Among Puffins Counselling

Online counselling & psychotherapy primarily for women and LGBTQIA+ people across Australia who may have felt overlooked, misunderstood or dismissed in other settings.

If you’re navigating emotional struggles (anxiety, burnout, depression), relationship or family challenges, identity and belonging,  grief and loss, masking, or chronic illness; this is a place to land and rediscover your wings. 

Counselling support here is approachable, relational, trauma-informed and centres your lived experience.

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Meet Liz O’Neill

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Integrative Counsellor | ACA L-2

Thanks for flying by!

I’m Liz (She/Her) and I am a certified counsellor offering online counselling primarily for women and LGBTQIA+ adults in Melbourne and across Australia through my private practice, Among Puffins Counselling.

I often work with people either navigating grief and loss, who feel stuck in the same patterns, are experiencing difficult life transitions, living with chronic illness, navigating neurodivergence in a neurotypical world, struggling with past experiences, understanding identity, working on their relationships or to deepen self-understanding.

My practice offers a relational, compassionate space where your lived experience is respected, your feelings are met with care and you’re supported to make sense of your story in your own way.

I work based on the principles of emotion-focused therapy, narrative therapy and internal family systems, providing inclusive support to those who may have felt dismissed, misunderstood, or overlooked within traditional systems.

Liz is available online:
Tuesday: 10am-4pm
Thursday: 10am-7pm

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Areas I Support

    • Anxiety and stress

    • Depression and low mood

    • Burnout and emotional overwhelm

    • Life transitions and adjustment

    • Self-esteem and self-worth

    • Finding meaning and direction

    • Death of a loved one

    • Non-death grief (e.g., loss of identity, health, relationships)

    • Anticipatory grief

    • Grieving while supporting others

    • Suicide survivors

    • Impact of adverse childhood experiences

    • Family trauma or patterns passed down across generations

    • Relational trauma, including attachment wounds or difficulty forming safe connections

    • Emotional neglect or growing up in environments where your feelings were dismissed

    • Feeling unsafe in relationships or struggling to trust others

    • Difficulty setting or maintaining healthy boundaries

    • People-pleasing or fear of disappointing others

    • Perfectionism and harsh self-criticism

    • Hyper-independence or discomfort with relying on others

    • Feeling disconnected from yourself, your body, or those around you

    • Persistent guilt, shame, or the feeling that you're never quite "enough"

    • Neurodivergent-affirming support (autism, ADHD, etc.)

    • Masking and burnout

    • Chronic illness and invisible disabilities

    • Adjusting to a new diagnosis

    • Feeling "different" or misunderstood

    • Support for those impacted by ableist or neurotypical systems

    • Relationship and family concerns

    • Difficulty forming safe, secure connections

    • Identity exploration (e.g., "Who am I now?" or "Where do I fit?")

    • LGBTQIA+ affirming support

    • Consensual non-monogamy affirming support

    • Support for those impacted by patriarchal, capitalist, or heteronormative systems

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If you think Liz might be the counsellor you’ve been looking for, reach out via the contact form.

Feel free to contact me using the contact form or at
amongpuffinscounselling@gmail.com. I am happy to answer any questions about availability, your counselling goals and whether working together would be a good fit for you.

Check out my FAQ Page incase your query has already been answered!

Liz offer’s online counselling and psychotherapy for women and LGBTQIA+ adults based in Melbourne, Victoria and across Australia. Liz’s practice supports people navigating grief and loss, including suicide bereavement, disenfranchised grief, and grief related to chronic or life-limiting illness. Liz work’s with survivors of childhood trauma, those living with chronic illness or neurodivergence (including ADHD and autism), and people exploring identity, relationships, and life transitions. Many of her clients come to therapy feeling let down, dismissed, or pathologised by traditional health or mental health systems. Liz’s work is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and non-pathologising. Liz draw’s on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you understand your emotional world with compassion and depth. I offer affirming, relational therapy for those seeking a space where their lived experience is respected and honoured.