Katrina Vlcek

Katrina Vlcek is an ACA counsellor with three years of clinical experience in Australia. She works with adults and adolescents who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem, or big life changes. Katrina also supports people exploring life purpose and those navigating a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis.

She begins sessions by listening to what matters now. Conversations focus on practical ways to reduce distress and build steady routines. Katrina uses straightforward strategies rather than jargon, and she encourages small steps that can fit into a busy life.

Katrina describes her practice as trauma-informed and neuro-affirming. That means she pays attention to how past events and neurodiversity shape current difficulties. She helps people reduce self-criticism and notice strengths they can use day to day.

Her work draws on evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioural methods, solution-focused thinking and narrative approaches. She also uses mindfulness-based tools and expressive activities when they seem helpful. Sessions aim to connect concrete skills to the concerns someone brings, like panic, grief, or feeling empty.

Katrina has a background supporting young adults through life transitions and women facing midlife questions. She also offers guidance around communication problems, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life matters, and isolation. If someone is unsure what comes next, she helps them clarify options and experiment with practical changes.

How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions

Katrina commonly integrates cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused techniques. Cognitive behavioural methods help people notice thought patterns and try different behaviours to reduce anxiety and panic. Solution-focused work narrows in on small, practical steps and what can be changed now to make life a little easier.

She also uses narrative elements in session to help people reframe difficult events and understand how their story affects choices. These approaches suit concerns like grief, midlife uncertainty, low self-esteem and managing a late ADHD diagnosis, because they combine problem-solving with sense-making.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katrina will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them as needed, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins during a work break, or remove the need to travel. Appropriately qualified counsellors can adapt activities and exercises so they work well across different settings and timeframes.