Kathleen Murray Forth, PACFA

Kathleen Murray Forth is a PACFA-credentialed therapist practicing in Australia with seven years of professional experience. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depression, alongside related concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and workplace difficulties. Her approach recognises the strengths each person already brings to change and recovery, and she frames therapy as a collaborative process in which clients are seen as active agents of their own healing.

Kathleen understands how everyday pressures and competing expectations can leave people feeling overwhelmed and unable to see a clear way forward. She aims to help clients gain perspective, build practical coping skills, and find a path toward greater fulfilment and emotional balance. Seeking change often takes courage, and Kathleen offers steady support and encouragement as clients take the first steps toward personal growth.

Holding PACFA accreditation indicates her adherence to professional standards in the Australian counselling and psychotherapy field. Kathleen provides a calm, empathetic space where individuals can work through challenges and develop strategies for meaningful, sustainable change.

Evidence-Based Support and Flexible Online Care

Kathleen uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One approach involves identifying unhelpful patterns of thinking and developing skills to reframe thoughts and manage symptoms, which can help with anxiety, panic, and low mood. Another approach concentrates on processing difficult experiences and their emotional impact, offering ways to manage trauma responses and work through grief and loss. Both approaches emphasise measurable strategies and emotional insight to support recovery and resilience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kathleen collaborates with each client to determine which techniques fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy with Kathleen is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These options make it easier to access consistent support without travel, allow sessions to fit around work and caregiving responsibilities, and help maintain continuity of care when in-person appointments are not possible.