About Me

Professional Experience & Integrative Counselling

I believe counselling should balance understanding our experiences with finding practical ways forward. My approach focuses on exploring what is happening in the present, recognising patterns, identifying opportunities for change and developing strategies that support lasting wellbeing.

I am a qualified counsellor and ACA Registered Counsellor with seven years of professional experience in mental health and disability services, including three years developing and leading programs for young people and adults. My work has focused on emotional wellbeing, independence, confidence and community participation.

My counselling training includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) e approaches inform my person-centred, integrative and trauma-informed practice, allowing me to adapt counselling to each individual's needs and goals.

My multidisciplinary studies and professional experience span leadership and management, sports coaching, yoga teaching and visual arts. As a practising artist who studied Fine Arts in Italy and completed advanced counselling studies in Expressive Therapies, I value creativity, self-expression and the connection between physical and emotional wellbeing.

Above all, I aim to create a warm, respectful and non-judgemental space where you feel heard, supported and able to find your own way forward, at your own pace.

Elena Musso Paludan
Counsellor | ACA Registered