About Stylianos
Stylianos 'Stel' Papastratis is an ACA counsellor with more than 21 years working in mental health. He focuses on helping people who are anxious, stressed, depressed or facing relationship strain. He also supports people coping with grief and those managing bipolar challenges.
Stel aims to make the first step feel doable. He creates an open space where clients can say what they are carrying without judgement. Sessions are straightforward and practical, with a focus on everyday changes that ease pressure and improve mood.
Background and approach
Across his career Stel has worked in non-profit organisations, government roles and personal clinics in Australia, the UK and continental Europe. That range of settings means he is used to different life stories and practical problems. He draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people find clearer ways forward.
Common concerns he sees include abandonment fears, attachment issues, body image and communication problems. He also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer, ageing challenges and separation or divorce. He approaches each concern by listening carefully and tailoring steps to the person in front of him.
Stel speaks English and Greek. He places importance on physical as well as mental wellbeing and works with clients to set achievable goals. If someone wants steady, experienced support for anxiety, grief or mood concerns, he offers calm, practical guidance to help them move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and practical change. One approach he uses helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and then practise small, manageable alternatives to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method works well for stress, depression and everyday worry.Another common thread in his work is grief and loss support. This involves creating space to talk about difficult feelings, naming what has changed, and building routines and coping strategies that restore daily stability. It helps people who feel stuck after bereavement or major life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stel collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. He reviews progress and adjusts the plan as needed so the work remains relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when that is helpful, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need brief, more frequent contact. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Greek
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