About Syed
Syed Muhammad Intisar Mehdi is an AASW clinician who helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. He meets people where they are and encourages small steps forward. He speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu which can help when language matters in hard conversations.
He uses a mix of practical approaches rather than a single method. Sessions tend to focus on what the person wants to change and on building skills for everyday life.
Background and approach
He emphasises listening first, then choosing techniques that fit the person's needs and pace. His background includes five years of professional practice in Australia. That time has included supporting people through loss, coming to terms with difficult events, and working on relationship patterns and communication.
He draws on evidence-informed tools to help reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping. In sessions he values the person's own knowledge of their life. Work often includes looking at thoughts and behaviours, practising grounding and mindfulness, and using structured exercises for trauma when appropriate.
He aims to make each session practical and relevant to real problems. People who get in touch can expect a calm, straightforward approach. He encourages questions about the process and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.
Taking that first step is recognised as important and he aims to make the next steps manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection. The counsellor follows the person's lead, reflects experience back and helps them find their own solutions. This approach is useful for people who need a calm space to make sense of difficult feelings.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, targets the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practising different responses. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, phobias and depression because it gives practical tools to use between sessions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is sometimes used for people working through traumatic memories. It involves structured sets of attention or movement while the person recalls distressing events to reduce emotional intensity over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the first sessions. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then work together to choose or combine techniques. That collaborative process helps make therapy relevant to each person's situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexible check-ins between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more practical and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
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