About Ian
Ian McGrath is a counsellor with 18 years of practice helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, grief and loss. He also supports people struggling with depression and related concerns. His approach aims to make it easier to talk about what feels hard and to take small steps towards change.
Ian creates a calm, non-judgemental space for conversations about thoughts and feelings. He emphasises listening first, then helping each person find practical ways to cope day to day.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on realistic strategies that fit into their life. Over nearly two decades Ian has worked in a variety of counselling and mental health settings across Australia. That background gives him experience with a wide range of life challenges, from caregiving stress and chronic illness to relationship and communication problems.
He brings this experience to each session while tailoring support to the individual. Ian is registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, PACFA. He draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety, grief and depression among other concerns.
His work is straightforward and practical, aiming to help people feel more capable and hopeful. People who choose Ian often say they want clear steps and steady support. He helps clients identify next steps, practise coping skills and review progress together.
If you are weighing up counselling, Ian can help you explore what might work best for your situation.
How therapeutic methods translate to online counselling
Ian works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach is behavioural strategies that break problems into small, manageable steps and practise new responses; these help with anxiety, phobias and day-to-day avoidance. Another is grief-focused work that helps people name their losses, process emotions and find ways to remember and move forward while managing difficult feelings.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a shared process. Ian will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options in clear terms, and adjust techniques as you go. The first few sessions are often used to find the best fit and set realistic goals together.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a workday. It can also be useful when quieter surroundings or not being on camera are preferable, depending on the agreed format. Appropriately registered therapists can often adapt exercises and worksheets for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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