About Deanna
Deanna Gwynne is a counsellor practising in Australia with three years of one-on-one counselling experience. She holds PACFA accreditation and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and the fallout of trauma and abuse. Deanna also supports those dealing with parenting or caregiving strain, changes in life circumstances, and concerns about concentration or attention.
Her approach is practical and respectful. She works from a client-centred stance that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
How Deanna works
Sessions aim to build on strengths while creating tools to manage anxiety, improve focus, and cope with big changes. Deanna uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop clearer ways of responding to stress. She pairs this with mindfulness strategies to help people stay present and reduce overwhelm.
Narrative methods help clients rewrite difficult stories and notice choices they might have missed. Conversations are paced to each person’s needs. Short-term goals are set alongside longer-term work so progress is visible.
Practical strategies, reflective exercises and gentle challenge are all used depending on what suits the client. Sessions are offered in English and are available via video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Deanna explains options and helps people choose formats that fit their daily routines and preferences.
Deanna lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Deanna works with
The areas below are the ones Deanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online counselling
Deanna uses client-centred work to focus on each person’s story and priorities, helping them set goals and make changes at their own pace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills for anxiety and stress. Mindfulness techniques help people notice their experience and reduce reactivity, which can be useful for managing overwhelm or improving concentration.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Deanna collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences, adjusting the plan as goals evolve. This collaborative process helps ensure sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online formats offer practical advantages for many people. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to match therapy to a person's schedule and daily life while still working towards clear goals.
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