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Our Team

Choosing a couples therapist is a deeply personal decision. You're not just looking for qualifications you're looking for people who understand that relationships are at the centre of everything, and who have the training, the experience, and the genuine belief that yours can be better. That's what we bring.

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Tiarni Mudford

I came to couples work through the same door that most social workers come to anything — by witnessing, over and over, how much the people around us shape who we become. Relationships aren't just one part of a person's wellbeing. For most people, they are the foundation of it.

My background is in social work, across mental health, family support, and community services. What I kept noticing in that work was how often the presenting issue — the anxiety, the burnout, the flat affect — had its roots in a relationship that had quietly broken down. Not dramatically. Just gradually, in the way that closeness erodes when life gets full and connection stops being tended to.

The Gottman Method gave me a language and a structure for that work that I hadn't found elsewhere. It is rigorous without being cold, practical without being reductive. It asks couples to be honest about what is actually happening between them — and then gives them specific, research-backed tools to change it. I find that combination genuinely powerful.

I work with a lot of warmth, and I don't shy away from the hard conversations. I believe most couples who sit across from me want the same thing: to feel known by the person they chose, and to know them back. That is always worth working toward.

Co-Founder/ Couples Therapist
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About Us

  • BSW, MAASW, AMHSW, Dip. Comm Serv (AOD & MH)

    I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with 15 years’ experience in Mental Health and Psychological Counselling.

    My professional journey has taken me into areas including:

    • Therapeutic Counselling

    • Mental Health

    • Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD)

    • Training & Education

    • NDIS and Disability

    • Homelessness

    • NDIS and disability

    • Carers’ Support

    • Management, Supervision,

    Professional Memberships & Qualifications

    • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) – Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

    • Bachelor of Social Work (Distinction)

    • Diploma in Community Services (AOD & MH)

    • Postgraduate Units – Supervision: Theory and Practice & Supervision of Students in Health & Human Services

    Additional Training & Specialised Approaches

    • Non-Directive Pregnancy Counselling

    • Gottman Method Couples’ Counselling (Level 1 & 2)

    • Schema Therapy (Level 1 &2)

    • CBT, Narrative Therapy, Attachment Theory, Motivational Interviewing

    • ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

    • MARAM Comprehensive Risk Training

    • ASD Assessments Fundamentals & Co-occurring Conditions

    • Strengths-Based and Reflective Supervision

    • Functional Capacity Assessment Training

    • Leadership Training

  • BSW, MAASW, AMHSW, MBA, BA (Politics)

    I’m a degree-qualified practitioner who began working in the field in the early 2000s, with a career that has taken me across diverse sectors, systems, and communities.

    My professional journey has taken me into areas including:

    • Community development

    • Statutory environments (justice, child protection, family services)

    • Mental health and AOD (alcohol & other drugs)

    • Homelessness and housing

    • Early years development

    • NDIS and disability

    • Governance, policy, and tender writing

    • National community awareness campaigns

    Professional Memberships & Qualifications

    • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) – Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

    • Bachelor of Social Work

    • Master of Business Administration (MBA)

    • Bachelor of Arts (Politics)

    • Postgraduate Unit – Supervision in Community Care

    Additional Training & Specialised Approaches

    • EMDR (Level 1 – Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)

    • Alcohol & Other Drugs Skillset

    • ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

    • SMART Recovery Facilitator Training

    • Adaptive Leadership – Social Leadership Australia

    • Motivational Interviewing & CBT

    • Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Person-Centred Practice

    • Donor Conception Competency Training

    • Strengths-Based and Reflective Supervision

    • Governance and Ethical Leadership in Human Services

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