About Ali
Ali El-assad is a PACFA counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and the after-effects of trauma. He also supports those struggling with low self-esteem, motivation, parenting concerns and confidence. His tone is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at someone taking a first step towards feeling better.
Ali works from the idea that the client is the expert on their own life. He uses that starting point to build practical ways forward, focusing on strengths and small achievable steps.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be calm, clear and focused on what matters most to the client. Over six years he has supported people with a range of concerns including depression, addictions, grief and relationship or intimacy-related issues. He has also worked with career uncertainty, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, and ADHD-related challenges.
This experience helps him tailor conversations to everyday problems. Ali pays attention to complex areas such as attachment difficulties, communication problems, domestic violence, and immigration-related stress. He is comfortable discussing topics often left out of regular therapy, including kink and alternative sexual culture, and issues like infidelity or jealousy.
Sessions are offered in English and Arabic for people located in Australia. The work is collaborative and practical - clients set goals, try strategies between sessions, and review what helps. Ali acknowledges how hard it can be to start and aims to make the process approachable and clear.
How Ali adapts therapeutic approaches online
Ali draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce anxiety and help people manage difficult memories. One approach focuses on practical coping skills and behaviour change to reduce everyday anxiety and stress; it teaches short exercises and routines people can use between sessions. Another approach addresses trauma and its effects by helping clients build safety, name what happened, and learn ways to respond differently to triggers. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ali will discuss options and test what fits the client's needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative - goals are set together and methods adjusted based on what helps most. Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let conversations feel similar to face-to-face sessions, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, on-the-go reflections, and a way to keep momentum between longer sessions.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Arabic
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