About Brigitte
Brigitte House is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and relationship strain. She focuses on building a stronger sense of self so people can face hard moments with more ease. Brigitte brings a calm, grounded presence and practical steps to sessions.
She has ten years of direct psychotherapy and counselling practice and many more years working in community services and not-for-profit roles. That background includes agency work and independent practice, and both in-person and telehealth sessions.
Background and approach
Her broader experience means she has supported people through grief, trauma, panic, life transitions and questions about meaning. Brigitte uses a person-centred way of working that keeps the relationship central. She also draws on somatic approaches to help the body process strong emotion.
Trauma-focused methods and mindfulness practices are used when they suit the person’s needs and pace. Sessions are conversational and paced to the client. Brigitte listens for what matters most, then offers tools to reduce overwhelm and increase resilience.
Practical techniques may include breath and body work, grounding skills, mindfulness exercises and ways to shift unhelpful patterns. She is a PACFA practitioner and works in Australia. Brigitte speaks English and is experienced supporting people with a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, attachment issues, and adjustment after major life events.
Approaches that work well online and by phone
Brigitte draws on client-centred therapy to keep the focus on what matters to each person. This approach means sessions are guided by the client’s priorities and pace, with the therapist offering reflections and practical ideas rather than directives.Mindfulness therapy is used to develop simple attention and breathing skills that reduce anxiety and rumination. These exercises translate easily to video or phone sessions and can be practised between meetings. Somatic therapy helps people notice and work with the body’s responses to stress and trauma, using movement, grounding and breath to shift stuck patterns; therapists can guide these techniques effectively over a call or chat.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brigitte will discuss options and tailor methods to a person’s needs, goals and preferences. She treats this as a collaborative process and checks in regularly to adjust pace and tools.
Online formats provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, live chat suits short check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit support around work, caregiving and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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