Stina Boro, ACA
Calm, story-focused counselling to rebuild balance
Details
| Name | Stina Boro |
|---|---|
| Credentials | ACA |
| Based in | Australia |
| Registered with | ACA |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 8 |
About Stina
Stina Boro is an ACA counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain and identity questions. She works with issues such as addiction, depression, bipolar, parenting pressures, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with big life changes. Her way is warm and direct, focused on helping people find clearer stories about themselves and practical steps that fit everyday life.
Stina favours a narrative-informed approach that looks at the stories people tell about their lives.
Background and approach
She combines that with acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-focused work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of relating. Sessions are conversational and practical, with room for reflection and gentle experiments between meetings. Over eight years she has worked across mental health and community settings.
That background shaped an emphasis on plain language, respect for a person’s experience, and tools that can be used when life gets busy. Stina brings a trauma-aware stance and pays attention to how the body holds stress, while avoiding jargon. People can expect a collaborative process.
Stina listens for what matters to each person and helps set small, achievable goals. She uses techniques that suit the client’s needs rather than a fixed formula, and often combines talking with simple grounding or mindfulness practices. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video call, phone, live chat or messaging.
Stina works from Australia and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship issues among the things Stina works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Stina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Stina directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Stina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and acceptance approaches work online
Stina uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from their problems by examining the stories that shape daily life. This approach suits issues like identity, relationship patterns and body image where changing the story can change how someone acts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used alongside narrative work to build willingness to feel difficult thoughts while taking action that matches personal values. ACT helps with anxiety, depression and motivation problems by clarifying what matters and testing small behavioural steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stina treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss different methods with each person. Together they check what feels useful and adjust the plan based on your goals, comfort and practical needs rather than sticking to one set method.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual connection, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging is useful for brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or study commitments and to try approaches in everyday contexts.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Stina help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and identity-related concerns including LGBT matters. Other areas include addiction, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, career stress and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and collaborative, using narrative ideas to reframe problems and practical tools to change daily habits. Sessions often include grounding or brief mindfulness exercises when helpful.
What is her clinical background?
Stina has eight years of experience in mental health and community services and works with a trauma-aware perspective. Her approach draws on narrative methods, acceptance and commitment principles, and attachment-focused work.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She works from Australia and is listed with the Australian Counselling Association as ACA.
Can I work with her if I live outside Australia?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Stina?
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