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.
Meet Ashley and book“Talk therapy, but make it gay.”
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.
肯定通过社会、医疗或法律性别重置获得的支持，以及随之而来的感受、人际关系和决定。.
The cumulative weight of homophobia, transphobia, microaggressions and always being on guard, and its real effects on anxiety, mood and self-worth.
约会、伴侣关系、自选家庭、非传统关系结构，以及酷儿社群内部的冲突或归属感。.
拒绝、有条件接受、文化和代际压力，以及决定重建还是放手哪些关系。.
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. 联系我们 或致电 03 9478 1810.
您可以直接预订。如果您有推荐人，这将有助于您的咨询师为您提供更好的支持。.
Choose a 60-minute or 90-minute individual session.
欢迎光临我们在墨尔本普雷斯顿（Preston）的诊所，或通过远程医疗与我们联系（适用于全澳大利亚任何地方）。.
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.
不。扭转行为是有害的，在维多利亚州已被禁止。我们的咨询是支持性的：您的性取向和性别认同不是需要解决的问题，我们绝不会将其视为问题。.
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.
QLife: 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.