Salome Mbenjele, ACA
20 years in practice
Salome Mbenjele is an experienced counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma.
License and registration
- ACA
- 7138 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English, Ndebele, South, Ndebele, North, Shona
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Salome
Salome Mbenjele is an experienced counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She explains things simply and creates a non-judgemental space for people to talk. Salome speaks English plus Ndebele and Shona, and draws on twenty years of professional experience to guide conversations toward practical change.
Salome aims for sessions that feel warm and interactive. She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the conversation to suit their needs.
Background and approach
People can expect straightforward questions, gentle challenge, and collaborative planning rather than labels or jargon. Her work addresses family conflict, low self-esteem, motivation and confidence as well as lasting effects of abuse and other distressing events. Salome also offers support with ageing and caregiver stress, body image concerns, attachment difficulties and several personality-related patterns.
She frames issues in everyday terms so people can apply what they learn between sessions. Salome combines Systemic therapy ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centred methods and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques. That mix allows practical steps alongside attention to relationships and personal values.
She tailors timing and tools to each person's circumstances. Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit the client. Salome encourages small, achievable steps and checks progress as work continues.
She aims to empower people to notice what shifts and keep building on those changes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Salome lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Salome names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Systemic therapy looks at patterns between people and how those patterns affect wellbeing. Online conversations can map interactions and goals, and help identify small changes in how people relate that make daily life easier.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what they value and take committed actions toward those values. In online work ACT often uses guided exercises and short behavioural experiments to build habits that matter to the client.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and needs. In remote sessions this approach supports people to notice relational triggers and practise new ways of connecting or calming themselves.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and together they will choose methods that match the person's goals, preferences and circumstances. This collaboration helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging - give flexibility. Video suits longer conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins and text messaging helps track progress between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Salome help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and family conflict. Additional focus areas include ageing and caregiver stress, body image, attachment issues and related personality patterns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and interactive with straightforward conversation and collaborative planning. Sessions aim to be practical and respectful, avoiding stigmatizing labels.
How much experience does she have?
Salome has twenty years of professional work experience in Australia supporting people through a wide range of concerns. That experience informs how she adapts approaches to each person.
What credentials and location apply?
She is listed with the Australian Counselling Association as ACA and practices in Australia. The ACA credential is shown as provided by the therapist.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, South Ndebele, North Ndebele and Shona.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options let people choose what works best for their routine.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
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