Brigitte House , PACFA

Brigitte House brings a deep commitment to strengthening wellbeing and supporting people through life’s challenges. She works to help individuals connect more closely with themselves and find meaning, drawing on extensive experience across community services and psychotherapy. Prior to specialising in psychotherapy and counselling, she spent many years in the community services and not-for-profit sector in social work, and around a decade ago she expanded her practice to include psychotherapy, counselling and teaching meditation.

Her clinical work has taken place in both agency and private practice settings, delivered face-to-face and via tele-health. She has supported a broad range of presenting concerns including stress, anxiety and panic, depression, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, existential questions, gender diversity and sexuality issues, and addiction recovery. Brigitte practices in a person-centred, trauma-informed, somatic-based and process-experiential way, placing the therapeutic relationship at the centre of healing.

She holds PACFA, the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, and offers an approach that blends compassionate listening, mindfulness practices and body-aware techniques to help clients build resilience, process distressing experiences and discover clearer pathways forward.

Approaches for Online Healing and Growth

Brigitte combines person-centred listening with practical techniques to support change. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the client’s experience without judgment, helping people explore values, identity and relationship patterns while feeling genuinely heard - it is useful for relationship issues, self-esteem and life transitions. Mindfulness Therapy uses attention training and present-moment awareness to reduce reactivity and build emotional regulation; this approach can help with stress, anxiety and managing difficult emotions. Somatic Therapy attends to bodily sensations and the ways trauma and stress show up in the body, offering gentle practices to help people feel more grounded and regain a sense of safety.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Brigitte works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to identify what fits best based on each person’s needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts methods as the work unfolds.

Online therapy with Brigitte is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options allow therapy to fit around daily life, reduce travel time and make consistent support more accessible for those balancing work, family or health demands.