Ms Fiona Gray
Counsellor, Relationship Therapist
Creating Connections Counselling
Narrabundah, Canberra ACT 2604
In Person + Online Therapy Australia-wide
Philosophy & Vision
Life can throw many challenges our way. Learning how to deal with complex thoughts, beliefs and traumatic experiences in our life is the first step towards successful healing. Sometimes we need someone to talk to.
My experience includes providing individual counselling and couples relationship counselling, I provide a simple and quiet environment, where exploring your inner thoughts and feelings is safe. Whether you’re going through relationship breakdown/family difficulties, experiencing challenges as a new parent, I am here to help you regain much-needed clarity along your journey. My counselling services can be provided face to face or using telehealth services online.
My specialist services focus on relationship therapy & mental health difficulties, including managing, anxiety, issues depression, and low self-esteem & trauma, grief & loss. I also specialise in addressing issues related to perinatal and early parenting
Background
Before counselling training, I practised internationally as a nurse and midwife across the UK, Germany, and Hong Kong and served in the HM Forces. I also have experience working for Not-for-Profit Organisations in Australia e.g Oz Help Foundation. In the last 10 years, I have worked in the community as a Maternal-Child Health Nurse and have also worked as a Registered Nurse in an acute clinical area.
I have a comprehensive understanding of working with people across different multicultural backgrounds and belief systems, and I am highly equipped to provide support with key issues impacting mental health and well-being, including low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and life transitions.
I have completed EFCT Externship training & Core Skills with The Brisbane Centre for EFT (www.bceft.com.au)
Services
Areas of Interest
Accreditations
- Masters In Counselling - 2024 - University of Canberra
- Graduate Diploma In Counselling - 2020 - University of Counselling
- Community Health Studies BA - 1996 - Southbank University
- Registered Midwife - 1986 - South Lothian School of Nusing
- Registered Nurse - 1983 - South Lothian School of Nursing
Modalities
ACT - Attachment Theory - CBT - Compassion-Focused Therapy - EMDR - Emotional Freedom Techniques - Emotionally Focused Therapy - Gottman Method - Internal Family Systems - Marriage and Family - Mindfulness - Motivational Interviewing - Person Centred - Solution Oriented - Strengths-Based - Trauma-Informed
Therapy Approach
Problems and challenges are a normal part of everyday life. When these issues begin to overwhelm you, it can have a detrimental effect on your overall wellbeing – particularly if you don’t have access to the right support from family and friends.
I have a strong focus on helping clients with relationship difficulties. Couple therapy is becoming more & more recognised as a major mental health issue.
As a qualified counselling service, I am are here to listen to your deepest grievances while providing you with easy to implement strategies in a safe, comfortable and private space.
My preferences of therapies include a Person Centred Approach, Emotional Focussed Therapy & Gottman Institute, Trauma informed EMDR trained & Attachment Theory.
Professional Associations
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - Clinical
- International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy
Practice Locations
25A Vaughan Gardens
Narrabundah ACT 2604
Parking: Please park on Vaughan Gardens.
Appointments
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30 am-6pm
Tuesday 9am-5pm.
Fees & Insurance
Individual Face to face $170
Individual Telehealth $175
Couples Face to face $200
Couples Telehealth $205
Health funds
Medibank, BUPA, AHM, HCF, ARHG.
ARHG include: Australian Defence Force, Defence Health (from 1/7/2026) Doctors fund, Nurses & Midwives Health, Mildura Health, Police Health, See-u by HBF(previously CUA) Emergency Services Health, Unihealth,Teachers Union Health, Phoenix health, GMHBA, St Lukes Health.
Payment Options
Initial Consults require a deposit at time of booking.
Pay ID or Direct Bank Transfer (details provided by therapist). EFTPOS, Mastercard, Visa.
Please ask me for provider numbers for health funds listed above.
Contact Fiona
Please book online to make an appointment
A conversation with Fiona Gray
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I have worked in Health Care as a nurse for over 40 years, I developed a strong interest in addressing a focus on listening to people & find it rewarding to walk along side clients. I found often as a Nurse & Midwife, people often just need a chance to talk, & to be heard.
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I try to always be person centred & remind myself to put myself in the clients shoes. I endeavour to use a non directive humanistic approach. The core belief that you inherently drive personal growth & self actualisation.
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John Bowlby's Attachment theory emphasises the importance of early emotional bonds serving as a foundation for future relationships. He proposed these bonds are vital for survival & emotional development. Having healthy awareness & a strong sense of emotional self enables us to have a better understanding of ourselves & how we relate to others.
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Emotional Focussed Therapy, Attachment Theory, Trauma informed care, EMDR, Internal family systems, CBT,ACT, Solution Focussed Therapy.
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Just walking through the therapy door & being vulnerable to seek help means a person is already progressing. I like to provide information, articles, things to work on in between session to help assist that progress.
When a client feels that their distress is settling & that it is no longer dominating their well being. -
Becoming a therapist has opened up new pathways & has hopefully changed me as a person.
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When a client goes finds a new way to think & feel about something, that had been previously causing so much pain, when they say "actually maybe I don't need you any more!, because they can manage by themselve's!.
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I do & I have learnt to be mindful of healthy self-care. I try to practice self compassion in those moments.
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That we often don't have a village to support us, that people can be very vulnerable to isolation. We all need our village.
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Self Compassion, the proven power of being kind to yourself, Kristin Neff
"Man's Search for Meaning" Viktor Frankl
"The Body Keeps the Score" Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Bessel Van Der Kolk MD