About Brett
Brett Chapman is an AHPRA-registered psychologist with 30 years' experience providing face-to-face and online counselling in Australia. He supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and life changes. His approach is practical and down-to-earth, and he aims to make the first steps easier to take.
Brett has worked in a mix of public and personal settings across three decades. He helps with drug and alcohol issues, mood disorders, workplace stress and dwindling self-esteem.
Background and approach
Sessions are offered as short- or long-term work depending on what each person needs. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on learning skills and changing everyday patterns. Expect clear explanations, practical strategies and guided practice you can try between sessions.
Brett also offers psycho-education and motivational techniques where helpful. His style is warm, respectful and collaborative. He treats each person as the expert in their own story and aims to build on existing strengths.
Conversations are paced to suit the individual and to make progress feel manageable. People often come for help with anxiety and stress, and leave with tools to manage symptoms and make different choices. Brett encourages gradual steps and steady change rather than quick fixes.
He supports clients as they try out new ways of coping and problem solving.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on what matters to them. It uses simple exercises to build willingness to act despite anxiety or difficult feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change thinking and behaviour patterns that feed anxiety and low mood. Sessions include homework tasks to practise new skills between appointments. Mindfulness techniques are used to improve everyday awareness and reduce automatic reactivity, which can help with stress and cravings.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Brett works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences. He will explain options, try techniques in session and adjust the plan as you learn what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice and flexible support around work or family commitments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Mood disorders
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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