Individual Therapy

You don't have to have it all figured out to ask for help.

Sometimes life feels heavier than it should. Sometimes you've been carrying something for so long you've forgotten what it feels like not to. And sometimes you just know that talking to someone — the right someone — could make a real difference.

At Iyashi Psychology, individual therapy is a space that belongs entirely to you. A space to slow down, make sense of what you're experiencing, and start building a life that feels more like yours.

We work with children, adolescents, and adults across all stages of life, and we bring genuine warmth, clinical depth, and a deep respect for the whole person — not just the presenting problem.

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Our Approach

There's no one-size-fits-all in good therapy. At Iyashi Psychology, we draw on a range of evidence-based approaches and tailor our work to you — your history, your culture, your nervous system, and your goals.

Our practice is grounded in:

Trauma-Informed Care We understand that many of the things that bring people to therapy — anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, emotional dysregulation — have roots in experiences that happened long before the current moment. Everything we do is shaped by an understanding of how trauma lives in the body, the mind, and the patterns we carry across time

Culturally Responsive Practice Your cultural background, identity, and community aren't separate from your mental health — they're central to it. We work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and take seriously the ways that migration, intergenerational experience, acculturation, and identity shape how we feel, how we relate, and what healing looks like.

Neuroaffirming Practice We work with and for neurodivergent people. That means we don't treat ADHD, autism, or other neurological differences as problems to fix. We work with your neurology, not against it — helping you understand yourself, reduce shame, build on your strengths, and find strategies that actually fit your brain.

Evidence-Based Therapy Our work is informed by approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma-focused modalities. We use what the research supports — and adapt it to what actually works for you.

Areas We Work With

We support clients navigating a wide range of experiences, including:

  • Whether you've experienced a single traumatic event or a lifetime of compounding experiences, trauma therapy at Iyashi Psychology is paced, collaborative, and deeply respectful of what your nervous system needs. We work at your pace — always.

  • Depression can look like sadness, but it often looks like exhaustion, emptiness, disconnection, or just going through the motions. Therapy can help you understand what's underneath, reconnect with what matters, and build sustainable pathways back to yourself.

  • Whether it's generalised worry, social anxiety, panic, or the kind of high-functioning anxiety that looks fine from the outside — therapy helps you understand your anxiety, work with it rather than against it, and gradually reclaim the parts of your life it's been shrinking.

  • We support autistic people, ADHDers, and those with other neurological differences to navigate a world not always built with them in mind. This might include processing late diagnosis, building self-understanding, working through burnout, managing daily functioning, or simply having a space where you don't have to mask.

  • Parenthood, migration, career change, relationship breakdown, cultural identity, coming out — major transitions can shake the foundations of who we think we are. Therapy can be a steadying place to work out who you're becoming.

  • Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and it isn't only about death. We support people through all forms of loss — including ambiguous grief, disenfranchised grief, and the kind that the people around you have stopped acknowledging.

  • Patterns in relationships — whether with partners, family, or colleagues — often have long roots. Individual therapy can help you understand those patterns, communicate more effectively, and build connections that feel safer and more sustaining.

  • Difficulty managing big emotions is often a sign that something deeper needs attention, not a character flaw. We work with clients to understand the function of their emotions and build skills that actually hold.

  • Chronic self-criticism, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, people-pleasing — these are painful ways to live. Therapy creates space to examine where those patterns came from and begin to relate to yourself with more compassion.

  • Parents and carers for people living with disability is a unique experience. Whether you’re a parent or carer to a child, adolescent, or adult - the triumphs you’ll see and the challenges you’ll face need a space of their own, and you do too. We at Iyashi believe in creating this space for you so you are seen, heard, and acknowledged.

Across the Lifespan

Iyashi Psychology works with clients at every stage of life.

Children & Adolescents Young people deserve a therapist who takes them seriously. We work with children and teenagers on anxiety, school difficulties, emotional regulation, identity, neurodiversity, family stress, and more — using approaches adapted to their developmental stage and always with family context in mind where appropriate.

  • Adults Whether you're coming to therapy for the first time or returning after years away, adult therapy at Iyashi Psychology meets you where you are — with no assumptions and no judgment.

    Older Adults Later life brings its own particular joys and its own particular challenges. We work with older adults navigating health changes, loss, identity shifts, and everything in between.

What to Expect

  • The first session is about getting to know each other. Your therapist will ask about what's brought you in, your background, and what you're hoping for — but there's no pressure to share everything at once. You set the pace.

  • Sessions are typically 50 minutes and held weekly or fortnightly, depending on your needs and goals. Therapy isn't linear — some sessions will feel like breakthroughs, others like maintenance. Both matter.

  • This varies widely depending on what you're working on. Some people find significant relief in 8–12 sessions; others are working on deeper, longer-standing patterns that benefit from extended work. We review goals and progress regularly so you're always clear on where things are at.

  • We currently offer telehealth appointments, acknowledging the convenience this affords you in your everyday life.

    We know that one size doesn’t always fit all, however, and so we are launching in-person options from 2027.

Fees & Funding

Medicare Rebates With a valid Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP) from your GP, you may be eligible for Medicare rebates on up to 10 individual therapy sessions per calendar year. We'll help you understand how this works.

NDIS We work with NDIS participants who are self-managed or plan-managed. Therapy can be funded under your plan's Improved Daily Living supports.

Private Health Insurance Depending on your level of extras cover, your private health fund may contribute to therapy costs. We recommend checking directly with your provider.

Out-of-Pocket Fees We are transparent about fees from the outset. Please contact us for current session rates.

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • No — you can self-refer. However, a Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP will allow you to access Medicare rebates, so it's worth that conversation if cost is a consideration.

  • That uncertainty is completely normal, and honestly, it's something you can bring into the room. Many people aren't sure — and a first session is often the best way to find out.

  • We hear this often, and we take it seriously. Past experiences of feeling unheard, misunderstood, or like therapy just wasn't working don't mean therapy can't work — it may mean it wasn't the right fit. We work hard to earn trust and to be honest when something isn't working.

  • Yes. We are bound by strict professional and legal confidentiality obligations. We'll discuss the limits of confidentiality — including mandatory reporting obligations — transparently in your first session.

  • Absolutely and wholeheartedly. Iyashi Psychology is an affirming practice. You don't need to explain or justify your identity here.

  • Yes — we encourage it. A good therapeutic relationship is one of the strongest predictors of outcomes in therapy. If you'd like to know more about our therapist before booking, please reach out.

You Deserve a Space That's Actually For You.

Therapy at its best isn't about being told what to do or having your experiences minimised. It's about having someone genuinely in your corner — helping you understand yourself more deeply and move through the world with a little more ease.

If you're ready to take that step, we'd be honoured to walk alongside you.

Book in for a free 15 minute consultation below!