- Body-based techniques
- Attachment concerns
- Depression and grief
About Irene
Irene Landouris is an AASW social worker with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. She works with relationship difficulties, family matters, trauma and abuse, depression and people coping with life changes. Irene’s practice draws on social work, psychotherapy and body-based approaches to help people understand how their feelings and bodies respond to stress.
She has worked across child protection, child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, acute psychiatry, youth justice and crisis sexual assault services. That range has given her a clear sense of how trauma shows up across life stages and the systems people move through. Recent years have been spent in private practice supporting adults from different backgrounds.
Irene describes her style as relational and integrative. She pays attention to the therapeutic relationship and the way the body holds experience. Sessions can include talking together, tracking bodily responses, and learning simple ways to regulate the nervous system.
People bringing complex trauma, attachment concerns, or difficulties after separation often work with her to make sense of confusing feelings like guilt and shame. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, communication problems and codependency.
Irene is experienced in responding to depression, anxiety and grief alongside trauma work. She notes that spiritual questions and existential concerns can be part of the work for some people, and is prepared to include those topics when requested.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Irene works from an integrative, relational frame that often includes body-based techniques. Body-based methods involve paying attention to bodily sensations and simple practices to help the nervous system settle. These tools can be useful for people carrying trauma, strong shame, or intense anxiety.She also uses depth-oriented and psychotherapy methods that focus on patterns in relationships and attachment. This approach helps people trace how early relational experiences shape current feelings and behaviours, including guilt and difficulties with trust.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Irene will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, then try methods that suit their needs. The approach can shift over time as the work progresses and as different challenges emerge.
The original profile does not list which online session formats are offered. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Appropriately qualified therapists adapt their methods so practical sessions fit everyday routines and goals.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression and coping with life changes. Additional areas include abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care, and domestic violence.
How would she approach feelings of guilt and shame?
She uses a relational and integrative approach that combines talking with body-based work and nervous system regulation. The focus is on understanding how those feelings show up in the body and relationships.
What experience does she bring to this work?
Irene has nearly 20 years of clinical experience across child protection, mental health, acute psychiatry, youth justice and crisis sexual assault services, plus several years in private practice.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the AASW and practises in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.