About Mim
Mim Gavel is a Swedish psychologist and psychotherapist practising in Australia with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and low self-esteem. Mim believes clients bring strengths and knowledge about their own lives, and she helps them build on those resources.
Her work is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent and useful, such as coping with overwhelming emotions, improving communication, or rebuilding confidence after difficult experiences.
How Mim works
Mim uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and suggest small, doable steps that fit everyday life. Mim has a special interest in adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, and the emotional effects of cancer and caregiving. She also supports people facing divorce, blended family challenges, commitment and control issues, and complex worries like co-morbidity and dependent personality patterns.
She offers therapy in English and Swedish for people living in Australia. Practical matters such as session format and scheduling are discussed together so the work fits around family and job demands. Mim aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can try out new ways of responding to old problems.
Taking a first step can feel daunting. Mim meets that with steady guidance and a focus on what will make everyday life more manageable and more meaningful.
What Mim works with
The areas below are the ones Mim 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Swedish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Mim uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, then practise new responses in everyday situations to reduce anxiety and lift mood. Another method concentrates on understanding attachment and relationship patterns, helping people recognise how past experiences shape current relationships and try alternative ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mim will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so the therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which offers flexibility for different routines. Video calls are good for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins and text messaging suits ongoing, brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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