Chantelle Carrigg, ACA, PACFA
Compassionate, somatic-informed counselling for life changes
About Chantelle
Chantelle Carrigg is an ACA and PACFA counsellor practising in Australia with more than 10 years’ experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and major life changes. She creates a calm, down-to-earth space where people can talk about what hurts and find practical ways to feel steadier. Chantelle believes people carry strengths already and helps them reconnect with those resources.
Her work blends somatic ideas with talking therapies. That means attention to the body as well as thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
She pairs this with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client‑centred approaches to keep sessions grounded and manageable. Chantelle offers short-term tools for coping, alongside slower work on patterns that keep people stuck. Conversations are collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort.
She focuses on simple, practical steps people can use between sessions. People come for many concerns including depression, grief, coping with illness or chronic pain, relationship and attachment worries, abandonment and adoption-related issues, and the stress of caregiving or major life transitions. Chantelle also supports those facing body image distress, communication problems and difficulties after separation.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and booking a time that fits their schedule. Chantelle aims to make therapy approachable and useful from the first session onwards.
How somatic and evidence-based approaches work online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to bodily sensations, movement and tension as part of emotional experience. Online sessions can use guided breath work, gentle body awareness and grounding practices to help people notice and regulate physical responses to stress and trauma.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching skills to make room for difficult thoughts while still moving toward what matters. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current trust and closeness. That approach can help people who struggle with connection, communication and fears of abandonment.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Chantelle will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals and comfort level. That means trying techniques, checking in about what helps, and adjusting the focus over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and practise exercises together. Phone sessions suit those who prefer voice-only contact. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, more frequent check-ins and written reflections. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English