Teena Quinn, ACA

Teena Quinn is an ACA counsellor with ten years of clinical experience. She draws on practical, person-focused approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and intimacy-related concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she aims to make conversations feel manageable even when problems feel big.

Teena connects therapeutic tools to everyday life. She uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-informed and client-centred work. Sessions focus on clear goals, learning skills for emotion regulation, and noticing patterns that interfere with relationships or daily functioning.

Her background includes supporting people from a range of communities, and several years working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Teena also brings lived experience of chronic health conditions and visual impairment, which informs how she addresses long-term illness, chronic pain and fatigue in therapy.

People come to Teena for a mix of concerns such as addictions, sleeping and eating problems, parenting stress, grief, career pressure and self-esteem struggles. She also works with anxiety, bipolar mood management, trauma and coping with life changes. Teena tailors each session to the person’s priorities and pace.

She describes her manner as respectful and down-to-earth, with a little of her rural voice showing through. Teena aims to help people make steady, realistic changes rather than quick fixes. If someone wants practical steps and collaborative planning, she supports that journey.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them drive behaviour. It focuses on choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns, useful for stress, sleep and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current connection styles and communication, which can help with intimacy-related issues and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try approaches that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and needs become clearer.

Confirm which online session formats are offered before booking. If available, online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, appointments and medical needs, reduce travel time and allow a quieter check-in when that suits, or enable shorter focused meetings when a quick skills refresher is helpful. Discussing timing and structure at the first appointment helps match sessions to everyday life and practical routines.