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Toni Stephan
Languages Spoken - English & Afrikaans

You will find Toni to be a warm, compassionate, optimistic and collaborative couples and family therapist. Toni is not a 'sit and nod' counsellor. She is active in therapy, and although she finds listening to be a vital part of what she does, she’s known to gently challenge her clients, help them see where they are stuck, show them new ways of being and encourage their growth.

Meet Toni

Toni (she/her pronouns) enjoys working with couples, individuals, children, and families across all areas including, relationships, intimacy, communication, conflict management, separation, anxiety, depression as well as learning and behavioral difficulties in children. Toni is experienced in working with diversities and you can expect to feel safe and welcomed with Toni.

 

As a highly educated and experienced therapist, as well as a published author, Toni understands that people vary in their needs and these differences can create conflict in themselves, as well as in their relationships. She aims to help individuals, couples and families obtain an increasingly well-developed understanding of themselves and each others inner workings. By doing so she assists her clients by helping transform conflict into opportunities for deeper intimacy and connection with self, and others.

Areas of Interest

  • Relationship and Couples Counselling

  • Effective Communication

  • Intimacy and sexuality

  • Conflict Management 

  • Domestic and Family Violence

  • Addictions (harm minimisation)

  • Family Therapy

  • Child Therapy/Play Therapy - including behavioural, learning and emotional challenges. 

  • Adolescence Therapy

  • Parenting Strategies

  • Self-esteem and sense of self issues

  • Anxiety

  • Life stages transitions 

  • Trauma 

  • Grief/loss

  • Separation counselling for couples, families and children.

Therapy Approaches

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Specialised Training

  • Bachelor Arts - Psychology and Criminology

  • Bachelor Arts - Honours, Psychology

  • Bachelor of Education - Honours in Educational Psychology

  • Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling

  • Play Therapy

  • Sand Tray Therapy

  • Understanding Dementia

  • When Suicidal Thoughts Persist: Treating Chronic Ideation by Stacey Freedenthal

  • Building resilience in children with Justin Coulson

  • Psychosocial Interventions for Suicidal Youth and Their Families with Jonathan B. Singer

  • ​Understanding emotion in children

  • Counselling with Men in Mind: Understanding and Responding to Men’s Distress and Suicidality

  • The Secret Life of Teenage Girls

  • Working with Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Supporting Clients with Gender Diversity with Dr Elizabeth Anne Riley

  • Trauma Workshop - the Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma with Bessel Van Der Kolk

  • The Hidden Traumas of Masculinity with Dr. Zac Seidler

Therapy Approaches 

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Solution Focused Therapy 

  • Child Centered Therapy 

  • Gestalt Therapy

  • Systemic Therapy

  • Humanistic Therapy

  • Sandtray 

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Family Therapy (Bowenian and Structural 

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Toni tailors her approach to meet the unique goals and needs of her clients.

Professional Memberships

  • Toni holds professional membership with the ACA (Australian Counselling Association)​

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  • ​Golden Key International Honour Society

Work with Toni

Toni offers online individual, relationship and family counselling via Zoom, as well as in person session at our office located in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia.
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In Person and Zoom sessions run for 60 minutes and cost $135.00 for individuals and $220.00 for couples and families. 
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Rebates are available with Police Health Fund, Emergency Services Health, Phoenix Health, St Lukes Health, GMHBA and CUA Health (Telehealth only).

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To book your appointment with Toni, please click on the Book Now button below.

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