I am honoured to be recognised as Sydney’s leading couples therapist for 2025, and I serve as the principal therapist at Sydney Wide Counselling Service, specialising in relationship therapy. With over 20 years of experience working with individuals and couples from diverse cultural backgrounds, I am committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based support. I hold a Master of Counselling and am a Certified Practising Clinical Counsellor registered with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).

I bring a warm, professional, and client-centred approach to every session, ensuring that clients feel understood, supported, and empowered throughout their therapeutic journey. I believe that all couples can lose their way at times, regardless of how long they have been together. My role is not to keep you in therapy, but to equip you with the skills you need to thrive—such as effective communication, conflict resolution, emotional safety, and deeper connection—so you can confidently navigate your relationship long after therapy concludes.

I provide a safe, non-judgmental space for exploration and healing, drawing primarily on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to offer practical, transformative strategies that help partners reconnect and rebuild trust.

In addition to my clinical work, I am passionate about mentoring the next generation of therapists. As an ACA-registered clinical supervisor, I support counsellors in developing their professional identity, deepening their skills, and delivering high-quality care to their clients. I am also privileged to work alongside a team of dedicated clinicians who share a collaborative, client-centred approach, ensuring that every person who walks through our doors receives holistic and consistent support.

Hope is a psychotherapist and counsellor with an extensive background as a practising clinical nutritionist, specialising in nutrition for mental health. She works with teens, adults and individuals navigating relationship challenges.

Hope offers an empathetic and client-centred approach to ensure each of her clients feels seen, understood and supported. She aims to create a safe and empowering environment where clients' needs and goals are met. Hope integrates evidence-based strategies with deep compassion and care to work with clients in developing personalised skills and coping mechanisms for lasting change and optimised general wellbeing.

Dedicated to her clients and their outcomes, Hope prioritises building a trusting therapeutic relationship that fosters personal growth, resilience and self-empowerment.

Maria's compassionate approach and commitment to helping individuals overcome obstacles make her an invaluable resource for those seeking psychological guidance.

Member of the Federation of Counseling Psychologists in her home country, Maria brings extensive experience to her practice.

She provides psychological assistance to the clients in finding solutions to problems in behavior, emotional life, social interactions and adaptation processes.

Her areas of focus are difficulties in communicating with people, anxiety, lack of self-confidence, building personal boundaries with friends and relatives, relationship issues, loss, breakup or divorce, existential questions, tolerating crisis, and burnout.

Maria utilizes a holistic approach, incorporating techniques from:

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
• Humanistic Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Interventions
• Attachment Theory
• Faith Based Counselling

Maria has her own successful private practice back-home where she works with a variety of patients daily. She also works as a corporate psychologist in a trading company, where she interacts with the employees on personal and professional topics, identifying psychological health problems.

Maria also working as a counseling psychologist for an exchange student program company and provides support to international students and their families.

She is a member of the Autonomous non-profit-organization "Second Life" back home where she provides psychological assistance to cancer patients and their families. She also supports patients with addiction problems at the rehabilitation centers.

Alex takes an integrative person-centred approach to counselling. Accordingly, he offers his clients a collaborative space to explore their difficulties on a deeply personal level, unveiling layers of meaning scarcely offered by contemporary medical and ‘one-size-fits-all’ models of psychotherapy. In this sense, Alex encourages the emergence of creative solutions to his clients’ goals in ways that support their uniqueness and authenticity.

Alex sees people from all walks of life, and his clinical interests are diverse. However, he is particularly interested in working together with individuals experiencing addiction, shame, low self-worth, anxiety, anger, burnout, and relational difficulties.

Often, Alex works together with his clients to gain insight into their past experiences, and how the legacies of the past endure in their present difficulties. This encourages a basis of compassionate self-knowledge from which skilled changes can emerge. He also offers self-regulatory techniques around sensory grounding, breathwork, and mindfulness, and is passionate about helping his clients identify and engage with their intrinsic values in building more meaningful lives.

Alex holds a Master of Counselling from the University of Notre Dame and is registered as a Certified Practising Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). As such, he is committed to upholding the highest standard of ethical practice and continuously deepening his knowledge through ongoing education and professional development.

Belkis's approach is caring and grounded in empathy.

She integrates mindfulness, body awareness and a holistic perspective to create a supportive and nurturing space for clients. Her compassionate methods empower individuals to explore how different aspects of their lives influence their emotions and experiences.

With Belkis, you'll work collaboratively to uncover the root of your challenges, identify patterns, and develope healthier habits.

Through this journey, she aims to help you cultivate a deeper understanding of yourself, a greater sense of calm and the tools needed to navigate life's complexities with resilience and clarity.

Jordan offers a relational integrative approach to counselling. In relational-centred work, the emergent, 'here-and-now' relationship between client and counsellor is viewed as the primary agent of change and growth.

This therapeutic relationship functions as a collaborative partnership. In this regard, Jordan aims to kindle an atmosphere of openness and creativity, to establish authentic and mutual connections, and to seek a shared and contextual understanding of client's concerns and difficulties.

Jordan's key areas of focus are, but not limited to: Interpersonal dynamics, behavioural patterns, relationship with self, early upbringing issues, estrangement, anxiety, overwhelm, depression, experiential avoidance, grief / bereavement, values work / meaning-making and substance misuse /addictive behaviours.

Additionally, Jordan is keenly interested in male psychology, men's holistic health and men's issues. Committed to ongoing professional development, Jordan's work incorporates evidenced-based techniques and is informed by the humanistic and existential traditions.

With warmth and empathy, Rebecca creates a safe space where clients feel heard and supported. Specialising in couples and family therapy, she works collaboratively to improve communication, rebuild trust, and foster healthier connections. She also has a focus on helping couples rebuild and restore a healthy, loving relationship.

Her approach is tailored to each individual and family, focusing on strengthening coping skills and boosting confidence. Rebecca genuinely cares about empowering her clients to make positive, lasting change. She believes everyone has the resilience to overcome difficulties and create the relationships they desire.

Her goal is to guide you toward understanding, growth, and hope for the future.