Pedro Leone, ACA, AHPRA

Pedro Leone is an ACA counsellor and AHPRA-registered practitioner with eight years' experience supporting people through anxiety, stress and low mood. He works with individuals who are coping with relationship strain, self-esteem difficulties and life transitions. Pedro also has a practice focus that includes sexual dysfunction alongside other concerns.

Pedro keeps sessions practical and action-oriented. He uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful patterns, try new behaviours and track small changes. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what the person wants to achieve next.

His background includes work with people who have experienced abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and attachment challenges. He has also supported people facing long-term health problems, cancer, chronic pain and age-related concerns. This experience helps him recognise how physical and emotional issues can feed into one another.

Pedro draws on cognitive behaviour approaches along with elements from neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy. He adapts his style to each person's needs, using brief exercises, reflective conversation and practical homework when useful. The emphasis is on building resilience and helpful habits over time.

Pedro speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese. He practises in Australia and works with adults looking for clear, goal-focused therapy. If someone wants to explore whether his approach fits, they can start by completing the site intake and scheduling an initial session.

How Pedro's approaches translate to online therapy

Pedro uses cognitive behaviour approaches in straightforward ways, helping people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours to reduce symptoms. These techniques suit problems like anxiety, low mood and stress because they focus on practical changes and measurable steps.

He also integrates elements from neuro-linguistic programming, which concentrates on how language and internal images shape responses, and hypnotherapy techniques that support focused relaxation and guided imagery for behaviour change. Both are offered as complementary tools to the main cognitive behaviour work and can help with habit change and managing physical symptoms.

Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then test approaches with short exercises and check in on what is helping. That way the plan can be adjusted over time to suit the person's experience and priorities.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue with sessions during life changes while keeping the focus on practical steps and progress tracking.