About Vivienne
Vivienne Fowler is an ACA counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship tension, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing life changes, addiction concerns, grief and sleep problems. Her tone is calm and encouraging, aimed at making the first step feel less daunting for someone worried or unsure.
Vivienne believes each person knows their story best. She works alongside clients to find practical ways to move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, achievable steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. She encourages people to use their existing strengths while trying new strategies. Her approach blends talking with hands-on techniques.
Vivienne draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas inform how she looks at intimacy and relationship patterns. Vivienne has five years of experience in Australia and uses plain language in sessions.
She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the work to their needs. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Practical matters such as sleeping, anger, career concerns and coping after loss are all addressed with concrete tools.
For people juggling change, caregiving, chronic illness or addiction recovery, she offers paced support and clear next steps.
How Vivienne uses evidence-informed approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and still move toward what matters. Vivienne uses ACT to support clients stuck by anxiety, low mood or life transitions by encouraging values-based action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours. She uses CBT techniques to reduce worry, improve sleep and manage anger with clear, step-by-step exercises.Finding the right approach is a joint process. Vivienne talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then mixes methods that suit them. She checks in regularly and adjusts the work so it stays relevant and manageable for the client.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to fit different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and therapeutic exercises. Phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth, while chat or messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving or other commitments and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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