Salome Mbenjele, ACA

Salome Mbenjele is an ACA counsellor with more than 20 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, family tensions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Salome aims to create a calm space where people can talk openly and feel heard. She encourages small steps towards a more satisfying life and supports clients through change.

Salome describes her style as warm and interactive. She focuses on respect, sensitivity and compassion while avoiding stigmatizing labels. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit each person rather than following a rigid script.

Her approach draws on a mix of methods, including cognitive-behavioural ideas and humanistic perspectives. She also uses elements from attachment-focused work and skills-based strategies to help people manage emotions and improve relationships. Treatment plans are tailored to individual needs and reviewed as progress is made.

Salome has worked across many settings over two decades and brings practical experience to complex issues like caregiver stress, blended family problems and aging concerns. She aims to help people notice patterns that hold them back and try new ways of responding.

People often come with immediate worries such as panic, low mood or family conflict, and Salome supports them to build coping skills. Her main goal is to help clients feel more able to manage daily life and move toward goals that matter to them.

How Salome’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early connections influence current ways of relating, which can help with family conflict and relationship worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and collaboratively choose which methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful for the person in front of her.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into busy lives, allow shorter check-ins on difficult days and let people join from wherever they are based in Australia. It can also reduce travel time and help maintain continuity when schedules change. Ask about the practical arrangements when you schedule so sessions match your needs.