support them. In addition to in-person sessions Chaille offers online therapy. Telehealth provides flexibility and accessibility for clients who may be more comfortable in their own environment or for those who the demands of their day to day lives mean they put off prioritising themselves.
Joelle Jean-Louis @ First Tuesday Counselling
Psychotherapist, MA, ACA-L2
2 Endorsed
Northcote, VIC 3070
Hello, and welcome. Taking this first step isn’t always easy, so it’s worth acknowledging that you’re already doing something important by being here. I’m Joëlle. I work with adults and young people (12 years +) across life stages and experiences, and welcome people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and identities. My experience includes roles in private clinics, secondary schools, and community settings. I see clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodivergence, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, and the lasting impacts of childhood and complex trauma.
Hello, and welcome. Taking this first step isn’t always easy, so it’s worth acknowledging that you’re already doing something important by being here. I’m Joëlle. I work with adults and young people (12 years +) across life stages and experiences, and welcome people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and identities. My experience includes roles in private clinics, secondary schools, and community settings. I see clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodivergence, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, and the lasting impacts of childhood and complex trauma.
Anxiety, low mood, finding it hard to cope – Life can feel stressful! Life Story Psychology provides a place to better understand what’s going on for you. It’s a space to explore how our current experiences link to earlier life circumstances, our attachment and relationship experiences, possible traumas, and sense of self and self-worth. By exploring our values, our primary needs, emotional experiences and general coping, we discover our true selves, become more aware of how we function and how to nurture our body and our mind - to heal, to learn, to find contentment.
Anxiety, low mood, finding it hard to cope – Life can feel stressful! Life Story Psychology provides a place to better understand what’s going on for you. It’s a space to explore how our current experiences link to earlier life circumstances, our attachment and relationship experiences, possible traumas, and sense of self and self-worth. By exploring our values, our primary needs, emotional experiences and general coping, we discover our true selves, become more aware of how we function and how to nurture our body and our mind - to heal, to learn, to find contentment.
I am a clinical psychologist and supervisor with a collaborative and warm approach. I have 10 years of experience and specialise in support around depression, anxiety, eating and body-image related issues, women's health and LGBTQIA+ clients (including young people exploring gender identity), and also work with many adults, adolescents and some children (6+) on other common mental health and life-related issues (e.g. attachment, trauma, OCD, stress, alcohol use). I also provide supervision for emerging and established therapists, and appts in German and Finnish for clients wanting to work in their mother tongue.
I am a clinical psychologist and supervisor with a collaborative and warm approach. I have 10 years of experience and specialise in support around depression, anxiety, eating and body-image related issues, women's health and LGBTQIA+ clients (including young people exploring gender identity), and also work with many adults, adolescents and some children (6+) on other common mental health and life-related issues (e.g. attachment, trauma, OCD, stress, alcohol use). I also provide supervision for emerging and established therapists, and appts in German and Finnish for clients wanting to work in their mother tongue.
I welcome working with families, couples and adults who feel stuck in recurring patterns, disconnected from themselves, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or longing for something more meaningful. They may be struggling with anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, life transitions, or a sense that they've lost touch with who they truly are. I provide a warm, reflective space to explore emotions, relationships, and the deeper forces shaping your experience. Together, we cultivate insight, self-compassion, and lasting change, helping you feel more authentic, connected, and fulfilled.
I welcome working with families, couples and adults who feel stuck in recurring patterns, disconnected from themselves, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or longing for something more meaningful. They may be struggling with anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, life transitions, or a sense that they've lost touch with who they truly are. I provide a warm, reflective space to explore emotions, relationships, and the deeper forces shaping your experience. Together, we cultivate insight, self-compassion, and lasting change, helping you feel more authentic, connected, and fulfilled.
Bell Integral Therapy offers warm, collaborative and evidence-based counselling and psychotherapy for adults seeking meaningful and lasting change.
Founded by Allison Bell (MSW), the practice integrates contemporary neuroscience, trauma-informed interpersonal psychotherapy, somatic and nervous system-based approaches, mindfulness and attachment theory to help clients better understand themselves, navigate life's challenges, and build richer, more connected and purposeful lives.
Bell Integral Therapy offers warm, collaborative and evidence-based counselling and psychotherapy for adults seeking meaningful and lasting change.
Founded by Allison Bell (MSW), the practice integrates contemporary neuroscience, trauma-informed interpersonal psychotherapy, somatic and nervous system-based approaches, mindfulness and attachment theory to help clients better understand themselves, navigate life's challenges, and build richer, more connected and purposeful lives.
Working with me is a collaborative process, oriented by curiosity, acceptance and choice. Sessions provide opportunity to rekindle awareness for what you most need and want, build trust in your wisest impulses, and reconnect with ways of living that disrupt harm, promote healing and support ease of being.
Working with me is a collaborative process, oriented by curiosity, acceptance and choice. Sessions provide opportunity to rekindle awareness for what you most need and want, build trust in your wisest impulses, and reconnect with ways of living that disrupt harm, promote healing and support ease of being.
Karen works with adolescents, adults & couples. She has a particular interest in anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, grief, life transitions, & communication and relationships. In her confidential counselling space she helps clarify issues, identify goals, & explores thinking, emotions, and behaviour that may be getting us a little stuck. Karen provides a warm, authentic counselling space that will support you in sharing your story, in creating your own meaning, and in building your own strategies to navigate your identified concerns.
Karen works with adolescents, adults & couples. She has a particular interest in anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, grief, life transitions, & communication and relationships. In her confidential counselling space she helps clarify issues, identify goals, & explores thinking, emotions, and behaviour that may be getting us a little stuck. Karen provides a warm, authentic counselling space that will support you in sharing your story, in creating your own meaning, and in building your own strategies to navigate your identified concerns.
You’ve had symptom relief, but your struggles still persist.
Hi, I'm Jackie, a Mental Health Social Worker and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist in Brunswick East.
My psychodynamic approach builds your mental health management strategies, while supporting you to understand how your past experiences, patterns and emotions may influence you now.
I bring empathy, curiosity and connection, developing trust and understanding over time.
I maintain a reliable and continuous practice, with breaks around each school holidays.
Weekly therapy can help you feel safe, held, seen and heard, creating capacity to live life in your way.
You’ve had symptom relief, but your struggles still persist.
Hi, I'm Jackie, a Mental Health Social Worker and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist in Brunswick East.
My psychodynamic approach builds your mental health management strategies, while supporting you to understand how your past experiences, patterns and emotions may influence you now.
I bring empathy, curiosity and connection, developing trust and understanding over time.
I maintain a reliable and continuous practice, with breaks around each school holidays.
Weekly therapy can help you feel safe, held, seen and heard, creating capacity to live life in your way.
Andrea Larkins Clinical & Counselling
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Hi I’m Andrea an experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologist. Do any of the following resonate with you? You’ve lost the happy moments you used to have in your life. You’ve lost a sense of meaning in your life. You feel yourself sinking into increasingly negative feelings and worries. You wake up feeling extremely sad but don't know why. You’re scared your relationship isn’t going to work out. You struggle to get along with your partner, parent or other people in your life. You keep telling yourself to get over the past but finding you can’t. Or you’re not exactly sure what the problem is but you are feeling lost and alone.
Hi I’m Andrea an experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologist. Do any of the following resonate with you? You’ve lost the happy moments you used to have in your life. You’ve lost a sense of meaning in your life. You feel yourself sinking into increasingly negative feelings and worries. You wake up feeling extremely sad but don't know why. You’re scared your relationship isn’t going to work out. You struggle to get along with your partner, parent or other people in your life. You keep telling yourself to get over the past but finding you can’t. Or you’re not exactly sure what the problem is but you are feeling lost and alone.
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Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realised.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.