Online Counselling
All our Counsellors and Psychologists are also available for online counselling! Book an appointment with one of our Therapists at a convenient time that suits you anywhere in Australia and the world.
CEO
Lyn is a well sought-after Christian Counsellor; she is the owner and CEO of Connections Healthcare Centre and Counselling and Psychology services across Perth. Lyn has over 34 years’ experience helping people through difficult and complex life circumstances. Lyn’s personal, professional experience and expertise brings a depth and richness to the therapeutic relationship/setting enhancing the outcomes achieved in individual, couples, and group therapy.
Lyn provides supervision and her love for teaching/training is evident whilst having the ability to carefully and compassionately engage and interact with the attendees. She also manages and coordinates Hope Alive Australia and New Zealand and is the vice president of International Hope Alive Counsellors Association. She has studied extensively and is best known for her work in neglect, abuse and all forms of pregnancy loss including abortion.
Lyn also founded Pause Retreats—a nurturing space where women are welcome just as they are, to unplug, to just be, to recharge, and to reconnect to self and God. She finds it extremely beneficial and vital to take time out, to pause, to nourish her physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Lyn is continuing her journey while learning and growing in how to practice the presence of God, being still and hearing God’s gentle still voice.
Lyn has been married for 45 years with two children and three grandchildren. She loves walking, jigsaw puzzles, hanging out with friends, family and playing with her grandchildren.
She has Diploma in Counselling, and provides individual and group supervision. Lyn is also a trainer and lecturer for organisational workshops and spiritual retreats.
Her clients and colleagues describe Lyn as very compassionate, genuine, insightful and is committed to helping people through life’s difficulties. Read what people are saying about Lyn.
Psychologist
Kristy is passionate about people, their uniqueness and the journey that they are on. She has 18 years of experience as Psychologist and comes from an eclectic approach that is Christian and client centred. She provides a safe space for her clients to explore, discover, learn and grow through the difficulties that life brings; creating an environment to do so through her warmth, compassionate, and genuine interest to every individual.
She is zealous about working with families, in particular couples, parents, children, adolescents and young adults and holds a special interest in grief counselling, relationship counselling, challenges around change, impact of faith and reaching the person’s unique potential to live life to the fullest.
Kristy is a Registered Psychologist with postgraduate qualifications in Grief & Palliative Care Counselling, Counselling Bereaved Children, along with modules in Art & Expressive Therapy. She is a member of Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Psychologist
Paul has 25 years of experience as a Psychologist. He has an authentic, gentle, patient, empathic, warm and calming nature that fosters a deepening sense of support, safety and engagement. He endeavours to meet people where they are at while at the same time helping them explore and reconnect with the ‘heart’ of the deeper unresolved and often hidden core issues that impact and undermine all aspects of their wellbeing.
He uses simple, down-to-earth language and examples that are very relatable in order to reduce the ‘mystery’ and complexity of unfamiliar conditions and concepts to enhance people's understanding and build their willingness to open up further to confront and deal with the ‘root’ and underlying inward causes of their presenting issues rather than remaining solely focused on the outward symptoms.
He has a unique ability to come alongside people in a respectful, nurturing and patient way in order to ‘walk with them’ at their pace in such a way that results in a greater depth and breadth of experiential exploration and understanding that contributes to positive change and healing that is more extensive, deeper and permanent.
Paul has extensive experience in working with offenders and victims of Child Sexual Abuse, individually and in group settings. He has worked within a number of prisons, male and female, co-facilitating various short and long term group treatment programs. Years of invaluable personal and shared experiences have engrained within him a humility and appreciation for the diversity of experiences that influence and often, unfortunately, result in unique outcomes and difficulties with problematic issues such as anger, addictions (of all types), self-harm, hopelessness, isolation, suicide, depression, anxiety, fear, trauma, self-worth and love, faith and fatigue to name but a few. He comes with a quiet confidence knowing that if he could be helped and healed from his brokenness to become a better and more balanced person, then anyone can be helped.
Paul is a Registered Psychologist and member of Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). He has a Bachelor of Psychology from ECU and a Bachelor of Business, Agriculture from Curtin. He has spent three years at Bible College. He was brought up on a broad acre farm where he worked for many years developing his practical hands-on approach to growing and fixing plants, livestock and machinery which he now continues in helping to grow and heal people.
Provisional Psychologist
Alison provides a safe space for you to unpack the concerns you are experiencing and gain the life skills you need for the life you want to lead.
With vast experience in working with adults, youth, children and families, Alison brings a respectful and compassionate perspective and enjoys helping her clients find healthy perceptions of themselves.
Alison has extensive work and volunteer work experience with multicultural urban and rural communities, both locally and interstate.
Paired with her Psychology Honours and qualifications in Psychology and Social Services, she is well-equipped in providing evidence-based practice. She is deeply respectful of the background and needs of her clients and protective of the environment they need to receive healing.
Married for 40 years, mother and grandmother, Alison is a versatile practitioner and a skilled listener and communicator.
She is an Associate member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Provisional Psychologist
Dr Allison R. King works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families experiencing trauma‑related difficulties (including PTSD), grief and loss, anxiety, depression, cultural identity disruption, and relationship strain. She also supports neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD‑ and autism‑related presentations, and addresses the secondary impacts that often follow—such as emotion dysregulation, chronic stress, burnout, and relational challenges. Dr Allison is attentive to the existential themes that can emerge after trauma or major life transitions, including questions of safety, trust, agency, belonging, and meaning. She also works with professionals and corporate clients navigating occupational stress and burnout.
Her background integrates clinical practice, doctoral research, neuroscience training, and involvement in clinical trials with neurodivergent populations. Dr Allison holds doctoral‑level training in psychology and psychotherapy, postgraduate qualifications in neuroscience and psychology, a master’s degree in psychology, and an MBA. Her business experience provides a grounded understanding of organisational demands, leadership stressors, and systemic pressures that often underpin burnout and performance‑related concerns.
Before returning to Perth, Dr Allison lived and worked in Europe, including Switzerland, where she practiced clinically and contributed to research on trauma, acculturation, and neurodivergence. This work informs her understanding of how attention, arousal, affect regulation, executive functioning, and stress physiology shape behaviour, coping, and interpersonal dynamics.
Her doctoral research, conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), explored acculturation, experiences of violence, loss, discrimination, and identity transformation—and how these processes reshape intimate relationships over time. This training anchors her clinical work in a rigorous and collaborative approach that considers developmental history, attachment, relational patterns, culture and context, and the ways individuals construct their lived experience.
In sessions, Dr Allison’s approach is structured, empathic, and goal‑oriented. She works collaboratively with clients to clarify what is maintaining distress, identify leverage points for change, and develop strategies that are evidence‑based, sustainable, and grounded in the client’s values and lived experience.
Counsellor
Janine has a proven exemplary result in Christian counselling as she works for more than 14 years in a range of areas including trauma, abuse, addiction, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, identity and relationships. She has an integrative approach, according to individual needs, while working collaboratively, navigating through life’s difficulties across diverse cultural backgrounds.
She is warm, genuine and open, with a passionate and committed approach to facilitating hope and restoration of individual lives.
Janine has earned a Bachelor in Family Therapy, Master Counselling, Expressive Therapies in Sandplay and Symbol Work. She is a member of Australia Counsellors Association (ACA).
Counsellor
Denise has 25 years of extensive experience counselling children and working with families in need. As a woman of faith, Denise, with God, joins clients on their healing journey to assist them to discover, accept and find solutions to resolve what is impacting them or their families.
She is a genuine, resilient lady with a love and passion for working with children and families.
Denise has a Bachelor in Social Science, Graduate Diploma in Human Service and Master of Arts in Human Service Counselling. She is a member of Australia Counsellors Association (ACA).
Counsellor
Having journeyed through her own experiences of harm and trauma, Wendy has learned the crucial value of safety and respect within the therapeutic relationship. She recognises the courage of her clients in choosing to face their pain, and honours them with dignity and a sense of empowerment within the sacred places they want to explore. The path is not always easy to navigate, but Wendy is committed to walking alongside her clients with gentleness, patience, and compassion.
She has helped clients work through issues of complex grief, loss, trauma, spiritual abuse, religious trauma, and domestic violence. She is holistic in her approach and uses an eclectic range of therapeutic practices, including Narrative, Sand Tray, Psychodynamic, and Polyvagal techniques.
Born in Malaysia, grown up in Australia, and being married to a German man for the last 17 years has shaped Wendy to be aware and sensitive to the diversity of cultures and backgrounds in society.
Wendy has a Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Counselling), is currently completing a Masters in Counselling Practice, and is a member of the Australian Counselling Association.
Counsellor
Ruth is a counsellor with over 14 years of experience working with young people, couples and families. She has worked in school and hospital settings, not-for-profit organisations and disability and mining sectors providing wellbeing and mental health support.
Ruth is warm, genuine and has a relational approach as a person-centred counsellor. She is passionate about mental health and wellbeing, working from an integrative and eclectic approach to best meet the person’s need. Her compassionate and sensitive manner creates an environment in which people from all backgrounds feel safe, helping to enable them to process and find meaning in painful experiences, discovering new possibilities and resources, and developing a greater understanding and awareness in one’s sense of self.
She provides counselling for young people, couples, and individuals in various areas, including grief and loss, trauma, relationships, identity, stress management, depression and anxiety.
Ruth holds qualifications in family therapy, psychotherapy and a Master of Counselling. She is a registered counsellor with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of Australian (PACFA).
Counsellor
Jarrick is dedicated to helping individuals navigate life's challenges and finding ways to thrive. With over a decade dedicated to working in education, He has cultivated a deep understanding of the unique challenges young people face. He has experience that honed his ability to foster care built on trust and active listening.
Jarrick also has a passion for theology and extensive experience in pastoral care, working with people of all ages and backgrounds to navigate their spiritual lives.
He is passionate about helping individuals build resilience and hope.
Jarrick provides support for those struggling with anxiety, stress, grief, trauma and faith. He’s here to listen, understand, and support individuals to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and engage in more fulfilling lives.
Counsellor
Kerry is a person‑centred counsellor who supports individuals aged 14 and over, as well as couples and families. She brings a warm, relatable presence and offers a space where clients can speak openly, feel heard without judgement, and explore their experiences at a pace that feels safe and respectful. For those who wish to integrate their Christian faith into the counselling process, she provides faith‑informed support that honours each client’s beliefs and values without assumption or pressure.
Her professional background includes work within the education sector, where she offered counselling and emotional support to both students and staff. She also contributes to a not‑for‑profit pregnancy support organisation, providing compassionate, client‑centred care to individuals and families navigating sensitive and complex circumstances. In addition, her subcontracting experience across various settings has strengthened her ability to adapt to diverse organisational needs while maintaining ethical, professional, and relationally focused practice.
Kerry’s approach is grounded in meeting clients where they are. She walks alongside them with patience and care, offering encouragement, practical tools, and therapeutic strategies to support healing, resilience, and clarity.
Counsellor
Matthew Bond is a clinical counsellor and psychotherapist, licensed under PACFA. He is based in East Victoria Park and offers a warm, grounded, and collaborative therapeutic presence. He works with individuals, couples, and families. His approach centres on creating and maintaining reflective spaces where clients can explore their experiences at a pace that feels comfortable and self-directed. Matthew integrates Psychodynamic, Interpersonal, Systems, Attachment, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) modalities to support clients in deepening their understanding of themselves and their relationships.
Matthew’s counselling background includes significant experience working with young people through Headspace, as well as facilitating a wide range of group programs across schools, youth services, the disability sector, and correctional settings with prisoners. These diverse environments have shaped his sensitivity, adaptability, and respect for each client’s individual journey.
Deeply motivated by the core needs and personal stories of the people he works with, Matthew views the therapeutic relationship as a place of trust, safety, and genuine human connection. He draws on his varied professional history and well-developed relational skills to support clients in navigating challenges, fostering insight, regulating their emotions, and developing meaningful change.