- trauma informed practice
- nervous system work
- blended family issues
About Irene
Irene Landouris is an AASW social worker with 20 years of clinical experience in Australia. She has worked across child protection, child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, acute psychiatry, youth justice and crisis sexual assault services. Irene lists relationship, family, trauma and abuse, depression and coping with life changes among her main concerns.
Irene takes an integrative approach that attends to both talk and the body. She describes work with nervous system regulation and body-based techniques alongside depth-oriented therapy. She also draws on practices that consider spiritual questions when clients wish to include that element.
Her background includes psychotherapy, family therapy, cognitive analytical therapy and yoga therapy. Those strands inform how she notices patterns, attachment issues and responses to stress. This breadth of experience informs practical steps rather than abstract theory.
Irene has run private practice for several years after long experience in public and crisis settings. That history shapes how she responds to trauma, abuse and sudden life changes. She also lists experience with adoption and foster care, blended family issues, codependency and communication problems.
In sessions she works with mood and anxiety problems, grief and loss, identity and relationship strain. She offers focused support for people dealing with separation, domestic violence histories, dissociation and complex trauma reactions. Her work aims to help clients notice what keeps a problem going and try new ways of relating and coping.
People who want to start are invited to use the site's matching and booking steps. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Irene draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that blend talk work with attention to the body. One strand focuses on nervous system regulation - simple practices and bodily awareness designed to help people reduce overwhelm and manage stress reactions in daily life. This approach is often useful for trauma, panic, and strong emotional responses.She also uses cognitive analytical ideas, which look at recurring patterns of thinking and behaviour. That method helps identify the cycles that keep problems going and create small experiments to test new ways of acting and relating. It can be helpful for relationship strain, codependency and communication problems.
Finding the right approach tends to be collaborative. Irene will work with each person to clarify goals, try different strategies and adapt techniques according to what the client finds helpful. The focus is on practical steps and noticing what changes in everyday routines and relationships.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so please confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue support across life changes while you work out what helps most.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Irene lists relationship, family, trauma and abuse, depression and coping with life changes among her main concerns, and also notes areas such as attachment issues, adoption and foster care, and blended family issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative, relational approach that combines talk therapy with body-based techniques and nervous system regulation; she also offers depth-oriented work and can include spiritual questions if a client wishes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience across child protection, child and adolescent services, adult mental health, acute psychiatry, youth justice and crisis sexual assault services, and several years in private practice.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and practises in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.