Caroline Ouma, PACFA

Caroline Ouma brings 13 years of clinical experience to people navigating major life transitions, grief, stress, anxiety, and challenges with self-esteem and depression. She creates a therapy space that honors the complexity of living between cultures, acknowledging the practical and emotional toll of moving across borders or balancing the expectations of heritage with present-day life.

Having lived and worked in both Kenya and Australia, Caroline understands the particular pressures faced by immigrants, expats, and anyone negotiating multiple cultural identities. She offers culturally attuned care and can work in English or Swahili to ensure conversations can happen in the language that feels most natural.

Grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques, Caroline uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - a practical approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns - alongside Compassion Focused Therapy, which cultivates self-kindness and emotional regulation. Her work is informed by a trauma-aware perspective, with the aim of building insight, strengthening resilience, and helping clients reconnect with a sense of direction and wellbeing.

Caroline holds PACFA - the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - and blends clinical rigour with a warm, compassionate manner. She works with a wide range of issues including attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, family of origin and relationship difficulties, fertility and fatherhood issues, codependency, and coping with life changes, offering practical tools and collaborative support to help clients move forward.