Deborah Sammon

Deborah Sammon is an integrative therapist with 28 years of professional experience in Australia. She helps people facing stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation. Deborah invites clients to take the first step and acknowledges that reaching out takes courage.

Her approach treats each person as the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on practical steps and on finding strengths people already have. Conversations are plain and direct, with attention to what is most pressing right now.

Deborah draws on a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. She works to make therapy useful for everyday life, helping people manage difficult feelings and make clearer choices. Topics she often sees include attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, and workplace stress.

She also supports people through divorce and separation, midlife turns, questions about life purpose, and healing after traumatic events. Deborah emphasises pacing - taking small, manageable steps so changes feel sustainable.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. People who come to her can expect a practical focus, patience, and respect for their story. Deborah is credentialed with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).

How Deborah’s approaches work online and in practice

Deborah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a practical, down-to-earth way. One common approach is an integrative method that mixes strategies from different therapies to match a person’s needs; this means sessions might include emotional processing, problem-solving and skill practice to manage everyday stress and anxiety.

Another approach focuses on trauma-informed care, which helps people process difficult experiences at a steady pace and build coping and grounding skills. This work often supports people with post-traumatic stress, grief or abuse-related concerns by emphasising pacing and safety in the work.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Deborah will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped before, and then suggest techniques to try. Adjustments are made over time based on how the work is going and what feels useful.

The biography does not list specific online or phone formats. Before booking, confirm which session types are currently offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists can adapt exercises and homework to suit a client’s routine and daily life.