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Bridget Hannaford, PACFA
Australia
PACFA counsellor - Anxiety and relationship support
See online therapy options- CBT based methods
- ACT and DBT skills
- Attachment focus
About Bridget
Bridget Hannaford is a PACFA counsellor with five years' clinical experience in Australia. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and parenting pressures. Her work also covers issues such as attachment and abandonment, blended family difficulties, separation and divorce, and caregiver stress.
She uses practical approaches to notice how thoughts, feelings and body reactions keep problems going. Sessions include talking through current problems and trying small, concrete changes between meetings. Bridget draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, along with attachment-focused and emotionally-focused ideas.
She pays attention to how the body responds to stress and brings simple somatic awareness into sessions. That can mean noticing tension, breath patterns or physical urges and connecting those observations to thoughts and actions. This helps people unstick repeated reactions and try different responses in day-to-day life.
Bridget has worked with antenatal and postnatal anxiety and depression and with people who have experienced domestic violence, betrayal and other forms of trauma. She also supports people dealing with grief and the practical fallout of separation, migration and blended family arrangements.
Practical problem solving and skills practice are common in sessions. People can expect clear steps, short exercises and follow-up suggestions aimed at changing unhelpful habits. To start, clients complete a brief questionnaire and schedule a first session to see how the approach fits their needs.
How her approaches translate to online work
Bridget commonly combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in sessions. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours through short exercises and homework. ACT works on clarifying personal values and taking committed actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present.She also uses attachment-based ideas to explore relationship patterns and how early bonds influence current interactions. This helps with communication problems, infidelity, separation and blended family concerns by identifying repeated reactions and trying different responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bridget will discuss your goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can include mixing CBT skill practice, ACT values work and attachment-focused conversations over time.
The biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and travel, and can reduce travel time. They can also allow shorter check-ins or camera-off conversations when useful, helping sessions fit into everyday life without changing the therapeutic focus.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and parenting pressures, plus related issues such as abandonment, attachment and blended family problems.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and to try small, practical changes. Sessions often include skill practice and homework to test what works in daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of experience working across life stages, including antenatal and postnatal mental health, grief, trauma and relationship issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a PACFA counsellor and practices in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats does she provide?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.