Amy Garis

CCAA Clinical Member
CCAA No. 200949

M Counselling; B Counselling; Diploma of Christian MIssions Leadership; Cert IV in Training and Assessment

Amy is a trauma-focused therapist who specialises in couples therapy and trauma counselling. She draws on a range of therapeutic modalities, including interpersonal, psychodynamic, person-centred, integrative, systemic, and emotionally focused therapy (EFT).

Amy is committed to creating a safe, compassionate space where clients can explore the complexities and challenges of life with honesty and care.

Clients often come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected—from themselves, from others, or from the life they had hoped for. Amy works alongside her clients to gently make sense of their experiences and support meaningful, lasting change.

Areas Amy works with include:

  • Trauma and complex trauma
  • Attachment and relational wounds
  • Couples and relationship difficulties
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Grief and loss
  • Emotional regulation and sense of self
  • Abuse and domestic violence
  • Life transitions and identity

At the heart of Amy’s work is her desire for each client to experience shalom—a sense of wholeness, completeness, security, contentment, good health, and inner peace.

Prior to her work as a therapist, Amy spent 19 years working as a missionary with a Christian organisation focused on spiritual formation, aid work, education, and crisis response/debriefing. During this time, she led a ministry serving those vulnerable to exploitation, including refugees, sex workers, and individuals impacted by human trafficking.

Amy has lived, worked, and studied in over 40 countries, gaining a deep appreciation for diverse cultures and perspectives. She also completed specialised training in Crisis Response and Debriefing in France, and has worked both domestically and internationally supporting individuals and teams in the aftermath of critical and traumatic events.

If you are considering therapy, you are welcome to reach out—Amy would be honoured to walk alongside you in this process.

Amy is currently able to offer private health care rebates with 13 companies including:

  • AHM
  • Bupa
  • Medibank
  • HCF
  • St Luke's Health
  • Police Health
  • GMHBA
  • Westfund
  • Emergency Services Health
  • Phoenix Health
  • see-u by HBF

Details

Location
In Person, Online
Languages
English
Categories
Counsellor
Individual Counselling
Addictions, Anger Management, Anxiety, Childhood Abuse, Depression, Emotional & Physical Abuse, Emotional Crisis, General, Grief, Loss, Trauma, Life Transitions, Relationships, Self Esteem, Sexual Issues
Couples/Marriage Counselling
Affairs, Trust Issues, Emotional Crisis, Family Conflict, General, Pre-Marriage, Separation Issues, Mediation
Family Counselling
Adolescents, Communication, Conflict, General, Mediation
Gender
Female Counsellor
Rebates
Bupa/Medibank private
PACFA Registration No.
29461