Yvette Strawbridge, PACFA

Yvette Strawbridge is a highly experienced clinical counsellor and psychotherapist who works with individuals, couples and families using a holistic, client-centred lens. She combines a biopsychosocial perspective with solution-focused brief therapy to address emotional, relational and life-stage challenges, and she places emphasis on the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit in therapeutic work.

Her practice incorporates traditional talk therapy alongside expressive modalities such as sand tray, art therapy and psychodrama, offering multiple ways for clients to explore feelings, memories and interpersonal patterns. Yvette also supports people through relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy and self-esteem issues, and a broad range of other concerns including ageing and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family matters, cancer-related adjustment, grief and end-of-life counselling.

As an Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and mediator, she works with children and adolescents experiencing difficulties after parental separation and offers child inclusive mediation when appropriate. Her listed credential includes PACFA, the national federation for counselling and psychotherapy in Australia, which is presented here as supplied. Yvette practises in Australia and draws on three decades of experience to tailor care to each client and family she supports.

Client-centred and Solution-focused Care Online

Yvette draws on client-centred therapy, an approach that prioritises the client’s own experience and strengths. In practice this means the therapist listens with empathy, supports the client’s self-directed exploration and helps build insight and self-compassion - an approach well suited to relationship difficulties, self-esteem struggles and issues around intimacy.

She also uses solution-focused brief therapy, which concentrates on identifying practical steps and small changes that move a person toward their goals. This method can help clients who want targeted, short-term support for specific problems such as communication issues, family disputes or managing transitions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Yvette works with clients to assess needs, preferences and goals and will adapt methods or combine techniques to suit each person. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists often tailor plans as a relationship develops to ensure the best fit.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy lives and for people in different locations within Australia. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions around other commitments and choose the communication style that feels most accessible.