About Candyce
Candyce Linington welcomes people feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to start. She writes simply and listens carefully, helping clients take small steps toward clarity. Candyce is a PACFA counsellor with five years of practice in Australia and a lived history that informs her work.
Candyce trained with a Master of Counselling, a Graduate Certificate in Addictive Behaviours, a Bachelor of Counselling and Psychotherapy, and an Advanced Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling.
How Candyce works
Those qualifications guide practical conversations rather than dictate them. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and move at a pace that feels manageable. Her work often centres on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression and grief.
She also helps people facing life changes, workplace strain, issues with motivation, and concerns linked to addiction or self-harm. Candyce pays attention to how identity, sexuality and body image show up in someone’s story. Therapy is collaborative and person-centred.
Candyce uses plain language, practical strategies and reflective listening to help clients notice choices and take action. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Jungian ideas and mindfulness where they fit the person. People can expect a respectful, inclusive space where values and goals shape each session.
Candyce aims to support resilience, reduce shame, and help clients find more meaning and steadiness in daily life.
Candyce lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Candyce works with
The areas below are the ones Candyce selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasises values and small committed actions to move life in a meaningful direction and often suits stress, anxiety, addiction and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and coping with everyday problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices that reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can support grief, chronic stress and pain.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they choose or blend approaches and check in regularly to adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for deeper conversations and non-verbal cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and suit quick check-ins, and chat or messaging can be used for brief updates or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy routines and to keep momentum between sessions.
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A practical next step
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