Linda SawreyPACFA

Linda Sawrey offers practical, down-to-earth counselling aimed at people dealing with major life strain. She focuses on everyday problems such as stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief and career concerns. Her approach is calm and person-centred, helping people find small, steady ways to feel better.

Linda has five years working as a counsellor and psychotherapist, and she also brings a long background as a Registered Nurse. That combination shapes a holistic view of health - mind, body and spirit - when she supports someone through difficult times.

Her work often attends to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems and struggles with guilt and shame. She also supports people facing life transitions such as divorce, midlife change and rethinking life purpose.

Clinically she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Narrative Therapy, choosing methods to suit each person's needs. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced so people feel understood and able to try new strategies.

Linda lives on the Gold Coast Hinterland and runs a private practice called Nurtured by Nature Psychotherapy, where nature and animals are part of her life and work. She writes from lived experience of caring roles and long work in healthcare, and she aims to help people rebuild steadiness and hope.

Therapy approaches and how they can work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and practical steps that help people move toward a life they care about. It uses exercises to notice thoughts and choose actions that fit personal goals. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer, more secure ways of relating and coping. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the centre of the work, offering empathetic listening and support so people can find their own path forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That makes the process collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

The biography indicates services are offered via online and phone to improve access, but readers should confirm exact session options when booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. Different approaches translate well to remote sessions, with practical exercises and reflective conversation able to be carried out by phone or video when those options are arranged.