Linda Sawrey

Linda Sawrey offers a calm, grounded approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief or career uncertainty. She is a PACFA counsellor with five years' experience and draws on her nursing background to see health as a whole-person issue. Linda's style is straightforward and caring, aimed at helping people find practical ways to manage day-to-day strain.

In sessions she listens first and then helps people build skills that fit their life. Conversations are plain and down-to-earth. Clients can expect a mix of talking, noticing patterns, and learning small practices to reduce distress and improve decision-making.

Linda combines psychological approaches to match each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to support people with anxiety and stress. Attachment-based and narrative work help when relationship patterns, abandonment or issues with trust are central.

Her background as a registered nurse informs a holistic view of health, so she pays attention to how physical illness, chronic pain and caring roles affect mood and coping. Linda also works with grief, trauma and the long-term effects of abuse, helping people rebuild a sense of safety and purpose.

Linda is based on the Gold Coast Hinterland in Australia and runs a private practice that draws on nature and animals as part of healing for some people. Sessions are offered in English and she asks people to use the Start Therapy button to begin the matching and scheduling process.

Approachable therapy methods and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. It focuses on taking values-based action so life can feel more meaningful even when emotions are hard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and stress in day-to-day life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people develop safer, more secure ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change over time.

The biography lists online and phone as ways she provides counselling, but session options can differ, so please confirm available formats before booking. Online and phone sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. A combined approach using different methods helps people practise skills between sessions and apply changes in everyday life.