Guillaume Walters-du Plooy, AHPRA

Guillaume Walters-du Plooy brings more than 15 years of experience in mental health counselling, working with adolescents and adults across a wide age range. He has supported people through trauma, mood and anxiety concerns, behavioural challenges, and life adjustments, drawing on practice across hospital, outpatient and community settings.

His PhD research examined complex and treatment-resistant eating disorders, and he maintains a strong, ongoing interest in helping people with eating and food-related issues. Guillaume also works with addictions, depression and coaching needs, and pays attention to related concerns such as body image, codependency, family and fatherhood issues, and first responder challenges.

Guillaume uses counselling techniques and principles that have a solid research basis while remaining attentive to each person’s individual needs and goals. He treats therapy as a collaborative process, aiming to create a supportive, non-judgemental environment where clients can explore their thoughts, feelings and struggles. His listed credential is AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency), which is provided as part of his professional details.

He offers services in English and Afrikaans and focuses on evidence-informed care tailored to each client’s journey towards growth and change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic therapeutic relationship where the client’s own goals and values guide the work. It helps people who are seeking understanding, increased self-awareness, and support through life transitions or emotional difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, goal-oriented approach that explores links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, problematic behaviours and aspects of eating or addictive issues because it helps people develop new coping strategies and test different ways of responding.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is part of the process and is done collaboratively. Guillaume will work with clients to identify which methods or combination of approaches match their needs, goals and preferences, and will adapt the plan as therapy progresses in partnership with the client.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy schedules, access support from home or work, and maintain continuity of care when in-person appointments are difficult. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists can use these formats to provide effective, accessible support suited to each person’s circumstances.