Brigitte House , PACFA

Brigitte House is a counsellor who supports women dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and low self-esteem. She focuses on helping people reconnect with themselves. Her work is practical and grounded so clients can feel steadier day to day.

Brigitte brings ten years of direct psychotherapy and counselling experience, and earlier work across the community services and not-for-profit sector. She teaches meditation and has seen people in agency and private practice settings. Her sessions have included both face-to-face and telehealth formats.

Her approach is person-centred and trauma-informed. She uses somatic methods to help people notice how their body holds stress. Conversations and body-based techniques are woven together in each session.

Brigitte also uses mindfulness practices and elements of Internal Family Systems to help people make sense of difficult feelings and patterns. She helps clients name and work with inner parts that drive shame, guilt or self-criticism.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns beyond the most common issues. These include attachment difficulties, codependency, fertility and cancer-related concerns, first responder stress, and navigation of divorce or separation. Brigitte pays attention to relationship patterns that began in family of origin situations.

She holds PACFA as a credential and works in Australia. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged through online formats or in-person where appropriate. Her aim is to help people find clearer meaning and more reliable coping in everyday life.

How Brigitte uses mindful and body-based therapy online

Brigitte blends client-centred work with mindfulness and somatic techniques to support people in online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration, helping clients set the pace and topics for each session while feeling heard and understood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical attention skills to reduce rumination and bring calm to intense moments. Somatic Therapy helps people notice bodily signals of stress and learn simple practices to ease tension and regulate emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Brigitte will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods as goals and needs change. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person wants to try.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and guided mindfulness exercises, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or times with less bandwidth, live chat can be used for focused problem-solving, and messaging supports ongoing processing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.