Stina Boro , ACA

Stina Boro is a counsellor based in Australia with eight years of clinical experience who blends trauma-informed, person-centred practice with body-focused techniques. She brings training in somatic therapy and Internal Family Systems alongside an emphasis on mindfulness and nervous system regulation to create a grounded, integrative approach. She also holds ACA credential, which reflects professional standing in the counselling field.

Her work honours each person’s inner wisdom and practical needs, offering an attuned, nonjudgmental space to explore anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, mood concerns, and identity questions. She has particular experience supporting LGBT people, girls and young women developing agency and self-trust, and people navigating cycle-related conditions such as PMS, PMDD and endometriosis. Stina also works with issues including grief, parenting challenges, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, career transitions, and neurodiversity-related concerns.

Therapeutic sessions may include gentle mindfulness, grounding practices, breathwork or guided visualisation offered with consent, and her approach draws on attachment work, client-centred methods and cognitive and acceptance-based strategies as appropriate. Stina emphasises collaboration - helping clients identify values, build resilience, and rediscover strengths rather than focusing on what’s “broken.” Her practice is informed by queer-affirming and intersectional principles, aiming to see and honour each person’s experience.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Stina

Stina works from several evidence-informed approaches tailored to each person’s needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and build psychological flexibility by learning to accept difficult thoughts and take meaningful action - it is often useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating formed in close relationships and supports people to understand and shift how they connect with others, which can help with relationship difficulties, attachment wounds and caregiving challenges. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises an empathic, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that validates experience and supports self-directed growth, making it well suited to identity exploration, self-esteem work and recovery from trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Stina collaborates with each person to identify methods that fit their goals, preferences and lived experience. She combines elements from different approaches as needed and supports clients in trying options and adjusting course together.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in that collaborative work - video calls and phone sessions allow for real-time conversation, while live chat and text-based messaging can suit people who prefer written or shorter-format interactions. These options make therapy more accessible across schedules and locations and allow therapists and clients to choose the format that best supports ongoing progress.