Pamela Varas, ACA

Pamela Varas is a Certified Counsellor who holds accreditation with the Australia Counselling Association (ACA) and brings a compassionate, client-focused approach to her work. After completing a Bachelor of Counselling in 2022 at ACAP, she continued supporting women who had experienced domestic violence and then joined Dementia Australia in October 2022, where she provided brief solution-focused therapy and emotional support to carers and people living with dementia.

By this stage of her career Pamela had accumulated more than 911 client contact hours and nearly 75 hours of individual and group clinical supervision. In late 2022 she launched a private practice, Rebuild Together Counselling, to provide community-focused emotional support aligned with her interests and values. Her practice concentrates on treating depression and anxiety and supporting adults healing from childhood trauma, with additional focus areas that include relationship issues, grief, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns.

Pamela uses a blended clinical approach that draws on person-centred principles alongside cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), internal family systems work, and Gestalt techniques, all informed by trauma-aware practice. She has undertaken further training in trauma treatment, grief and loss interventions, and depression and anxiety care while consulting with a supervisor who specialises in psychotherapy. Pamela is preparing to begin a Masters in Psychotherapy and Counselling to deepen her clinical skills and uphold an ethical, reflective practice.