A safe space to talk things through, discover yourself and grow, with counsellors who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Not tick-box inclusion. The real thing.
You shouldn’t have to spend your sessions educating your counsellor about your identity, your relationships or your community. Our LGBTQIA+ counsellors have lived it, so you can get straight to what you actually came for.
Sometimes what you bring relates to identity: coming out, gender, transition, faith and culture, family acceptance, or living between worlds. Often it doesn’t. Queer people get anxious, burnt out, grieve and struggle in relationships like everyone else. Either way, you deserve support that affirms who you are, rather than treating it as the problem.
Our approach is affirming, trauma-informed and grounded in evidence-based therapies, including CBT, ACT, relational approaches, sex therapy and EMDR. We understand the real effects of discrimination, family rejection, homophobia and transphobia on mental health. Your identity is not a disorder.
Maxi and Ashley are queer counsellors with lived experience of mental ill health and of living life as a gay person. Together they run Two Gay Counsellors at Invictus Health, for everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.
Counsellor and sex therapist
Maxi works in relationship counselling, sex therapy and psychosexual therapy, and also offers EMDR for trauma. Maxi works with ACT, CBT, schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy, and speaks Mandarin.
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Counsellor and Mental Health First Aid instructor
Ashley completed her clinical placement at Queerspace, creating safe and affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ people. She supports people with depression, anxiety and grief, with a warm, no-pressure style.
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Maxi and Ashley host Talk Therapy To Me on JOY 94.9, Melbourne’s LGBTIQA+ community radio station. They dive into mental health, queer relationships and intimacy, and answer listener questions in their segment “Ask a Queer Therapist”.
Catch it on JOY, or listen any time as a podcast.
Exploring sexuality or gender at any age and any stage, including questioning, coming out (or choosing not to), and navigating family, culture and faith.
सामाजिक, चिकित्सा या कानूनी परिवर्तन के माध्यम से समर्थन की पुष्टि करना, और इसके साथ आने वाली भावनाएँ, रिश्ते और निर्णय।.
The cumulative weight of homophobia, transphobia, microaggressions and always being on guard, and its real effects on anxiety, mood and self-worth.
डेटिंग, साझेदारी, चुनी हुई पारिवारिक व्यवस्था, गैर-पारंपरिक संबंध संरचनाएं, और क्वीर समुदायों के भीतर संघर्ष या अपनेपन की भावना।.
अस्वीकरण, सशर्त स्वीकृति, सांस्कृतिक और अंतर-पीढ़ीगत दबाव, और यह तय करना कि आप किन रिश्तों को फिर से जोड़ना चाहते हैं या छोड़ना चाहते हैं।.
Work stress, grief, low mood, neurodivergence: everyday human struggles, with a counsellor who simply gets the queer part.
Low-cost counselling, because support should be within reach. Individual sessions are $80 to $120.
If cost is a barrier, please talk to us. We have these conversations all the time, and it’s OK to ask. We can go through funding and payment options with you, including payment plans. संपर्क करें या कॉल करें 03 9478 1810.
आप सीधे बुक कर सकते हैं। यदि आपके पास कोई रेफरल है, तो यह आपके काउंसलर को आपका समर्थन करने में मदद कर सकता है।.
Choose a 60-minute or 90-minute individual session.
प्रैस्टन, मेलबर्न में हमसे मिलें, या पूरे ऑस्ट्रेलिया में कहीं से भी टेलीहेल्थ द्वारा जुड़ें।.
Medicare does not currently provide rebates for counsellors. If you would like Medicare-rebated sessions with a clinical psychologist, ask us about a referral from your GP.
Call or fill out our form. Tell us what’s happening and what you need. We listen without judgement.
We talk through your situation in detail and decide together on the best approach for you.
We build strategies and skills that fit your life, and you practise them between sessions.
As you gain confidence, sessions may space out. You can always come back when you need to.
Yes. Maxi and Ashley are queer counsellors with lived experience, and together they run Two Gay Counsellors at Invictus Health. If you want to work with a queer counsellor, tell us when you book and we’ll match you.
नहीं। कन्वर्शन प्रथाएँ हानिकारक हैं और विक्टोरिया में प्रतिबंधित हैं। हमारी काउंसलिंग पुष्टिकरण देने वाली है: आपकी कामुकता और लिंग ठीक की जाने वाली समस्याएँ नहीं हैं, और हम कभी भी उनके साथ वैसा व्यवहार नहीं करेंगे।.
Absolutely. You don’t need a label, a certainty or a crisis. Counselling is a good place to explore questions at your own pace, with no agenda about where you should land.
Yes. We offer relationship counselling and sex therapy, and we welcome LGBTQIA+ relationships and non-traditional relationship structures.
Yes. What you share stays between you and your counsellor, with rare exceptions only when someone’s safety is at risk. We will never disclose your identity to family members.
Yes. Maxi offers EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing), a structured therapy for trauma. Ask about it when you book.
Individual counselling is $80 to $120 per session. No GP referral is needed, and telehealth is available Australia-wide if you’d prefer not to attend in person.
क्यूलाइफ़: LGBTIQ+ peer support, 1800 184 527 or webchat, 3pm to 9pm every day.
Lifeline: 13 11 14, any time.
If you are in danger, call 000.
A safe, affirming space to talk, discover yourself and grow. Book online or call us today.