Astrid Tiefholz, ACA

Astrid Tiefholz offers support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and big life changes, including midlife crisis, parenting strains and eating concerns. She presents a calm, attentive presence and helps people talk through immediate problems and plan practical steps forward. Astrid uses straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel like a steady, non-judgemental conversation.

She adopts a person-centred style that treats each person as the expert in their own life. That means listening first, then suggesting approaches that fit the person’s values and goals. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and mindfulness tools to support mood, coping and behaviour change.

Astrid has four years of therapy experience and works from an empathetic, collaborative stance. She is an ACA counsellor and provides care in Australia. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.

Her work often focuses on parenting challenges, fertility and fatherhood concerns, body image and recovery from eating difficulties. She also supports people navigating life purpose, money stress, isolation and communication problems. Astrid pays attention to neurodiversity and offers a neuro-affirming perspective when relevant.

People who meet with Astrid typically explore values, set small achievable goals and practise skills between sessions. The process is practical and paced to the individual, with attention to emotional safety and real-world changes.

How her approaches fit online work

Astrid commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take small committed actions that match what matters to them. ACT can be useful when life changes feel confusing or when someone wants to redefine purpose. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours in everyday life, which is helpful for anxiety, mood and eating-related patterns.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Astrid works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals. That choice can change over time as priorities shift, and she will help tailor strategies during the course of therapy.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a person's schedule. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises or behavioural experiments between sessions, which supports progress over time.