About Mitchell
Mitchell Salafia is an ACA counsellor with five years of clinical experience based in Australia. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression, and offers support around trauma and abuse. Mitchell also helps parents who are feeling overwhelmed and people wanting to build self-esteem and confidence.
Mitchell works from the view that each person knows their story best. He helps people identify strengths they already have and use those strengths to move through hard moments.
How Mitchell works
Starting therapy can feel daunting and he aims to make the first steps straightforward and respectful. In sessions he listens for what matters most to the client and helps set small, practical goals. Conversations can cover how past experiences affect current feeling and behaviour.
He also supports people dealing with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency and communication problems. Mitchell can talk about more complex challenges like dissociation, drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence impacts and fatherhood issues. He also assists people working through guilt, shame, emptiness and impulsivity.
The work is aimed at clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day coping. Therapy with Mitchell can be short-term problem solving or a longer process of building insight and confidence. He encourages people to bring what matters to them and to move at a pace they can manage.
What Mitchell works with
The areas below are the ones Mitchell selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Approaches and online options for practical change
Mitchell works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and skill building. One common approach helps people learn to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood, teaching practical steps to test and reframe distressing thoughts. Another approach centres on processing traumatic experiences at a manageable pace so memories and reactions feel less overwhelming and daily life becomes steadier.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mitchell will talk through what feels most useful and adjust methods to match each person’s needs, goals and preferences. He treats this as a collaborative process so clients have a say in what is tried and how progress is measured.
Online therapy gives flexible options to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging suit short check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to access consistent care around work, parenting or other commitments.
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A practical next step
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