About Salome
Salome Mbenjele helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low confidence or the impact of past trauma. She speaks English, Ndebele (South), Ndebele (North) and Shona, and works with adults to build practical ways to feel steadier and more capable. Salome is an ACA counsellor with 20 years of professional experience in Australia.
Salome creates a warm, respectful space where people can say what they think and feel without fear of judgement.
How Salome works
Sessions aim to help clients notice patterns, try small changes and build skills that fit everyday life. Conversations focus on what matters to each person and on realistic steps forward. Her approach draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred listening, cognitive-behaviour techniques and emotion regulation skills.
She tailors the mix to the person rather than using a fixed formula. That means some sessions are practical skill-building and others are more reflective. Salome has worked across a broad range of concerns including family-related stress, self-esteem, depression and recovery from abuse.
She also has experience with ageing and geriatric issues, developmental differences, personality-related challenges and caregiver stress. Her background supports both short-term problem solving and longer therapeutic work. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs.
Salome encourages people to start with what feels manageable and to change pace as they go. She aims to help people move towards a more functional, satisfying life.
Salome lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Salome works with
The areas below are the ones Salome selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English, Ndebele, South, Ndebele, North, Shona |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Choosing approaches for online therapy that fit your needs
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take small steps toward what matters. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress where values and action are part of the work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and offers practical techniques to test and change them, which can help with anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, and can help people who want to understand relational triggers and build different ways of relating.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different techniques together to see what helps. Plans are adjusted as you go so work stays relevant to your needs and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls suit more in-depth conversational work, phone sessions can be handy when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or for people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping a consistent therapeutic relationship with an appropriately qualified therapist.
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