About Arminda
Arminda Graves is an AASW social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life transitions. She speaks English and Tagalog and brings six years of professional experience to sessions. Her manner is warm and non-judgemental, and she aims to make it easier to talk about hard things.
Arminda creates a calm space where people can name what’s worrying them and try small, practical changes. She uses clear, step-by-step techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches to spot patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live with difficult thoughts while moving toward what matters to them. Her background includes a Master of Social Work, a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling (Behavioural Health) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Arminda has worked with a range of issues including relationship strain, blended family tensions, caregiver stress and chronic illness challenges. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, guilt and immigration-related stress. Sessions focus on real goals and manageable steps.
Conversations mix listening, practical tools and gentle challenge so people can try new ways of coping between meetings. Arminda encourages people to set the pace that suits them and to build skills they can use in everyday life. People who choose her often want straightforward support for anxiety, depression or major life changes.
She aims to help clients regain a sense of direction and clearer ways to handle pressure and relationship problems.
Approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while still moving toward chosen values. It can be useful for anxiety, worry and life transitions by shifting focus from fighting feelings to meaningful action.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to reduce unhelpful thinking and break avoidance. It often suits people wanting structured steps to manage anxiety or mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try ways that fit a person’s goals, preferences and life situation. Sessions are collaborative and adjust as needs change over time.
Online therapy provides flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or need support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Tagalog
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