About Michaela
Michaela Levas offers trauma-informed psychotherapy that blends talking therapy with practical techniques. She aims to help people understand unhelpful patterns and reconnect with their inner clarity. Michaela is registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
Michaela keeps sessions grounded and direct. She uses narrative methods and approaches that work with different parts of a person’s experience to help make sense of distress. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small steps people can take between sessions.
How Michaela works
Her work often centres on anxiety, stress and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with low self-esteem, big life changes and the challenges of living with ADHD. Michaela pays attention to how past experiences shape present behaviour, including issues around attachment and family of origin.
People bring a wide range of concerns such as codependency, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, impulsivity and difficulty with commitment or communication. She helps people name these patterns and develop clearer ways of responding. Sessions aim to turn insight into practical change.
With four years of clinical experience, Michaela draws on an intuitive, human approach. She invites curiosity and compassion in the room so people can reclaim their voice and take ownership of choices. Her style is calm, purposeful and focused on achievable goals.
What Michaela works with
The areas below are the ones Michaela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Michaela works with narrative-based psychotherapy, which helps people reframe and rewrite the stories that keep them stuck. This approach looks at personal history and current behaviours to create clearer choices and new ways of responding.She also uses ego state-oriented work that attends to different parts of a person’s inner life. That work helps when people feel divided or overwhelmed by competing impulses, and supports reintegration of those parts into a steadier sense of self.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Michaela will discuss options in early sessions and adapt methods to a person’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide which techniques feel most useful and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, giving people flexible ways to connect. Video is useful for full sessions and visual connection. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief exchanges, tracking progress, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family commitments and daily life.
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