Mirna Tarabay

Whilst Mirna is influenced greatly by the humanistic model of counselling which underpins many of our current models of counselling and psychotherapy, her approach is a holistic one, this enables her to extract from many models of therapy in order to best support you and your needs. Humanistic work relies heavily on an environment of trust to assist you to explore and work with your feelings, experiences and concerns. The aim is to enable you to gain a greater understanding of yourself, behaviours and patterns. Without this understanding, we can feel trapped and limited in our life choices. Through counselling, we may obtain the tools for taking action and for implementing change.

Mirna is a counsellor and psychotherapist who has worked extensively with women and children who have experienced trauma in interpersonal relationships, she has also worked with people facing a range of issues, including struggles with family and relationships, sexual abuse, childhood abuse, anxiety and depression and loss and grief.

Mirna has been involved in the counselling program at Lifeline and at the Aids Council of New South Wales (ACON) for the past few years, conducting individual and couples counselling and running therapeutic groups for the gay and lesbian community. Mirna is currently an educator at one of Australia's leading counsellor education providers, the Australian College of Applied Psychology. Mirna also works as a consultant to many other organisations, developing and facilitating training programs.

Common topics or issues of therapy include; Relationship issues, Abuse issues, Trauma, Communication difficulties, DepressionAnxiety, Childhood experiences, Loss & grief, Eating disorders and Addictions

Mirna's qualifications include; Bachelor of Education (Sydney University), Graduate Diploma in Counselling (Australian College of Applied Psychology) and a Certificate 1V in Training & Assessment as well a being a member of CAPA (Counsellors & Psychotherapist Association NSW).