Counsellor profile
Jennifer Altheimer, ACA, PACFA
Australia
ACA counsellor - relationships and anger
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- CredentialsACA, PACFA
- RegistrationACA, Australia / 7614; PACFA, Australia / 28266
- Experience18 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationAustralia
About
- Mindfulness therapy
- Client-centred approach
- Solution-focused work
About Jennifer
Jennifer Altheimer is an ACA counsellor and a PACFA-registered practitioner with 18 years of experience in Australia. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, anger, anxiety, depression and grief. Jennifer also helps with career stress, self-esteem and compassion fatigue.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what the person wants to change. Jennifer draws on clients' own strengths and looks for small steps that make daily life more manageable.
Her approach blends client-centred listening with mindfulness and solution-focused tools. She also uses ideas from Internal Family Systems to help people understand conflicting parts of themselves. Sessions often include guided reflection, simple breathing or grounding practices, and plans for short, doable experiments between meetings.
Jennifer has long experience with relationship and family concerns, including blended family issues, divorce and separation, communication problems and caregiver stress. She also works with trauma, abuse, attachment wounds, abandonment, body image and eating-related issues.
Practical matters are part of the work. She helps people talk through commitment and intimacy difficulties, address guilt and shame, and find clearer boundaries. The focus is on usable strategies for handling anger and reducing repeated patterns that cause friction.
People who choose her can expect a direct, respectful conversation about next steps. If you want to change how you react under pressure, build steadier connections, or reduce resentment that keeps coming back, Jennifer helps you identify concrete moves forward.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people clarify feelings about anger and relationships by offering space to tell their story without being told what to do. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to notice tension and upset as it arises. These techniques are useful for managing moments of reactivity and for building steadier attention in stressful situations. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with listening and grounding, then adding short behavioural experiments or parts work if needed. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. They can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or let someone choose a quieter time without changing other commitments. Session formats are not listed in this profile, so confirm the current options before booking. The practical aim is the same whether sessions are in person or online - to build clear tools for responding to anger, improving communication, and reducing repeated patterns that cause strain.Areas of focus
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
She supports people who snap at loved ones, carry resentment, or feel frustrated at work. The focus is on practical ways to notice triggers and respond differently.
How would she work on anger in sessions?
Sessions mix client-centred listening with mindfulness exercises and solution-focused planning. There is often a focus on small, doable steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working with relationship, family and individual concerns in Australia. That background includes work with trauma, grief and parenting issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). Her practice is based in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in this profile. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees depend on the location chosen.
How do I begin work with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.