Zohreh Safarnezhadi

Zohreh Safarnezhadi is an ACA counsellor with five years of professional experience in Australia. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, dealing with relationship or family conflict, recovering from trauma or abuse, or managing parenting challenges. She writes simply and directly, and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.

She believes the person is the expert in their own life and builds on each client's strengths. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Zohreh listens, helps clarify what matters most, and works with clients to set small, doable goals.

Her work draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice what is happening in the moment. Trauma-Focused Therapy informs her approach when past harm affects day-to-day life.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk through worries and try new ways of coping. She encourages gradual changes that fit into busy family life and everyday routines.

People often come for short-term support to learn tools for anxiety or stress, or for longer work on relationship and family patterns. The focus is on practical steps and clearer choices rather than labels or lengthy theory.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and to make choices that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing small changes to reduce distress and improve coping for problems such as anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to calm the nervous system and build steady awareness for daily stressors.

Choosing the right approach is a team process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that suit their goals, needs and preferences. That decision can change as therapy progresses, and she encourages clients to give feedback so sessions remain useful and relevant.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Many people find online or remote sessions helpful because they fit more easily into work and family routines, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Others prefer longer appointments for deeper work or to practise techniques in real time; the therapist can discuss what will work best for each person.