Francisca Norma Pereira Martins, ACA

Francisca Norma Pereira Martins is an ACA credentialed counsellor based in Australia with nine years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, anger and major life transitions. She works directly with women, couples and children, bringing a strengths-focused perspective that helps clients recognise the resources they already have to manage difficult situations and move forward.

Her practice emphasises client-centred care, encouraging clients to lead the work while she offers guidance that promotes resilience, behaviour change and clearer decision-making. Francisca draws on practical strategies to help people cope with loss, repair communication, address workplace issues and navigate caregiver stress, control issues, guilt and shame. She prioritises empowering clients to set achievable goals and to use their strengths to improve everyday wellbeing.

Francisca also incorporates solution-focused techniques to identify realistic next steps and cognitive behavioural strategies to challenge unhelpful patterns of thought and behaviour. She aims to create a supportive space where clients are heard and encouraged to explore forgiveness, self-love and life purpose as part of their healing and growth journey.

Francisca offers counselling in English and Portuguese and works collaboratively with each person to tailor an approach that suits their needs and goals.