Bridget Hannaford, PACFA

Bridget Hannaford is a PACFA counsellor in Australia with five years of practice. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and parenting. Bridget also focuses on blended family issues alongside separation, communication problems and attachment concerns.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Bridget often talks through how the body responds to stress and uses somatic awareness as part of the work. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people notice their thoughts and act on what matters to them.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills are used for emotion regulation and impulsivity. Bridget has experience with Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas about how emotions shape relationships and personal wellbeing. She blends these approaches to suit what someone brings into the room.

Bridget has worked with people affected by trauma, domestic violence and betrayal trauma. She offers time to process grief and loss and practical ways to manage the fallout from separation or divorce. She also understands migration and cross-cultural pressures that can complicate blended household dynamics.

Sessions aim to identify small, usable steps that make daily life easier. Bridget helps people consider communication habits, role expectations and loyalties that come up in stephouseholds. Her approach is direct and focused on what changes are realistic in day-to-day life.