About William
Dr. William Abur is an AASW social worker with 20 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. He offers calm, practical support for grief, parenting pressures, sleep problems and major life changes.
He also helps clients with trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue and concerns about self-esteem and motivation. William uses straightforward, person-focused sessions. He listens first, then helps people set small goals they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on useful skills and real-life steps rather than long explanations. Many clients leave with clearer routines, new ways to talk about problems, and techniques to manage strong emotions. His approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred listening.
He also uses emotionally-focused and existential ideas when they fit the person's situation. These methods are chosen to suit the issue at hand and the person's preferences rather than as a one-size-fits-all plan. William has worked across community and clinical settings in Australia.
His practice aims to be warm and direct. He encourages people to try small experiments and notice what changes work for them. He supports practical problem solving alongside exploring meaning and values.
People contact him when they want fewer sleepless nights, less overwhelm, or clearer direction after loss or change. He helps with both short-term coping strategies and longer goals such as improving relationships or building confidence.
How ACT, CBT and client-centred work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them, then commit to actions that reflect what matters to them. It can help with anxiety, stress and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behaviour changes to reduce symptoms such as worry, low mood or sleep disruption. Client-centred therapy provides a supportive, non-directive space where the counsellor listens closely and follows the person's pace and concerns.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try different techniques to see what fits. Plans are adjusted over time so sessions match changing needs and preferences rather than sticking to one single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a therapy-style meeting with visual cues, while phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief questions, checking progress between sessions or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make counselling more flexible and easier to fit around work, study and caring responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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