Carolyn Thai

Carolyn Thai is an ACA counsellor in Australia with eight years' experience. She works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, and other problems such as addiction and grief. Carolyn also helps people dealing with parenting pressures, intimacy issues, anger, and life changes.

She trained with a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) and a Masters in Counselling. Her background includes work in community services, education and university settings, family services and a government employment agency. She has experience supporting people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to look at how emotions and patterns keep repeating. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to help people notice thoughts and try new behaviours. Sessions centre on clear, practical steps and making sense of recurring emotional reactions.

Carolyn has completed clinical accreditation and has experience in both group and individual supervision. She has also undertaken Level 1 and Level 2 training in Gottman couples work, which informs how she understands relationship dynamics. She does not present these trainings as guarantees of outcomes.

People who contact Carolyn can expect straightforward conversation about what is worrying them. She helps clients name emotions, map unhelpful cycles, and build small skills for day-to-day coping. The emphasis is on practical tools and clearer patterns rather than technical jargon.

How Carolyn uses EFT, ACT and attachment ideas online