About Linda
Linda Sawrey is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or relationship strain. She offers calm, practical support and listens closely to what matters to each person. Her style suits those who want a grounded, body-aware way to work through painful events and big life changes.
Linda combines a somatic outlook with talk-based methods. That means sessions can include noticing bodily sensations, breath and movement alongside discussing thoughts, behaviours and memories.
Background and approach
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, attachment-informed ideas and client-centred listening to shape each session. Linda brings five years of focused counselling and psychotherapy experience alongside a long career in nursing. The nursing background informs a whole-of-person approach that links physical health, pain and emotional wellbeing.
This background often helps when people face chronic illness, caregiving strain or complex medical histories. People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, bereavement, career stress and midlife shifts. Linda also works with issues such as attachment wounds, body image, loneliness and communication problems.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Her practice operates from Australia and she holds PACFA credentials. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book a session time that fits their schedule.
Linda aims to create a steady, respectful space to help people rebuild balance and move towards clearer purpose.
How somatic and ACT approaches work online
Somatic Therapy focuses on the body and how sensations relate to emotions. Online sessions might include guided attention to breath, posture and bodily cues to help people notice and shift stress patterns. This approach can be useful for trauma, chronic pain and anxiety where the body holds part of the memory.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match personal values. It helps with anxiety, stress and life transitions by building practical skills to live a meaningful life despite difficult emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current connection patterns and communication, and can help with relationship strain and feelings of abandonment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether somatic practices, ACT exercises or attachment-focused conversations best meet their goals. Treatment is adjusted over time as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health needs and allow people to access support from home. Many find that mixing formats - for example a video session plus interim messages - keeps momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English