Paula Saby, AHPRA

Paula Saby is an AHPRA-credentialed counsellor with twenty years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, life transitions and issues common in midlife. Paula aims to make the first step feel less daunting and will acknowledge the courage it takes to start therapy.

Paula keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She helps people talk through worries about parenting, self-esteem and motivation. She also works with LGBT concerns and common relationship challenges such as communication or commitment issues.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. Paula listens first, then helps clients set small, achievable goals. Conversations often include strategies for day-to-day coping and ways to test new behaviours between sessions.

Paula also supports people facing family stress, caregiver burnout, feelings of isolation, guilt and shame, and decisions around separation or divorce. She can help people notice patterns such as codependency, control struggles or issues around forgiveness and jealousy.

Over her career Paula has used evidence-informed methods to help people find clearer direction and build practical skills. She works in English in Australia and encourages people to take the step to start a conversation when they are ready.

How Paula's approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking action that matches those values. It helps when someone is stuck by teaching simple steps to notice thoughts and move toward meaningful activity. Motivational Interviewing is a short, conversational way to build a person’s own reasons for change and strengthen motivation. It works well for issues like low motivation or mixed feelings about new choices. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small changes that already help and builds on those strengths to reach practical goals.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Paula will talk with each person about goals, trial different techniques and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer. The focus is on what helps the person make steady, manageable changes rather than on a single fixed model.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet with a therapist from their local area while keeping sessions part of everyday life.