Zohreh Safarnezhadi, ACA

Zohreh Safarnezhadi is an ACA counsellor with five years of clinical experience in Australia. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, or stuck in difficult relationship patterns. Zohreh also supports those navigating family conflict, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She speaks English and Persian, and she approaches each person with respect for their strengths and story.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She treats clients as the expert on their own life and helps them bring forward skills they already have. Sessions focus on noticing thoughts and everyday habits, learning small practical steps, and trying things in daily life to see what works.

Zohreh commonly uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and next steps. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help settle the nervous system and build attention. When trauma is relevant, she uses trauma-focused methods to help people process distress at a manageable pace.

In practice she aims for clear, short-term goals and simple strategies people can use between sessions. She invites questions and adapts the pace to each person's comfort. The work is often practical - learning new habits, changing patterns of thought, and improving everyday interactions.

People come to Zohreh for help with immediate concerns and longer-term change. She supports clients through small steps and steady progress, focusing on what can be done now to reduce stress and improve relationships.

How ACT, CBT and Mindfulness can work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and pick actions that match their values rather than getting stuck in worry or avoidance. It is often useful for stress, anxiety and relationship choices.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours. It suits people who want clear strategies to reduce anxiety and change day-to-day habits.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness exercises and attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. It pairs well with the other approaches when people are feeling overwhelmed.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as priorities change.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people practise skills between sessions in their everyday context. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises and homework for online sessions to keep the work practical and relevant.