Christobel Jhonly, ACA

Christobel Jhonly is an accredited counsellor, Level 4, and a clinical supervisor registered with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). She brings a calm, purposeful approach to working with people in distress and is dedicated to helping clients navigate difficult times and move toward clearer goals and improved wellbeing.

Her practice is shaped by a broad range of life experience and a strong multicultural competency, which supports her ability to connect with clients from diverse backgrounds and understand the personal and cultural factors that influence their journeys. Christobel focuses on guiding people through immediate troubles while building practical skills and insight to support longer term recovery and resilience.

Known for a compassionate and committed style, she works collaboratively with each person to tailor counselling to their circumstances, helping them identify realistic goals and make steady progress. As an accredited counsellor and clinical supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), she combines professional training with lived experience to offer thoughtful, client-centred support.

Evidence-based approaches with flexible online access

Christobel draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques designed to address presenting problems in a structured, practical way. These approaches focus on identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to distress and teaching skills to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning, which can be helpful for issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties.

Alongside structured techniques, Christobel brings multicultural competency to her counselling, using an understanding of diverse cultural contexts and life experience to tailor conversations and interventions. This helps when cultural background, identity or life transitions shape the challenges a person faces, and supports more relevant, respectful care.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is decided collaboratively. Christobel works with clients to assess their needs, goals and preferences and to adapt methods so they fit the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to access care from home or work and to fit regular sessions into busy lives. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists can use these formats to maintain continuity of support, offer flexibility in scheduling and provide timely access to help when it is needed.