The Right Therapist

In this practical and insightful conversation, Melbourne-based psychotherapist Tim Fraser joins Laura Duggan to explore one of the most common questions people face when seeking therapy: How do you find the right therapist for you? Together they discuss the differences between psychology and psychotherapy, the role of attachment in mental health, why the therapeutic relationship matters so much, a...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, somatic psychotherapist Chelsea Herbert explores grief, trauma, nervous system healing, and the transformative power of softening into emotion rather than resisting it. Through conversations around Internal Tracking, body-based therapy, voice work, and wilderness practices, Chelsea shares how reconnecting with the body can help us move through pain, rediscov...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, Laura speaks with Tessa Priest, a narrative therapist who explores the powerful relationship between the story we tell and the person telling it. Tessa blends narrative therapy with expressive arts, somatic awareness, and mindfulness to help people reconnect with their preferred identities and reshape the stories that shape their lives. Together, they explor...

Why do so many neurodivergent adults feel lazy or like failed adults? In this episode of The Right Therapist, counsellor and narrative therapist Dana Kabaila explores neurodivergence, burnout, masking, and the deeper systems that shape how people understand themselves. Drawing on lived experience, Dana challenges the idea of “laziness,” reframing it as a mismatch between neurodivergent ways of bei...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, Laura speaks with Celia Dunsmore, an accredited mental health social worker whose work is grounded in attachment theory and trauma-informed therapy. Celia draws from somatic experiencing, emotion-focused therapy and compassion-focused approaches to help people understand how early relationships shape the way they experience safety, connection and intimacy. T...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, couples counsellor Gillian Fernandes explores why relationships so often feel unsafe, confusing, or lonely — even when there is love present. Drawing on attachment theory, somatic therapy, and systems thinking, Gillian explains how couples often get stuck not because of communication skills, but because of unspoken attachment needs, nervous system responses,...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, Laura is joined by Gestalt psychotherapist and EMDR therapist Sheridan Green to explore relationships through a Gestalt lens. Together, they unpack a powerful framework: that every relationship contains three relationships — the relationship with self, the other’s relationship with self, and the shared relationship, the we. Drawing on Gestalt therapy, existe...

Integrative psychotherapist Luke O’Higgins joins us to explore relational therapy, attachment, and parts work through a deeply human, present-moment approach. Drawing from Gestalt therapy, somatic-informed practice, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and attachment repair, Luke works with adults and young people to create new relational experiences — not just insight.

In this episode, Laura is joined by somatic therapist Fiona Bell to explore anger, rage, and what happens when these vital energies are suppressed. Through a nervous-system lens, they unpack how anxiety, chronic symptoms, and collapse often arise from unexpressed anger and how healing happens through safe connection, co-regulation, and embodied presence. Together they reframe rage as life force, b...

In this episode we explore what it means to truly grow up, wake up, and re-soul our world. Blending Eastern philosophy with Western psychotherapy, we unpack attachment repair, imagination as a healing force, eco-therapy, masculinity, leadership, and belonging. The episode features a live therapy demonstration of the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol, offering a felt sense of how embodied attachment wor...

In this episode of The Right Therapist, we dive into how trauma shapes the body and mind, why evidence-based approaches like EMDR and somatic therapy help clients heal, and how to find a psychologist or counsellor who’s the right fit through Source — Australia’s trusted platform for therapy, counselling, and mental health support.

Integrative psychotherapist Ange Cook joins The Right Therapist to explore what it means to work in a trauma-informed, embodied, and inclusive way. We discuss how curiosity, language, and body awareness shape therapy, and how integrative psychotherapy supports diverse clients—including LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent individuals. Ange unpacks the connection between mind and body, parts work, somatic r...

A deeply human conversation with Louise, a compassionate Gestalt psychotherapist, on why change sticks when we stop fighting ourselves, how empty chair work unlocks insight, what “rupture & repair” feels like in the therapy room, and how to know if Gestalt therapy is right for you. We also demo a short session on “the shoulds” (professionalism, organisation, shame → creativity), showing how em...

Gestalt psychotherapist Angus Ferguson joins us to explore addiction through a trauma-informed, attachment-centred lens—why addictions develop, what lies underneath them, and why recovery requires connection, compassion, and support rather than shame. We unpack childhood trauma, ACE scores, attachment wounds, small-t trauma, the role of the reticular activating system, and why humans bond with sub...

Counsellor & psychotherapist Giorgia des Landes joins us to unpack complex trauma, how it shapes development and relationships, and why bottom-up somatic therapies (somatic experiencing, sensory-motor psychotherapy, EMDR) help the autonomic nervous system feel safe again. We explore the three-phase model of trauma therapy (safety & stabilization → processing → integration/post-traumatic gr...

Gestalt therapist, writer, and faculty member Dr Rhys Price-Robertson joins The Right Therapist to explore how awareness, embodiment, and Zen-inspired non-doing can transform the therapeutic encounter. Rhys reflects on the paradoxical theory of change—that we change not by striving to be different, but by becoming more fully who we already are. This rich conversation traverses the meeting point be...