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couples / individuals / partners in-person & online

couples / individuals / partners in-person & onlinecouples / individuals / partners in-person & onlinecouples / individuals / partners in-person & online

PSYCHODYNAMIC, PSYCHOANALYSIS, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, NEURODIVERSITY & NON-TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AFFIRMING


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individual therapy

relationships therapy

individual therapy

What I can help you with— Bereavement, bullying, career change, crisis, breakdown and depression, anxiety, negative thinking, problems of motivation, low self confidence, difficulty making decisions, anger, addiction, emotional abuse, health issues, HIV and advanced HIV, family relationship problems, life changes, identity issues, LGBT issues, sexuality and sexual identity, migration/diaspora issues, retirement, serious illness, self-sabotage, sexual abuse, substance misuse, trauma and psychosis. 

I have undergone long-term therapy myself and know what it feels like, and what it brings up - you will not be alone in this process. I know it’s not easy, but you should expect to be treated with compassion and respect, you will not be judged here. I continue to attend weekly therapy - I do not believe I can ask you to do something I am not doing myself.

couples therapy

relationships therapy

individual therapy

Even the strongest relationships encounter turbulence from time to time. Couples often grapple with issues like miscommunication, unmet emotional needs, growing apart, or the stress of balancing work, family, and personal well-being. Intimacy may wane, conflicts may become repetitive, and differences in values or expectations can lead to frustration. These challenges are a natural part of any evolving partnership, and seeking support doesn’t signal failure—it reflects courage, care, and a shared hope for deeper connection. At Harbour Psychotherapy, I create a safe, non-judgmental space to explore these struggles together and help couples rebuild trust, clarity, and emotional closeness. Even insurmountable problems like infidelity or other hidden secrets can be understood and a way forward be found.

relationships therapy

relationships therapy

relationships therapy

Modern relationships come in many forms—polyamorous arrangements, open partnerships, chosen families, and bespoke relationship agreements that honour individual autonomy and shared values. These dynamics offer profound opportunities for connection but can also present complex challenges around communication, boundary-setting, trust, and emotional negotiation. Whether navigating multiple partners, evolving agreements, or new identities, therapy provides a supportive space to unpack these intricacies. I help partners cultivate clarity, navigate transitions with care, and co-create agreements rooted in consent, respect, and mutual understanding—no matter what your relationship looks like. You will always find a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space here.

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Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy or Psychoanalysis

Life today can feel overwhelming—our inner world often takes a backseat to the endless demands of work, relationships, and societal pressures. It's easy to feel lost, disconnected, or unsure why certain patterns keep repeating themselves. Psychodynamic counselling offers a quiet, reflective space to begin untangling these knots. With a compassionate and attuned therapist, you can explore longstanding feelings, unconscious influences, and unresolved experiences that may be shaping your emotional life.

This form of therapy isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about deep understanding. It helps you uncover the roots of your behaviours and emotions, making sense of how your past continues to echo in the present. Through thoughtful insight and a trusting therapeutic relationship, you begin to rewrite familiar stories, discover new possibilities, and connect more fully with your authentic self. You don’t need to face these questions alone—psychodynamic therapy invites you to be met with patience, empathy, and a genuine curiosity about who you are.

Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Sometimes, we seek therapy not for an open-ended journey, but for support with a specific concern that feels pressing right now. Short-term psychodynamic counselling offers a focused and structured space to explore current challenges, while also making connections to the deeper emotional patterns rooted in your past. Whether long-term therapy doesn’t fit your circumstances or you simply want to concentrate on one area of your life, this approach can be both effective and accessible. Together, we’ll tailor a course of sessions to suit your needs—checking in regularly to ensure the work feels meaningful and attuned. It’s a chance to begin shifting long-standing dynamics with clarity and purpose, in a timeframe that respects your life as it is.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

When life feels overwhelming, sometimes you just want a clear path forward—and CBT delivers exactly that. It's a highly effective, solution-focused approach backed by strong research, aimed at helping you feel better, faster. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, or struggling to speak up for yourself, CBT gives you tools you can start using right away. It’s all about identifying unhelpful thought patterns, shifting your responses, and building habits that work in everyday life. Therapy doesn’t have to be endless—CBT is structured, practical, and tailored to help you regain control and confidence, one session at a time.

Couples & Partnership Counselling

Whether you're in a traditional couple facing recurring conflict, or someone who struggles to form or sustain meaningful relationships, therapy can offer a path forward. Relationship challenges—whether around communication, intimacy, emotional safety, or the pain of betrayal—can feel isolating, but they don’t have to be faced alone. Drawing on insights from the Gottman Method, Tony Real’s focus on emotional truth, and Ellyn Bader’s developmental model, we explore how relationships evolve and how partners can grow both together and apart.

Early attachment patterns can help uncover why we seek or avoid closeness, and how our childhood experiences shape our adult relationships. Sometimes, we unknowingly project parts of ourselves onto our partner—seeing them as a mirror of past dynamics, rather than meeting them as they truly are. These unconscious processes can fuel conflict or confusion, yet once they’re made visible, they offer rich opportunities for transformation and healing.

Therapy may begin with individual sessions—giving space for each person to speak their truth—before coming together to negotiate, reconnect, and move forward with mutual respect. If infidelity has occurred, our work isn’t about assigning unnecessary blame but about understanding, repair, and creating a new chapter built on clarity and choice. Everyone deserves a space where their truth can be spoken and heard.

Sex & Relationships Therapy

Relationships don’t always follow conventional paths—and they don’t need to. Whether you're exploring polyamory, non-monogamy, open dynamics, chosen families, kink-informed relating, or simply navigating something that doesn’t fit the standard mould, you are welcome here. Therapy is a space where whatever you bring—no matter how it might sit outside societal norms—is met with openness, curiosity, and respect.

Many people in diverse relationship structures come to therapy seeking clarity around agreements, emotional safety, jealousy, intimacy, or shifting identities. You might feel stuck in a dynamic that’s hard to name, or unsure how to communicate needs and boundaries that challenge tradition. In our work together, we’ll look at how present-day relationship experiences echo early attachment patterns or unconscious beliefs, and how deeper understanding can help you move toward the kind of connection you actually want.

You may choose to begin alone, to explore your own reality and emotional truth first, before entering shared sessions with partners. That’s often an essential step—because everyone has the right to their own story, their own language, and their own way of loving. In this space, there’s no template you need to fit—just a commitment to supporting whatever version of relationship makes sense for you.

Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy

Neurodiversity isn’t something that needs to be explained away or reshaped to fit someone else’s version of “normal.” In our work together, the focus isn’t on conformity—it’s on helping you feel more comfortable in yourself, and in the relationships that matter to you. You may be navigating sensory sensitivity, social fatigue, communication differences, or just a sense of being out of sync with the world around you. Therapy offers a space to explore those experiences without needing to mask or perform. For couples, we look at how neurodivergence interacts with intimacy, co-regulation, and relational expectations—working to understand each person's rhythm, needs, and way of connecting. There’s no one-size-fits-all way to live or love, and my job isn’t to mould you into someone else’s ideal. It’s to offer you space, patience, and thoughtful insight as you move toward relationships and self-understanding that actually feel right—for you.

about me & my approach

About me

My name is Killian and I was born and raised in Ireland before moving to the UK in my early twenties, where I spent formative years working in the British Civil Service. That experience gave me a grounded understanding of social structures and systems—insight that continues to inform my work as a therapist. Eventually, I made the shift into psychotherapy, driven by a curiosity about the inner lives we lead and the barriers that often keep us from living them fully.

I trained at Birkbeck College, University of London, where I earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, following a Foundation Degree in Short-Term Psychodynamic Counselling and CBT. Over the past decade, I’ve worked in various settings, including an LGBTQIA+ charity and a private practice in Covent Garden, London. In 2023, I relocated to Tasmania, where I continue to offer therapeutic services that prioritise compassion, reflection, and personal autonomy.

Beyond technique, I bring a broad interest in the social sciences and existential philosophy into the room. I’m particularly attuned to the kinds of questions raised by late modern life—alienation, identity, disconnection, and the psychological fallout of living in a world shaped by unseen systems and inherited narratives. My work often explores how political, social, and technological forces shape our psychic landscape. These ideas don’t dominate the therapy, but they inform the way I think—always with the aim of helping people reclaim agency, meaning, and emotional clarity in a culture that can feel fast-moving and impersonal.

Whether you're seeking support through a specific difficulty or hoping to understand yourself more deeply, I offer therapy that makes space for your complexity and honours your experience—whatever form that takes.

What to expect when you contact me

Firstly we'll have a brief chat on the phone, video call or by email to discuss your concerns and arrange a time and day for your initial assessment. At this assessment, you will have space to talk about what has brought you to therapy and ask any questions about the process. You might want to know more about me, that’s perfectly reasonable.. but - you’re the important one in your therapy. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable and safe. We will then decide together how long you'd like therapy for and agree weekly or fortnightly appointments that fit with you. Please note that an assessment may conclude that fortnightly appointments are unsuitable and weekly sessions will be arranged.

If you have contacted me and do not receive a response within 24 hours, or 48 hours at the weekend, please check your spam folder - some spam folders will automatically delete any reply before you have a chance to read it, so do not hesitate to get back in touch.

Sessions & Pricing Information

Sessions are 50 minutes and can be once, twice or three times per week. You can choose to have your appointments in person in my consulting room in Howrah, or online via video calling.

Individual Sessions cost $180 and Couples or Partners Sessions cost $200. Payments are usually made by bank transfer. A limited number of discounted sessions are offered depending on your circumstances, please enquire for more details. Home visits are priced individually depending on your location. 

I am recognised by all main medical insurance companies - you may be able to receive a rebate on your sessions from your insurer, depending on your level of extras cover. PACFA members cannot currently accept medicare clients with a mental health plan.

in an emergency contact triple zero - helpline numbers below

Lifeline 131114 (24/7)

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

National phone crisis counselling service and online counselling for people experiencing emotional distress

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

National phone counselling service for people at risk of suicide, concerned about someone at risk, bereaved by suicide, or experiencing emotional or mental health issues

QLife 1800 184 527 (3pm - 12am)

National Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 (24/7)

QLife 1800 184 527 (3pm - 12am)

National phone and webchat, LGBTI peer support for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings, or relationships

13YARN 13 92 76 (24/7)

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

QLife 1800 184 527 (3pm - 12am)

National phone support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

MensLine 1300 789 978 (24/7)

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

National phone support and online counselling for men

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

Open Arms 1800 011 046 (24/7)

National face-to-face, telephone, and online counselling service for people that have served in the Australian Defence Force and their families 

StandBy Support Service TAS 1300 727 247 (24/7)

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Tasmanian phone suicide postvention counselling service

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Tasmanian phone support for families and friends supporting someone with their mental ill health, including someone impacted by suicide

Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 (24/7)

Mental Health Families & Friends Tasmania 03 6228 7448 (9am - 5pm weekdays)

Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 (24/7)

Phone support and online chat service and links to local services

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Harbour Psychotherapy acknowledges the Tasmanian Aboriginal People as the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of lutruwita, Tasmania.  I pay my respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to their Elders past, present and emerging. 

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