Salome Mbenjele, ACA

Salome Mbenjele is an ACA counsellor with more than 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or struggling after trauma. She also supports people working through family conflict and concerns connected to ageing and geriatric issues.

Salome aims to make sessions a warm, non-judgemental place to talk. She encourages straightforward conversation about feelings and thoughts. The focus is on building small, practical steps toward clearer thinking and better coping.

Her style is interactive and respectful. Salome combines practical thinking skills with a focus on relationships and emotions. She draws on cognitive-behavioural ideas alongside client-centred and attachment-informed approaches to shape each session.

She tailors the plan to the person in the room rather than using a fixed checklist. That might mean working on unhelpful thinking patterns one week and practising communication skills the next. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on tools that fit daily life.

Salome speaks English, South Ndebele, North Ndebele and Shona. She works from Australia and brings long-term experience supporting people through stress, depression and life transitions. If someone is ready to take a first step, she offers a steady, practical approach to help them move forward.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions instead of getting stuck. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns that feed distress and practising new ways of responding; it often suits stress, depression and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationships and early patterns affect current connections and communication, which can be helpful for family conflict and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and practical needs, and adapt methods over time. Sessions can blend methods so the work stays focused on what the client wants to achieve.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use audio rather than video if they prefer less bandwidth or a gentler start. Ask about available session types when scheduling so the format matches everyday life and goals.