Louise Eliadis, PACFA

Louise Eliadis is a PACFA clinical counsellor with 20 years working in mental health. She offers a grounded, person-centred approach that helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger and low self-esteem. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at making everyday life feel more manageable.

Louise centres conversations on what matters day to day. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with clearer choices. Sessions often focus on emotional regulation, coping with life changes and rebuilding confidence after loss or conflict.

Her background includes a Master of Health Sciences in Sexual Health, a Graduate Diploma of Counselling and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Those studies sit alongside two decades of hands-on work supporting people through depression, grief, trauma and substance use issues.

Louise draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and move toward them, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to challenge thinking patterns, and Emotionally-Focused techniques to work with relationship feelings. She also brings elements of hypnotherapy and somatic work for reconnecting the body and mind.

Clients can expect practical tools and simple homework between sessions. Louise also runs workshops across Australia on emotional regulation and somatic connection. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT work focuses on noticing thoughts and committing to actions that match personal priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks thoughts and behaviours into parts so they can be changed. In an online setting CBT uses exercises and simple between-session tasks to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at feelings that affect relationships and connection. Online EFT can help people name and shift emotional responses that get in the way of closeness.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work. Louise will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and comfort with different techniques. That might mean trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting as progress is reviewed.

If you are considering online work, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also let someone use less bandwidth by keeping the camera off, or schedule a quick session during a lunch break. Discuss practical arrangements when you book so sessions match your day-to-day life.