Our services

Therapy that meets you where you are

Warm, evidence-based psychological therapy for adolescents and adults, currently available via Telehealth across Australia.

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Individual therapy

Support centred around you

At Begin to Become Psychology, therapy is collaborative and thoughtfully tailored to you. Together, we’ll develop an understanding of what brings you here, the patterns that may be keeping difficulties going, and what you would like to work towards.

Drawing on evidence-based approaches, the focus of therapy can evolve over time to reflect your needs and goals.

Who we see — adolescents 16+ and adults

How we work — individual therapy via Telehealth, Australia-wide

Funding options — eligible clients may access rebates through Medicare or private health insurance

WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH

Areas of concern

A closer look at some of the concerns we work with. If you’re seeking support for something different, get in touch and we can explore your options together.
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Eating Disorders & Body Image Concerns

We support individuals experiencing disordered eating, Eating Disorders, and difficult relationships with food, exercise and body image. This includes Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), alongside persistent concerns about weight, shape or body image. Therapy takes a compassionate, individualised approach, looking beyond behaviours to understand the thoughts, emotions and patterns that may be keeping these difficulties going.
Adolescents & Adults

Self-Esteem Issues

We support individuals experiencing low self-worth, self-criticism, or feeling disconnected from a strong sense of self. Therapy focuses on understanding the patterns that shape how you see yourself, building confidence and developing a more compassionate and grounded relationship with yourself.
Adolescents & Adults

Relationship & Attachment Difficulties

We support individuals navigating difficulties with closeness, trust, communication, intimacy or boundaries, including anxious, avoidant or fearful attachment patterns. Therapy can help you understand recurring relationship patterns, where they may come from, and develop more secure and fulfilling ways of connecting with others.
Adolescents & Adults

Recovery from Unhealthy Relationships

We support individuals recovering from emotionally unsafe, controlling or abusive relationships, including experiences of coercive control and narcissistic abuse. Therapy focuses on making sense of what you’ve experienced, rebuilding safety and self-trust, strengthening boundaries, and developing healthier relationship patterns moving forward.
Adults

Anxiety

We support individuals experiencing a range of anxiety concerns, including Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Illness Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Specific Phobias. Therapy focuses on understanding patterns of anxiety, reducing avoidance, and developing practical strategies to manage distress and live more freely.
Adolescents & Adults

Depression & Low mood

We support individuals experiencing low mood, depression, emotional disconnection, or persistent feelings of emptiness or hopelessness. Therapy focuses on understanding the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, reconnecting with meaningful aspects of life, and building a greater sense of direction and purpose.
Adolescents & Adults

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

We support individuals experiencing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including intrusive thoughts, obsessions, compulsions and reassurance-seeking. Therapy focuses on understanding the OCD cycle, reducing behaviours that keep it going, and developing greater confidence in responding to uncertainty and distress without relying on compulsions.
Adolescents & Adults

Perfectionism & Burnout

We support individuals experiencing perfectionism, overwhelm, burnout, or a persistent sense of never doing enough. Therapy explores the beliefs and patterns that can drive high standards, self-criticism and difficulty slowing down, helping you develop a more balanced and sustainable way of approaching work, achievement and everyday life.
Adults

Trauma & PTSD

We support individuals processing the impact of distressing and traumatic experiences, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), complex trauma, childhood trauma, and the lasting effects of abuse or neglect. Therapy focuses on building safety and emotional regulation, gently processing traumatic experiences, and reducing their ongoing impact on daily life and relationships.
Adults
READY TO GET STARTED?

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How we work

Therapeutic modalities we draw upon

We integrate a range of evidence-based therapies, selecting and tailoring approaches to suit your needs and goals as therapy progresses.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

CBT is a well-established, evidence-based approach that explores the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Through this process, you learn to recognise patterns that may be keeping you stuck and develop practical strategies to create meaningful change. CBT is collaborative, structured and goal-focused, while remaining responsive to your individual experiences, needs and what matters most to you.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT is an evidence-based approach that focuses on changing how you relate to difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to eliminate or control them. Through mindfulness, acceptance and values-based action, ACT builds psychological flexibility- the ability to make space for difficult experiences while continuing to move towards what matters to you.
ACT is particularly useful for anxiety, depression and other ongoing emotional difficulties, supporting you to live more consistently with your values even when things feel difficult.

Schema Therapy

Schema Therapy explores deeply held patterns, known as schemas, that shape how you see yourself, relate to others and respond to your emotional needs. These patterns often develop through early experiences and can contribute to recurring difficulties with relationships, self-esteem and emotional wellbeing. By identifying and working with these patterns, Schema Therapy supports deeper self-understanding and meaningful change in longstanding ways of thinking, feeling and relating.

Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is a well-established, evidence-based approach for processing trauma and distressing experiences. It uses bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, as part of a structured process to support the reprocessing of distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity. EMDR is widely used in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and can support the processing of both single-event and more complex traumatic experiences.

Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders
(CBT-E)

CBT-E is a specialised, evidence-based treatment developed for eating disorders. It focuses on understanding and changing the thoughts, beliefs and behaviours that may be keeping eating difficulties going, while considering the broader factors that can influence recovery. CBT-E is collaborative and highly individualised, with treatment tailored to each person’s unique experiences and needs.

Family-Based Treatment (FBT) – The Maudsley Approach

FBT, commonly known as the Maudsley Approach, is an evidence-based treatment for adolescents with eating disorders, particularly Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. It places parents and caregivers at the centre of supporting recovery, initially taking an active role in nutritional rehabilitation before gradually supporting the young person to regain age-appropriate independence around eating. FBT is collaborative and family-focused, recognising the important role families can play in an adolescent’s recovery.

WHAT TO EXPECT

What happens in your first session

Every therapeutic relationship starts with getting to know you, your experiences and what brings you here. Here’s what to expect from your first session.

Before your first session

You’ll complete a short intake form before your first appointment, covering some background information, what brings you to therapy and any relevant funding details. This allows us to spend more of our time together focusing on you.

Understanding privacy and confidentiality

Your privacy and confidentiality are an important part of therapy. We’ll talk through the limits to confidentiality at the beginning of your first session, so you understand how your information is protected and when information may need to be shared.

Getting to know you

Your first session is an opportunity for us to learn more about you, what brings you to therapy and what you’d like to work towards. We’ll explore your current concerns and relevant history, beginning to build a shared understanding of what’s happening for you.

Planning the next steps together

Towards the end of your first session, we’ll discuss what may be helpful to focus on, your goals for therapy and recommendations for moving forward. Together, we’ll begin shaping a plan that feels right for you.

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For clinicians

Clinical supervision with Dr Shauna Byrne

Shauna offers individual clinical supervision for provisionally registered and registered psychologists. Supervision with Shauna is collaborative, reflective and grounded in the same evidence-informed values that guide her clinical work, with particular depth in eating disorders, trauma, schema therapy and ACT.
Shauna offers a warm, collegial space for clinicians working through complex cases, building confidence with new therapeutic approaches, or wanting a thoughtful sounding board for their clinical and ethical development.

Individual supervision for registered and provisional psychologists

Specialised experience in the treatment of Eating Disorders within inpatient and outpatient settings

Reflective, evidence-informed and practically focused

Online sessions, Australia-wide

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