Alex Scagliola, AHPRA

Alex Scagliola is an AHPRA-registered counsellor with ten years' experience helping people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem and depression. He presents as relaxed and warm, and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical. Alex often supports people facing big life changes and midlife transitions.

Alex works at a steady pace that suits each person. He listens for what matters most and helps clients set simple, realistic goals. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, building skills to manage difficult moments, and making decisions that line up with personal values.

His work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and mindfulness strategies, alongside person-centred and trauma-informed practice. These approaches are blended to match what a person needs rather than applied the same way to everyone. Alex explains techniques in everyday language and practises them together with clients during sessions.

People come for many reasons - to feel less anxious, to cope with grief or to shift long-standing habits. Alex helps people explore past experiences that influence current choices and supports them to try new ways of relating and coping. He also helps with issues related to abandonment, attachment and caregiver stress.

Originally from the United States, Alex now lives in Australia. Outside work he enjoys bushwalking, stand-up comedy and time with his family, and he has a soft spot for finding the perfect brownie recipe.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values even when emotions are hard. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and trying practical experiments to change them. It often helps with anxiety, depression and stress management. Mindfulness strategies teach simple attention and grounding exercises that reduce reactivity and support calmer decision-making.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps shape whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness or a combination will be used going forward.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow more flexible scheduling around work or family. Others appreciate short check-ins or sessions that avoid being on camera; these practical choices can be discussed and arranged based on what suits the person and the therapist.