About Mariam
Mariam Baroudi is an experienced counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and big life changes. She has 25 years of experience and a practical focus on building confidence, coping skills and clearer communication. She works from a person-centred stance that looks for existing strengths.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what the person needs. Mariam often uses cognitive approaches to help shift unhelpful thinking and develop useful habits.
Background and approach
Her background includes roles in hospitals, community health services, schools and independent practice. That mix gives her a broad sense of common pressures families and individuals face at different life stages. She is an AASW member - the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Mariam supports people dealing with parenting strain, separation and divorce, family of origin issues, feelings of emptiness, and isolation or loneliness. She also works with issues such as guilt, shame, forgiveness and multicultural concerns. In sessions she aims to teach practical skills you can use outside therapy.
She focuses on short, manageable steps that reduce overwhelm and build confidence. Mariam tailors each session to your goals and your pace, helping you leave with clearer next steps.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Person-centred work focuses on your goals, values and strengths. In practice this means the therapist listens, asks questions and helps you make decisions that fit your life. This approach helps when feeling stuck or unsure about next steps.Cognitive approaches involve noticing and changing unhelpful thoughts and routines. A therapist will teach ways to test negative beliefs, try small behavioural experiments, and build new habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood. These skills suit worries about stress, anxiety and confidence.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques collaboratively, adjusting methods to match your needs and pace. You and the therapist decide together what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for more in-depth conversations, while phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging work well for shorter check-ins, journalling prompts or when written reflection helps. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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