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Psychotherapy & Counselling on the Sunshine Coast – from a therapist who actually gets it

Most therapists on the Sunshine Coast learned about trauma in a classroom. Stacey lived it, as a soldier, a paramedic, and a survivor. That’s what makes psychotherapy at Liberty different. It’s not textbook. It’s real.

5.0 out of 5 stars

PACFA Registered

GOTTMAN Trained

NDIS Provider

Buderim, Sunshine Coast

Psychotherapist Sunshine Coast

I didn’t learn about trauma in a textbook first. I learned it in the field, as a soldier, as a paramedic, as someone who’s lived it. That shapes how I sit with you in a room.

– Stacey, Founder of Liberty Psychotherapy

What makes Liberty Psychotherapy Different

Your therapist should understand your world, not just your symptoms

Finding the right psychotherapist on the Sunshine Coast isn’t just about qualifications. Stacey has the clinical training, plus the kind of life experience that changes how therapy actually feels.

Military & First Responder Background

Stacey served in uniform and worked as a paramedic before becoming a psychotherapist. If you’ve been on the frontline, literally or figuratively, you won’t have to explain what that’s like.

Lived Experience of Trauma

Not just theory. Stacey’s personal journey through trauma recovery brings an honesty to sessions that clients recognise instantly. You’re not talking to someone reading from a script.

Gottman Method & Evidence-Based Practice

Certified in the Gottman Method for couples therapy, the gold standard research-backed approach. Combined with IFS, psychodynamic therapy, and attachment-based methods tailored to your needs.

Psychotherapy & Counselling Services

Therapy on the Sunshine Coast, shaped around your life

Every person who walks through the door at Liberty, or logs on from anywhere in Australia, gets an approach built specifically for them.

Couples Counselling

Stacey is one of the few Gottman-trained therapists on the Sunshine Coast, which means you’re getting a structured, evidence-based approach to rebuilding trust, resolving conflict, and strengthening your connection.

Trauma Therapy & Complex PTSD

Stacey’s background in military and paramedicine means she understands trauma not just clinically, but personally. Specialising in PTSD, C-PTSD, developmental trauma, and DV recovery using IFS and psychodynamic approaches.

Individual Psychotherapy

One-on-one sessions tailored to where you are right now. Whether it’s anxiety, depression, burnout, identity questions, or something you can’t quite name yet, this is your space to figure it out with someone who genuinely gets it.

Anxiety Counselling

More than coping strategies and breathing exercises. We look at why anxiety has its grip on you and work through the deeper patterns, so you’re not managing it forever, you’re actually shifting something.

Depression Counselling

Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes it’s numbness, exhaustion, or just going through the motions. Therapy here goes beneath the surface to reconnect you with what matters.

Family Therapy

Families carry patterns across generations, some helpful, some not. Using attachment-based approaches, we work with your whole family system to repair relationships and break the cycles that aren’t serving anyone.

Grief & Loss Counselling

Grief doesn’t follow a neat timeline. There’s no “getting over it”, but there is a way through it that honours what you’ve lost. A compassionate, unhurried space to process loss on your terms at your pace.

NDIS Disability Therapy

A registered NDIS provider offering psychotherapy, specialising in neurodiversity, autism spectrum, ADHD, and psychosocial disability with a strengths-based, person-centred approach.

You don’t have to keep carrying it alone

One conversation can change the way you see everything. Start with a free 15-minute call, no pressure, no commitment.

How it Works

From first call to feeling different

There’s no pressure, no commitment, and no judgement. Here’s what the first steps look like.

01

Free Discovery Call

A 15-minute phone call to talk about what’s going on and whether Liberty is the right fit. No obligation, no clinical jargon, just a conversation.

02

Your First Session

We go deeper into your story, your goals, and what you’re hoping therapy will change. In-person at Buderim or via secure video call from anywhere in Australia.

03

A Plan That Fits You

No cookie-cutter treatment plans. Stacey draws from IFS, psychodynamic, Gottman, and attachment-based approaches, using whatever serves you best.

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Real, Lasting Change

Therapy isn’t about giving you tools to “manage.” It’s about understanding the patterns underneath, so you can stop fighting yourself and start living differently.

Counselling Across the Sunshine Coast & Beyond

Psychotherapy in Buderim — serving the entire Sunshine Coast

Liberty Psychotherapy is based at 9/61 Burnett Street, Buderim, in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. We see clients in person from across the region, including Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Caloundra, Nambour, Sippy Downs, Palmwoods, and Noosa, and via secure telehealth to Brisbane and all of Australia.

Whether you’re looking for a counsellor near you on the Sunshine Coast or need a therapist you can see from home, Liberty offers the same depth of care, the same evidence-based approach, the same unhurried sessions, the same person in the room with you.