About Samyr
Samyr Leal is an AASW social worker with 21 years of practical experience. He uses warm, straightforward conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. He speaks English and Portuguese and draws on work with community and court settings in Australia and Brazil.
Samyr focuses on helping individuals through grief, separation and parenting strains. He also supports people dealing with panic attacks, loneliness, guilt, shame and problems with money or control.
Background and approach
In sessions he aims to make things simple and doable rather than using complicated jargon. His background includes roles in relationship centres, magistrates’ courts, schools and both government and non-government agencies. That experience shaped his way of working with practical problems like homelessness, legal matters and managing emotional crises.
He has run counselling and group facilitation in community settings. Samyr blends several approaches to suit each person’s needs. He draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Jungian ideas alongside client-centred and mindfulness practices.
Sessions often include skills practice, values work and attention to unhelpful thinking patterns. People who see him can expect a collaborative, honest and multicultural style. He works to identify small steps that build stability and clearer communication.
The aim is gradual, steady progress that fits into everyday life.
Approach-driven online therapy for practical change
Samyr uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, which can reduce the hold of anxious thoughts. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and practising different behaviours to change symptoms like panic attacks and persistent worry. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre, offering acceptance and empathetic listening to support clearer decision making.Finding the right mix of techniques is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try approaches that match the person’s needs. Sessions may include skill practice, values-based exercises and reflective conversation so adjustments can be made as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skills practice, phone sessions can suit quieter audio check-ins and lower bandwidth, chat works for shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, parenting or distance from services.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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