About Freya
Freya Browne is an ACA counsellor with over 21 years of experience who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. She offers straightforward, warm support for relationship strains, trauma and self-esteem concerns. Her style is calm and encouraging, aimed at small steps people can use each week.
Freya believes clients are the experts in their own lives and uses a person-centred way of working. She listens closely and helps people notice strengths they can use when things feel hard.
How Freya works
Sessions focus on practical goals and building confidence to try new approaches outside therapy. Her background includes work in domestic violence and sexual assault services and many years supporting people through relationship difficulties and family conflict. This experience informs a sensitive approach to trauma, attachment and issues such as abandonment or infidelity.
She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, blended family pressures and separation. Freya draws on evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused approaches and mindfulness to suit each person. She works collaboratively to choose what will help most, and adjusts pace so change feels achievable.
The aim is clearer communication, steadier mood and greater day-to-day coping. People who prefer a supportive, down-to-earth counsellor often find Freya approachable. She helps set realistic steps, track progress and build skills that make life more manageable between sessions.
Freya lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Freya works with
The areas below are the ones Freya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Freya uses client-centred work to create a supportive environment where people feel heard and can set their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, compassionate space to talk through difficult feelings and decide what matters most.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behaviour changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress because it offers practical steps to test and change patterns that maintain problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time so they fit the client's needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect that suit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps with ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, caring duties or other commitments while maintaining continuity of care.
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