- Client-Centred Therapy
- Expressive therapies
- Family mediation
About Yvette
Yvette Strawbridge is a PACFA counsellor with 32 years of clinical experience. She works with relationship, family, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and self esteem concerns. Her practice also addresses related matters such as communication problems, infidelity and isolation.
Yvette uses a client-centred approach. That means sessions focus on the person's concerns and priorities, with the therapist responding to what the client brings. She combines talk therapy with expressive methods such as sand tray, art therapy and psychodrama when these help people express themselves more fully.
Her background includes work with blended family issues, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems. She supports people dealing with ageing and geriatric issues, cancer related matters, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the complex emotions that follow major life change.
Yvette has experience supporting people facing gender dysphoria, autism and Asperger syndrome, and clients who struggle with guilt, shame or control issues. She also brings skills in forgiveness work and in addressing loneliness and isolation.
She is an Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and mediator who has worked with children and adolescents after parental separation, including child inclusive mediation. People can expect practical conversation about relationships, everyday coping strategies, and options for communicating more clearly.
To begin, visitors follow the site process to view online therapy options, complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a first session. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.
Client-centred care and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's perspective at the centre of sessions. The therapist listens for what matters most and follows the client's pace, helping people talk through relationship strain, trauma responses or low self esteem in everyday language.Expressive therapy techniques such as sand tray and art therapy are used when talking alone does not feel enough. These methods help people show thoughts and feelings in non-verbal ways and can be useful for processing family conflict, separation impacts or difficult memories.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Yvette will collaborate with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice is reviewed over time so sessions remain relevant and practical.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Therapists and appropriately qualified or registered professionals can adapt techniques like art-based work or focused conversation to an online setting when appropriate.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
32+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Yvette works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues and self esteem. She also supports people with communication problems, infidelity, isolation and related areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Her main approach is client-centred therapy, focusing on the client's priorities and experience. She also uses expressive methods like sand tray, art therapy and psychodrama when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has 32 years of clinical experience working across relationship, family and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with PACFA and practises in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.