Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every time we choose to be authentic is what makes us brave.

Brené Brown

Researcher & Storyteller

If you’re looking for help with…

OVERCOMING ANXIETY & STRESS

RECOVERING FROM BURNOUT & OVERWHELM

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF (& OTHERS)

LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY

BUILDING YOUR CONFIDENCE & SELF ESTEEM

NAVIGATING TRICKY RELATIONSHIPS

BREAKING FREE FROM BAD HABITS & FEELING ‘STUCK’

BECOMING MORE PRESENT & PEACEFUL

…I could be the right fit for you

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Enquiries open for new clients

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Sessions available Wednesdays + Saturdays

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Enquiries open for new clients ✻ Sessions available Wednesdays + Saturdays ✻

Hey there, I’m The Awefull Therapist

But you can call me Maggie.

I’m Maggie Whitbread, a qualified and registered counsellor based in Canberra, ACT.

My priority is always making sure you feel safe and comfortable in your sessions with me, helping you to find the techniques that work best for YOU, and helping to get you past the point of surviving, and to start thriving. I am so pleased to be working with a diverse range of clients with different therapeutic needs, backgrounds, genders/expressions, ages, sexualities, lifestyles and neurodivergence.

How we can work together

Individual face-to-face counselling for issues including:
- Anxiety and Stress
- Identity Exploration and Self-Esteem
- Empowerment and Coaching
- Anger Management
- Communication Skills
- Intimate, Family and Peer Relationship Issues
- Career/Life Path Uncertainty
- Neurodivergence
- Depression
- Grief and loss
- Trauma
Available for 60 ($150) or 90 ($180) minute sessions. Initial Sessions are 75 minutes ($170).
For teens and adults.