Deborah Sammon, ACA

Deborah Sammon is an Integrative Therapist with 28 years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and loss, and those wrestling with self-esteem or life changes such as a midlife crisis. Deborah encourages people to recognise their own strengths and to take small, steady steps toward feeling more capable. Signing up for therapy is a big step, and she honours that courage.

Deborah uses an integrative approach that draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to suit each person's needs. She listens for how past relationships, attachment patterns and experiences of abandonment or trauma shape current feelings and behaviour. Work might include talking through difficult memories, building skills to manage anxiety, or practising ways to assert needs and set boundaries at work and at home.

Practical problem solving is mixed with attention to emotions and meaning. Sessions can cover communication problems, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose or self-love. Deborah pays attention to everyday pressures, such as workplace stress, and helps people find realistic coping strategies.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person in therapy is the expert on their life. The focus is on developing clearer choices and greater self-compassion. Deborah works in Australia and conducts sessions in English.

How Deborah adapts therapeutic techniques for online work

Deborah draws on integrative, evidence-based techniques to tailor work to each person. One strand focuses on anxiety and stress management, teaching practical skills such as breathing, grounding and stepwise problem solving to reduce day-to-day distress and improve coping. Another strand attends to trauma and attachment issues, helping people understand how past relationships influence current reactions and building safer ways to relate and regulate strong emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss options with the person to match methods to their needs, goals and preferences. This means trying techniques, checking how they land, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats available before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy week easier, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, or avoid being on camera when that helps them engage more comfortably. Appropriately qualified therapists will discuss practical arrangements and help adapt exercises so they work well in remote sessions.