Pamela Varas , ACA

Pamela Varas is a Certified Counsellor registered with the Australia Counselling Association (ACA) who brings three years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulty, trauma, grief and related concerns. She trained at the Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP), completing a Bachelor of Counselling in 2022, and has focused much of her early career on providing counselling for women who have experienced domestic violence and on offering emotional support to carers and people living with dementia.

Since October 2022 Pamela has worked with Dementia Australia using Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, and in late 2022 she established a private practice called Rebuild Together Counselling to extend her community-based support. Her hands-on experience includes more than 911 client contact hours and nearly 75 hours of clinical supervision that combined individual and group formats. Pamela specialises in treating depression, anxiety and healing childhood trauma in adults, and she applies grief and loss techniques when working with relationship issues.

Pamela integrates a mix of approaches in her practice, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Internal Family Systems and Gestalt, while grounding her work in trauma-informed and person-centred principles. She continues professional training focused on trauma, depression and anxiety, receives supervision from a psychotherapy specialist, and is preparing to begin a Masters in Psychotherapy and Counselling to deepen her clinical skills. Pamela is known for a warm, compassionate style and a commitment to ethical, client-focused care.