Yvette Litchfield, PACFA

Yvette Litchfield (PACFA) is a psychotherapist practising in Australia with seven years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, family and relationship difficulties, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She creates a welcoming, non-judgemental space where clients can feel seen and heard while they work towards healing and personal growth.

Yvette draws on a person-centred, trauma-informed approach informed by Client-Centred Therapy principles, which guides her to treat each person as the expert in their own life and to partner collaboratively in the therapeutic process. She is also a registered EMDR therapist and has significant experience assisting people to process and move forward from traumatic events.

Her practice attends to a broad range of concerns including attachment and body image issues, caregiver stress, communication and commitment difficulties, dissociation, family of origin problems, and experiences of domestic violence and abuse. Yvette works with clients to explore patterns, strengthen coping strategies and support meaningful change at a pace that suits each individual. Reaching out is acknowledged as a courageous step, and she aims to empower clients through respectful, empathic care.

Client-Centred and Trauma-Informed Online Care

Yvette works from core Client-Centred Therapy principles, offering a collaborative, empathic approach that places the client at the centre of the work. This approach focuses on listening deeply, reflecting back each person's experience, and supporting clients to access their own resources for growth and change. It is helpful for people facing anxiety, depression, relationship challenges and life transitions.

Alongside person-centred care, Yvette uses trauma-informed ways of working that recognise how past experiences shape current behaviour and emotions. Where appropriate and when the client is ready, she also draws on EMDR-informed techniques to support processing of traumatic memories and reduce their current impact. These approaches aim to be paced to the individual and sensitive to each person's needs.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Yvette treats this as a collaborative exploration. She will work with clients to identify goals, preferences and what feels safest and most useful, adjusting methods as therapy progresses. Online sessions - by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging - make it easier to access therapy from different locations and at flexible times, supporting continuity of care and practical convenience for busy lives.