COUNSELLING PERTH

People seek counselling with for many reasons, including:

• Feeling disconnected or unfulfilled in a relationship or marriage
• Facing major life transitions such as separation, job loss, retirement, or adjusting to an empty nest
• Managing the emotional strain of supporting ageing parents
• Feeling overwhelmed by day-to-day pressures and responsibilities
• Struggling with low mood, sadness, or a sense of hopelessness
• Managing anxiety or excessive worry
• Navigating intense or hard-to-regulate emotions
• Learning how to cope with chronic pain or ongoing health issues
• Addressing perfectionism, self-criticism, or procrastination
• Challenging unhelpful beliefs and thought patterns
• Learning how to set and maintain healthy personal boundaries
• Clarifying personal values and making more meaningful, values-based choices

Andrea’s approach empowers clients to better understand themselves, improve their relationships, and move toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Andrea has completed a Master of Counselling and has a wealth of life experience, which includes a former thirty-six-year career as a teacher in both the primary and secondary education sectors. Her strength as a counsellor comes from her ability to combine her professional knowledge with her life experiences to provide clients with a deeply empathetic approach when addressing their concerns. Her special interests include individualising treatment plans for clients who feel so overwhelmed by the pressures they are experiencing at work and/or at home, that their mental and physical exhaustion is negatively impacting all other areas of their life and they don’t feel able to become unstuck.

Yes, Andrea is among the select practitioners in the area who also offer specialised couples counselling.
When working with couples, Andrea integrates a range of evidence-based approaches, primarily drawing on Gottman Method Couples Therapy—an internationally respected framework grounded in decades of research into what makes relationships thrive. She also incorporates elements of Bowen’s Family Systems Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support couples in understanding relational dynamics, enhancing emotional connection, managing conflict, and building long-term intimacy and resilience.

We offer our counselling service at Live Well Currambine.

Our counselling service is run by Andrea Walmsley Counselling and you can learn more here: https://andreawalmsleycounselling.com.au/