Trauma and PTSD therapists in Sydney, New South Wales NSW, Australia AU
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Sydney who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Michael Elwan
Registered Social Worker, PhD Candidate (Mental Health), MSW, GradCertMH, DipPsych, MBA
Trauma and PTSD affect the body, emotions, and relationships long after the original events have ended. I work with single-incident and complex trauma, including the trauma that comes from relationships that were not safe and from environments where survival required adaptation. The pacing is careful. We don't push past what your body and mind are ready for; we work alongside them. The aim is restored agency and steadier ground, with no expectation that the work will erase what has happened.
6 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
The Becoming Practice
Counsellor/Therapist, M Couns; BSocSc (Psychology)
I support clients healing from trauma and PTSD by providing a safe, understanding space to process difficult experiences. Together, we work on grounding strategies, coping skills, and self-compassion, helping you regain a sense of safety, control, and hope in your life.
0 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Ronnie Adamowicz
Therapist, M.A. Psych
work with trauma and PTSD using a somatic, nervous-system-informed approach that recognises how traumatic experiences are held in the body, not just remembered in the mind. Trauma can show up as hypervigilance, emotional numbness, anxiety, shutdown, intrusive memories, or a sense of being stuck in survival mode. These patterns are adaptive responses to overwhelming experiences and deserve care rather than force or re-exposure.
In somatic psychotherapy, we focus on building safety, regulation, and capacity before processing difficult material. Sessions move at a pace guided by your nervous system, helping to restore a sense of choice, embodiment, and stability. Over time, this approach supports integration rather than retraumatisation, allowing symptoms to soften and life to feel more spacious and grounded.
This work can be especially supportive for developmental trauma, complex PTSD, or when trauma is layered with anxiety or depression.
You can learn more about my approach and read client testimonials at
https://ronnieadamowicz.com
7 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Samantha Chin
Registered Psychotherapist, Master of Psychotherapy and Counselling, PACFA registered psychotherapist
I offer trauma-informed therapy for clients carrying the impact of past experiences, including emotional overwhelm, hypervigilance, shutdown, avoidance, or difficulty feeling safe in relationships. We work gently and collaboratively, at a pace that supports safety, choice, and nervous system regulation.
2 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Hamada Els
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist & Executive Coach
I work with clients on a range of issues relating to trauma and PTSD.
26 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW 2000
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Rakan Himadeh
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP, ISP Candidate
PTSD is fundamentally a nervous system injury; the body gets stuck in incomplete survival responses. SE helps the body gradually complete those responses, discharge stored survival energy, and return to regulation. This makes it especially suited for trauma resolution.
4 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Stephen Moore
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters of Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy (MCAP)
Like with Grief and Loss I am a Trauma and PTSD trained therapist. I see a lot of adults who have experienced prior childhood trauma that is making a large influence in their later years in life. Processing your past allows you to have more freedom and agency over your future.
12 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW 2000
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Mairead Cleary
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Gestalt Therapy
Everyone has trauma. It's part of being alive. And some trauma events can be particularly intense and leave us feeling unsafe in the world. The environment we grew up in, if particularly abusive and dysfunctional, can also be traumatic and cause us to feel unsafe in the world. Trauma shows up in our nervous system responses to people and situations, like being excessively wary and on high alert.
We work to regulate your nervous system, to give it safe resting places and experiences of relaxation. We also work with the underlying trauma itself in a very slow, resourcing way.
8 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
John Zavaglia (Mind LIfe)
Counsellor/Therapist, ACA Registered, PC Grad MHN & Neuro, MBA
Trauma can continue to affect you long after the experience has passed, leaving you feeling on edge, disconnected or caught in thoughts and memories you can't easily switch off. Together, we can make sense of what you're experiencing, understand your reactions and develop practical ways to feel safer, more grounded and confident as you gradually move forward.
3 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Gaye Mallinson - Somatic Psychotherapies
Counsellor/Therapist, B.Soc.Ser. (Couns) Dist, Dip. Couns, Trauma Informed Yoga Cert, Pranayama Cert, Nidra Cert
I work primarily from a Rogerian or Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) approach using a conversational style listening patiently to you, always with empathy, genuineness and without judgement, to help find the solutions you desire for your life whilst adjusting my techniques to fit your needs within each session.
Due to my background in critical incident trauma response, restorative justice, family violence, sexual abuse and mental health, I have a good understanding of all kinds of trauma (recent or past) and how they impact the person including the potential impacts for those around them. I am able to utilise a psycho-educational approach to help you understand your trauma impacts better and learn practical strategies to support increased emotional regulation skills, along with specific somatic (mind/body) therapy techniques within the therapy session. This comprehensive strategy supports greater healing of the underlying trauma without the need to discuss the details of the trauma. These gentle but effective techniques create a new positive sense of self, leaving often the carried sense of anger, guilt or shame behind.
My aim is to assist you with your trauma difficulties to restore balance, happiness and inner peace (using the various techniques of 'talk therapy' and somatic (mind/body) healing methods) along with offering practical strategies that may be useful where suitable and desired by you. Whatever you are going through, know that there is hope - Let me help you find that hope.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Rana Salloum - Relationships & Diversity (Sentient)
Counsellor/Therapist, Counsellor, MA, ACA-L3
I work with clients on a range of issues relating to trauma.
18 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW 2000
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Maryam Zafari
Counsellor/Therapist, MCoun, ACA & PACFA Registered, Certified Addiction, Certified Clinical Trauma Professionals
As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, I specialize in trauma-informed interventions that promote nervous system regulation, post-traumatic growth, and sustainable healing from complex trauma presentations.
12 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Irene Valis
Counsellor/Therapist, Gestalt Psychotherapist, PACFA Certified Counsellor, Life Coach
I am a trauma-informed psychotherapist having completed training through Bessel Van der Kolk’s “The Body Keeps the Score” workshops and the Polyvagal Institute around neuroscience and trauma and healing.
I provide a safe, relational, mindbody approach to help women in the processing and integrating traumas such as childhood developmental trauma, emotional or psychological abuse, or significant events, memories or losses that linger long after the incident occurred.
I would be honoured to be your guide and connect you with the validation, support and closure that you need and deserve.
5 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Brett Hall - Therapy for Deep Change
Registered Psychotherapist, Bsc - PSYCH/Neuro, Grad. Dip Gestalt Therapy
Trauma can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, on high alert, or stuck reliving experiences you wish you could move past. If painful memories or their aftermath are shaping your day-to-day life, let's work together to help you feel safe in your body again.
The first step in working with trauma is understanding that your responses make sense — they're not a sign of weakness, but of a nervous system that adapted to survive something hard. In a supportive, non-judgmental space, we'll work at a pace that feels safe for you, using somatic and relational approaches to process what happened and release what your body has been holding. My approach centers safety, self-compassion, and rebuilding trust — in yourself, in others, and in the world around you.
You don't have to carry this alone. Let's take the first step toward healing and feeling whole again.
8 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dr Tani Khara
Therapist
I work with clients who have experienced workplace-related or family trauma.
12 Years Experience
In-Person in Sydney, NSW 2000
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales
PTSD/Trauma
Emma Crook
Counsellor/Therapist, Diploma of Counselling
Emma has experience working with clients who have experienced trauma, including complex and developmental trauma. She works at a pace that feels safe for the client, using trauma-informed approaches to support healing, build resilience, and restore a sense of safety and agency.
2 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Adam Kreuzer
Licensed Professional Counsellor, Diploma of Counselling, Professional Certificate of Adolescent Counselling
I am a trauma-informed Therapist. This means that I have experienced my own trauma in life and harness these experiences to provide compassion, empathy and understanding with my clients. PTSD is something which can occur as a result of trauma and I am well versed and experienced in understanding how a PTSD diagnosis can impact your thinking, feeling and behaviour.
6 Years Experience
Online in Sydney, NSW New South Wales (Online Only)
Sydney's high cost of living, competitive job market, and population density create significant ongoing stress for residents, with therapists frequently addressing housing anxiety, burnout, and the pressures of maintaining relationships in a fast-paced city. The city has large Chinese, Korean, Indian, and Lebanese communities, and culturally competent and multilingual therapists are in consistent demand across its diverse suburban and inner-city neighbourhoods. Sydney's mental health landscape is supported by institutions including Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the Black Dog Institute at UNSW, with a large private therapy community serving the CBD, Inner West, Northern Beaches, and Eastern Suburbs. Medicare rebates through Mental Health Treatment Plans make a significant number of sessions partially subsidised for eligible residents.
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia average 13 years of experience and charge around $178 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (54%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (53%), and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) (44%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$178
Accept insurance
49%
Offer sliding scale
53%
Gender ID
| 61% |
Female |
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| 36% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 77% |
In Person and Online |
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| 23% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 54% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 53% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 44% | Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) |
| 42% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 42% | Somatic Therapy |
| 37% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 36% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
Ages Served
| 96% | Adult |
| 71% | Young Adult |
| 62% | Senior |
| 49% | Teen |
| 29% | Children |
Client Focus
| 59% | Women |
| 56% | Men |
| 53% | LGBTQ+ |
| 45% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 29% | Asian |