Teena Quinn, ACA
Compassionate, practical narrative counselling
Details
| Name | Teena Quinn |
|---|---|
| Credentials | ACA |
| Based in | Australia |
| Registered with | ACA |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Teena
Teena Quinn is an ACA counsellor with more than ten years of clinical experience. She brings practical, down-to-earth care to sessions and speaks plainly about what people are dealing with. Teena draws on both professional practice and her own health experiences to listen with real understanding.
Teena commonly helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports people facing addictions, grief, sleeping problems, eating difficulties and intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
Work often focuses on everyday challenges like parenting strain, career stress, relationship conflict and coping with major life change. Her approach is collaborative and narrative-informed. Teena helps people tell and reframe their stories so they feel less stuck.
She pairs that with tools from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive approaches and attachment-informed conversation when they suit the situation. Teena has worked across a range of settings, including time supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. That background shapes her awareness of cultural context and of practical barriers people meet when seeking help.
She aims to keep conversations respectful, simple and relevant to daily life. Clients can expect clear goals, gentle challenge and practical strategies to try between sessions. Teena says honest, straightforward talk is part of the work, and she also uses warmth and a bit of “bush girl” plain-speaking to put people at ease.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Depression among the things Teena works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- 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
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Teena among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Teena 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 Teena directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and evidence-based approaches for online care
Teena commonly uses Narrative Therapy to help people re-author the stories that shape their lives, looking for new meanings and different ways to respond to old problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is also used to build psychological flexibility and help people act on their values even when thoughts and feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy informs how Teena understands relationship patterns and how past bonds can affect current connections.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teena treats approach selection as a team effort and will discuss what feels most useful for your situation. She tailors conversations and techniques to your goals, preferences and day-to-day realities rather than applying a single method to everyone.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for longer sessions and deeper conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or when you prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, reduce travel time and keep practical continuity between sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of difficulties does this counsellor address?
Teena works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also supports people with sleep and eating problems, intimacy and relationship issues, parenting strain, career challenges and ADHD-related concerns.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and narrative-informed, with a focus on reframing personal stories. Teena mixes narrative work with acceptance and commitment techniques and cognitive approaches when helpful.
What experience does the counsellor have?
She has over 10 years of professional experience and has worked in varied settings, including supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
What credentials and location are listed?
The counsellor holds ACA credentialing and is based in Australia.
Are sessions available in other languages or overseas?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
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