Yvette Strawbridge, PACFA

Yvette Strawbridge is a counsellor with PACFA who brings 32 years of experience to her work. She uses a client-centred approach and focuses on relationship, family, trauma and intimacy concerns. Her style is practical and grounded, aimed at helping people manage difficult feelings and improve communication. Yvette blends talk therapy with expressive methods such as sand tray, art therapy and psychodrama. She pays attention to how mind and body interact and uses that perspective to help people with stress, grief or life transitions. This can be useful for people dealing with illness, ageing concerns, or the emotional impact of cancer and hospice situations. Her background includes work with separation and divorce issues, and she is an Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and mediator. She also sees children and adolescents who are finding adjustment hard after a parental separation and offers child inclusive mediation when appropriate. Yvette has supported people through infertility-related strain, communication breakdowns, infidelity, and family-of-origin pain. She also works with issues such as guilt, shame, isolation and gender dysphoria concerns. Her approach is steady and person-focused, helping people notice what matters and take small steps forward. In sessions she aims to create space for honest conversation and creative expression. She helps people find clearer ways to talk, set boundaries and rebuild trust. To begin, clients choose the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How client-centred work translates to online support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening carefully and following the person’s lead. The therapist offers empathy, reflection and practical feedback to help people feel understood and to work through relationship, trauma and self-esteem issues. This approach suits people who want a respectful, collaborative space to make decisions about next steps.

Yvette also uses expressive therapies such as art or sand tray techniques to help people access feelings that are hard to name. These methods can reveal patterns in relationships or highlight sources of grief and loss, which can be helpful when coping with illness, ageing or end-of-life concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that match what the person needs. That conversation is collaborative and may change over time as needs shift.

Session formats are not listed in the supplied biography, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make appointments easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time for people juggling medical appointments or caregiving. Appropriately qualified therapists can guide clients in adapting expressive methods for remote sessions when suitable.