- Focus on values
- Nature-integrated care
- Holistic nursing background
About Linda
Linda Sawrey is a counsellor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She works with those facing relationship strain, career uncertainty and the ongoing effects of trauma and abuse. Linda draws on five years of clinical experience and brings a down-to-earth, practical style to sessions.
Her background includes work as a registered nurse and many years in healthcare roles such as emergency department nurse and patient safety officer. That nursing experience shapes a holistic view of health that links body, mind and spirit. Linda says this helps when people are managing things like chronic pain, illness or the after-effects of major life events.
In therapy she adapts her approach to each person. She uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Narrative Therapy to suit what a person needs. Sessions focus on building coping skills, clarifying values, and finding practical steps forward.
Linda also brings lived experience of caregiving and family challenges into her work, and she understands how masking and isolation can shape someone’s life. Many clients seek her for help with abandonment, attachment issues, body image, guilt and shame, or midlife concerns.
She offers her practice from the Gold Coast Hinterland and integrates nature and animals into the therapeutic setting. This can be useful for people who respond well to gentler, embodied ways of working and who want a more connected approach to healing.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them, and take small committed steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, life direction and stress that gets in the way of living fully.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand attachment wounds, improve connection, and change repeated ways of relating that cause pain.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels workable. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust them as progress is made.
If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people try an approach from where they are and then change format later if required. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt ACT and attachment work for remote sessions by using exercises, values-focused tasks and reflective conversation to keep momentum between meetings.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does Linda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and career concerns, plus related areas like attachment, body image and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and person-centred, focusing on skills, values and real-life steps. She adapts methods to what each person prefers and needs.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Linda has five years of counselling experience and a long healthcare background as a registered nurse and emergency department clinician.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is PACFA credentialled and practises from the Gold Coast Hinterland in Australia.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside Australia?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.