About Maliheh
Maliheh Zare is an ACA counsellor with 18 years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. She works with individuals who are struggling with parenting pressures, family conflict, grief, addiction and changes that feel overwhelming. Sessions are offered in English and Persian and delivered online by video, phone, chat or messaging.
Maliheh adapts her approach to the person in front of her rather than using one fixed method.
How Maliheh works
She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) features in her work to help clients make values-based choices even when difficult emotions are present. She also uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally focused methods to look at how early relationships shape current connection and intimacy problems.
This can be useful for people who feel stuck in repeating patterns with partners or close family members. Maliheh aims for practical changes you can try between sessions. Maliheh describes her style as warm, direct and collaborative.
She will work with you to set clear goals and track progress. Her sessions focus on learning simple skills, building coping strategies and improving communication. Clients who choose Maliheh usually want straightforward tools for everyday problems and a respectful space to talk things through.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits them.
Maliheh lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Maliheh works with
The areas below are the ones Maliheh selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, Persian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Maliheh commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings and still act in ways that match what matters to them. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment-based ideas to look at patterns of connection and closeness. These approaches aim to help people understand their emotional responses and change interaction patterns that cause repeated conflict or distance.
Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. Maliheh will discuss your goals and preferences, try practical techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps you most. The process is collaborative and paced to your needs.
Online therapy with her can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or when you prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and other commitments.
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