Salome Mbenjele, ACA

Salome Mbenjele is an ACA counsellor with over 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or who are struggling after trauma. She creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about without judgment. Taking the first step is often the hardest, and she aims to support people through that step.

Her style is warm and interactive, and she focuses on respect and sensitivity in sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas alongside humanistic and attachment-based ways of working. Dialogues are tailored to each person so sessions fit their needs and goals. Practical strategies and gentle reflection are used together to help change unhelpful thought patterns and daily habits.

Salome works with a range of concerns including family stress, relationship communication problems, self-esteem, and depression. She also supports people facing ageing and caregiving challenges, neurodiversity-related issues, and complex personality or attachment concerns. Her approach aims to make progress understandable and manageable, step by step.

Sessions focus on what will help in everyday life - clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more useful routines. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person as an individual. Conversations are paced to match readiness for change and practical goals are set together.

Salome speaks English, South Ndebele, North Ndebele and Shona. Her practice is based in Australia and she works to make therapy approachable for people at different stages of life.

How selected approaches work for online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and repeating unhelpful habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions influence each other and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape present connections and coping; it helps people who struggle with trust, closeness or repeated relationship problems.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. Sessions can blend these approaches so the work feels personalised and relevant to everyday life.

Confirm specific session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy routines, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help when a quieter environment or not using video is preferred because of bandwidth or comfort. The focus remains on practical changes to thoughts and habits that carry across into daily life.