In-Person in Manly, NSW 2095
In-Person in Crows Nest, NSW 2065
Online in Australia, New Zealand, California
I use a variety of evidence-based tools and techniques to help you reconnect with your existing strengths and cultivate additional resources that support progress toward the changes you wish to make. Depending on specific needs, I draw from a number of therapeutic modalities, all incorporating a respectful, strengths-based, person-centred and recovery-oriented approach. My practice is grounded in developmental, trauma-informed and solution-focused therapy within a family systems theoretical model. I frequently call on creative interventions, mindfulness and somatic resources to align your mind / body / spirit connection and consider cultural respect essential to my therapeutic approach.
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Family, Group, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Children, Senior, Teen, Young Adult
Demographic Expertise: LGBTQ+, Men, Military / Veterans, Pacific Islander, Persons with Disabilities, Women clients.
Languages: English, German
Treatment Approach
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, while committing to actions that reflect their values. It blends mindfulness with practical behavior strategies.
- Art Therapy Uses creative activities like drawing, painting, or sculpture as a way to express emotions. It is especially helpful when words are hard to find.
- Biofeedback / Neurofeedback Teaches people to control body or brain activity using real-time monitoring. It’s often used for stress, anxiety, ADHD, and migraines.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) One of the most widely used approaches, CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with healthier patterns. It is effective for anxiety, depression, and many other concerns.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Combines CBT with mindfulness to help regulate emotions, tolerate stress, and build stronger relationships. Originally designed for borderline personality disorder, it’s now used more broadly.
- Family Constellation Therapy Explores hidden family dynamics and patterns across generations. It helps people understand how past family issues may be influencing current struggles.
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Combines mindfulness practices with CBT to prevent depression relapse. It helps people notice thoughts without judgment and respond more calmly.
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) Focuses on solutions and future goals rather than past problems. It is practical, short-term, and goal-driven.
- Somatic Therapy Helps clients notice how emotions are stored in the body. It uses breath, movement, and awareness for healing trauma and stress.
Approach Description: Using a variety of evidence-based tools and techniques, Oksana will help clients reconnect with their existing strengths and cultivate additional resources that support progress toward the changes they wish to make. Depending on specific needs, she draws from a number of therapeutic modalities, all incorporating a respectful, strengths-based, person-centred and recovery-oriented approach. Oksana’s practice is grounded in developmental, trauma-informed and solution-focused therapy within a family systems theoretical model. She frequently calls on creative interventions, mindfulness and somatic resources to align the mind / body / spirit connection and considers cultural respect essential to her therapeutic approach.
Education & Credentials
Oksana Pueschel Grad Dip Family Counselling
- Female
- License # ABN 13 669 543 891
- Licensed in NSW
- Practicing Since 2007
Education: Graduate
Finances
Fees
- Average Session Fee $150
- Affordable sliding scale therapy: apply if you may be eligible.
- Sliding scale depending on insurance, NDIS Self-Managed, Workplace Health Fund or private funded
- Out of Network
Oksana Pueschel Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Manly, NSW 2095 and Crows Nest, NSW 2065
- Available Online for residents of Australia, New Zealand, California
- Online Therapy Details: Zoom
Oksana Pueschel is a professional licensed counsellor, a transpersonal arts therapist and a certified NeurOptimal® brain trainer. Oksana has vast experience in facilitating positive changes for people struggling with overwhelming feelings, substance abuse, behavioural and mood disorders, anxiety, love and sex addictions, codependency and childhood trauma. Oksana supports her clients to create more harmony and connection in relationship, both with themselves and with others.
Oksana’s practice focuses on supporting adults and adolescents to navigate their current situation as well as what lies beneath: thoughts of worthlessness, lack of direction and meaning in life, domestic challenges, trauma, life transitioning circumstances, codependency and the corresponding changes in identity and relationships.
Oksana’s style of therapy is informal, compassionate, wholistic and responsive to each person’s unique needs, idenifying their strengths and options to develop strategies to achieve their goals. She will guide those willing to explore themselves and build a greater understanding of the different aspects of their experience, from the emotional, mental, and physical, to the family, social, cultural, and spiritual dimensions.