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.

Maria brings over 8 years of experience helping individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges. She uses an eclectic, client-centred, emotion-focused approach designed to empower clients to build resilience and lead more fulfilling, independent lives—together.

Maria believes the connection you have with your therapist is the cornerstone of growth. She offers a warm, yet straightforward, solution-focused approach that many clients appreciate, helping you move from insight to tangible change.

With a compassionate, nonjudgmental style, Maria supports couples as they overcome obstacles, heal rifts, and develop healthier patterns for lasting relationship growth. Her work focuses on deeper connection, trust, and secure attachment, so couples can thrive both together and apart.

Relationship therapy is Maria’s specialty. She helps couples address:

Communication barriers and conflict resolution

Trust restoration and emotional safety

Intimacy, connection, and shared meaning

Navigating life transitions as a team

Maria specialises in:

Couples Therapy: Building secure, lasting relationships through improved communication, conflict resolution, and intimacy

Individual Therapy: Anxiety, self-esteem, boundary-setting, coping with loss, burnout, existential concerns, and crisis tolerance.

To learn more or schedule a session, reach out today. Maria genuinely looks forward to getting to know you and helping you nurture a warmer, more connected partnership—and a fulfilling, hopeful path forward.

Ariane is a compassionate, relationship-focused counsellor with a background in nursing and a Master's degree in Counselling. She brings a holistic approach to mental health, drawing on her deep understanding of the mind–body connection and her clinical expertise to support clients through life's most challenging transitions.

Ariane specialises in relationship therapy, working with individuals, couples, and adolescents to navigate communication breakdowns, recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, trust issues, and attachment wounds. She helps clients understand their relational patterns and build healthier, more secure connections—both with others and with themselves. Her approach is practical, compassionate, and grounded in emotional safety, as she works collaboratively to slow interactions down, explore underlying needs and emotions, and make sense of how past experiences may be shaping present-day relationships.

She also supports clients experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low self-worth, burnout, and body image and eating-related concerns, with particular insight into the unique challenges women face across different life stages.

Grounded in a person-centred philosophy, Ariane values the individuality of each client's journey and is committed to building strong therapeutic relationships based on trust, authenticity, and genuine connection. Her therapeutic style integrates evidence-based modalities including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills, Narrative Therapy techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and grief and loss interventions. She is passionate about helping clients re-author their stories, uncover their strengths, and develop practical tools for emotional regulation and lasting change.

Ariane is known for her warm, non-judgmental presence and her ability to create a safe space where clients feel truly heard, understood, and respected. She believes meaningful change happens through authentic connection and collaborative exploration, and that healing emerges when clients feel genuinely supported.

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.

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.

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.

My name is Stephanie Ursino, and I am an experienced counsellor and social worker with over ten years of experience working with couples, families, and individuals. My primary goal is to empower individuals and couples to become independent and navigate life on their own, as I believe it's easy to lose our way in relationships. I provide a compassionate, understanding, and non-judgmental space where clients feel heard, valued, and supported throughout their journey. In addition to working with couples and families, I also offer individual support tailored to each person's unique needs and challenges. My diverse background includes roles in NGOs, community mental health services, hospitals, and private agencies, where I have built a reputation for creating meaningful connections and fostering positive change in people's lives. With my experience and dedication, I aim to guide clients towards a fulfilling and independent life.

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.

Alex is a warm and relatable counsellor who works collaboratively with his clients to create lasting change. His practice is grounded in the belief that our painful emotions and struggles offer unique opportunities for growth if we turn towards them and listen.

Alex offers an explorative approach to therapy, inviting clients to deeply acquaint themselves with their inner world and to understand the roots of their difficulties more fully. This process requires courage, but within a trusting and safe relationship, it encourages long-lasting transformation.

Alex holds a Master of Counselling and is a Certified Practising Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). His academic research has explored spiritual meaning-making and experiences of self-transcendence in substance addiction recovery. The theoretical and philosophical perspectives informing Alex’s practice are broad, drawing mainly on the psychodynamic, existential, and humanistic traditions.

Theo takes a gentle, integrative, person-centred approach to counselling with a strong emphasis on relationship therapy. He creates a compassionate, non-judgmental space to explore emotional and relational concerns at a pace that feels safe and grounding. With experience in Family and community care, he brings insight into family dynamics, cultural expectations and the realities of life's transitions and challenges. He supports young couples navigating new stages of the relationship or parenting. Theo's lived experience as a husband and a father informs an authentic, grounded therapeutic connection.

Theo helps clients identify patterns affecting wellbeing, build emotional insight, and develop healthier responses to stress and change. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Counselling and is committed to ongoing professional growth.

Blanche works with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, self-worth or relationship challenges, and those seeking personal growth. Blanche views therapy as a collaborative process, helping clients explore patterns in their lives and make choices that feel meaningful to them.

Blanche takes a warm, person-centred approach to counselling, prioritising safety, trust, and the therapeutic relationship. She draws on psychodynamic and existential perspectives, alongside mindfulness and somatic-based practices, to support emotional regulation and mind–body awareness.

Blanche is currently completing her Master’s in Counselling.