Deborah Jones , ACA

Deborah Jones is a credentialed Australian counsellor with more than 20 years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and challenges with motivation and emotional eating. She holds an ACA credential, a professional counselling qualification that reflects formal training and recognition in the field.

Deborah primarily works from a solution-focused narrative approach, helping clients identify practical steps forward while exploring the stories and beliefs that shape their experience. She is also trained in Internal Family Systems, a model that attends to inner parts and can promote deep internal change, and she is a certified trauma therapist. Over two decades she has worked with hundreds of people and refined methods that aim to produce meaningful, sustained change.

Whether the goal is symptom relief, improved daily functioning, personal growth, or deeper healing, Deborah seeks to establish an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be examined and understood. She encourages courage and curiosity as clients take the initial steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life, offering support throughout the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your needs

Deborah commonly integrates solution-focused and narrative work to help clients clarify goals and create concrete steps toward change. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and small, achievable actions to reduce distress and improve daily functioning, which can be effective for anxiety, stress, and coping with life transitions. Narrative Therapy explores the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships, helping to reframe unhelpful beliefs and uncover new possibilities for identity and connection.

She is also trained in Internal Family Systems, a gentle approach that helps people understand and work with different inner parts to promote emotional balance and deeper healing, particularly useful for complex or long-standing patterns. Deborah approaches the selection of methods collaboratively - she and the client work together to determine which combination of approaches best matches the client's goals, needs, and preferences.

Online therapy with Deborah is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations, allowing ongoing progress even when in-person visits are difficult to arrange.