Edlaine Franco, ACA

Edlaine Franco, often known as Laine, is a counsellor and psychotherapist with more than 13 years of professional experience across Brazil and Australia. She has supported children, teenagers, adults, seniors and couples through a broad range of life stages and challenges, drawing on her background as a former psychologist in Brazil and her current standing as a registered member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), a professional association for counsellors in Australia.

Her practice is warm, empathetic and tailored to each person’s needs, with a particular focus on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Edlaine brings additional experience working with neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ individuals and with people navigating cultural and racial concerns, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and family of origin issues.

Edlaine values inclusive, respectful conversation and aims to create a space where clients feel truly heard. She offers a multicultural perspective through fluency in English and Portuguese and provides support both in person and online to foster healing, growth and stronger connections.

Evidence-based techniques for online counselling and support

Edlaine applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people understand and change patterns of thinking and behaviour. These approaches involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and learning practical skills to manage anxiety, stress and motivation challenges, which can be particularly useful for individuals facing life transitions and self-esteem concerns.

She also uses skills-based and relational methods that focus on communication, problem-solving and family dynamics. These techniques support couples, parents and blended families to improve interaction, set clearer boundaries and navigate relationship and parenting challenges more effectively.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each client to determine what best suits their needs, goals and personal preferences. This collaborative approach helps tailor the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging provide flexibility for busy schedules and for those who live far from in-person services. These formats make it easier to access support consistently, fit sessions around work or family commitments, and continue therapy through life changes with the assistance of appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists.