Marielle Quinlan , PACFA

Marielle Quinlan is a warm, down-to-earth counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with low self-esteem and major life changes. Marielle speaks English and Portuguese and works from Australia. She holds PACFA accreditation and has seven years of clinical experience. Marielle uses a flexible, integrative style. She blends evidence-based techniques with intuitive, here-and-now interventions. Sessions are practical and focused on what a person needs right now. She aims to build easy rapport and a calm therapeutic presence. Her work often centres on attachment and abandonment concerns. She also addresses issues such as codependency, communication problems and body-image struggles. Marielle has experience with neurodiversity matters including autism and Asperger syndrome, and with personality-related presentations like avoidant or dependent patterns. Clients come to her for help with life events such as divorce, separation, caregiver stress and cancer-related challenges. She also offers support for people processing dissociation, domestic violence impacts, and control issues. Marielle adapts the approach to each person rather than following a single method. In sessions she aims to be present and creative while staying grounded in practical steps. Conversations may include skills practice, reflective work and short intuitive interventions to shift stuck patterns. Marielle helps people identify manageable changes and build coping strategies they can use outside sessions.

Approaches and how online sessions can help

Marielle combines integrative, evidence-based techniques with present-focused, intuitive work. Evidence-based techniques include practical skills and structured methods to manage anxiety and stress, which help with breathing, grounding and behavioural changes. Her integrative approach blends these methods with here-and-now interventions that help people notice patterns in the moment and try small shifts within a session.

She treats attachment and abandonment concerns with a focus on building safer ways of relating and clearer communication. For addictions and codependency she uses stepwise, behaviour-focused strategies alongside reflective work to identify triggers and practical coping tools.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to test what helps most, adapting methods to fit their goals and preferences over time. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make access easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit limited bandwidth or when a camera is not wanted, live chat supports quicker check-ins and text messaging helps with short, ongoing reflection between appointments. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving and busy schedules.