About Kathryn
Kathryn Furfaro brings three years of practice as a counsellor credentialed with PACFA. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and low self-esteem. Her approach is straightforward and supportive and aims to help people take the first steps toward change.
Kathryn believes each person knows their own story. She works alongside clients to identify strengths and build practical coping skills. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit what feels doable for the person seeking help.
How Kathryn works
People come with many concerns and Kathryn covers a broad range. She assists with mood challenges such as depression, and with worry and overwhelm linked to money or work. Relationship tensions, communication problems and separation-related issues are also areas she addresses.
She also supports people facing life changes like caring responsibilities, chronic illness, midlife shifts or grief after loss. Kathryn pays attention to attachment and abandonment worries, body image and feelings of guilt or shame that can underlie other problems. In sessions she focuses on clear, everyday strategies rather than jargon.
Conversations might include practical ways to reduce stress, build self-worth and manage impulsive or isolating behaviours. The aim is to leave people with tools they can use between meetings and a clearer sense of what to try next.
What Kathryn works with
The areas below are the ones Kathryn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Kathryn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach is goal-focused problem solving - this helps people break big worries into small, doable steps and test what works. It is useful for stress, daily overwhelm and money or work problems.Another approach emphasises understanding attachment and relationship patterns. This helps people see how past experiences shape current reactions and supports clearer communication and boundary-setting in close relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kathryn will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences and the specific challenges they bring. That conversation can change as needs do, and plans are adjusted over time.
Online therapy makes these approaches flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, daily processing or people who prefer writing over talking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and life commitments.
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