Irene Landouris

Irene Landouris is an AASW social worker with almost 20 years of clinical experience. She works in private practice in Australia and brings a warm, grounded presence to sessions. Irene focuses on trauma, relationship difficulties, depression and coping with life changes, and listens for what the body is telling the mind.

Her background includes child protection, child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, acute psychiatry, youth justice and crisis sexual assault services. This range has shaped her understanding of trauma across the lifespan and the systems people must navigate. Irene draws on that experience when helping people manage complex situations.

Irene describes her approach as integrative and relational. She works with the whole person rather than treating a single symptom. Sessions often include body-based techniques and strategies to help regulate the nervous system, alongside reflective, depth-oriented conversation.

She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, neurodevelopmental concerns such as autism, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and separation or divorce. Irene can help with mood and anxiety problems, grief and life transitions as well.

Many people come to her wanting practical ways to feel steadier and more connected within themselves and their relationships. Irene aims to tailor the pace and focus of therapy to each person's goals, and to offer a respectful space for exploring meaning, identity and spiritual questions when these arise.

How therapy styles support online care

Evidence-based approaches often used alongside relational work include body-informed techniques and nervous system regulation. Body-informed techniques involve gentle attention to physical sensations and simple practices to reduce overwhelm, which can help with trauma, anxiety and stress. Nervous system regulation strategies teach people short exercises to calm arousal and ground themselves during difficult moments, useful for panic, flashbacks or strong emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and together they will choose methods that fit the person's needs. That collaborative process helps tailor the pace and the mix of talking, somatic practice and reflective work.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats with the therapist before booking as the biography does not specify formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be helpful when someone prefers not to be on camera or needs a format that uses less bandwidth. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt relational and body-informed techniques to remote sessions and will work with you to find what feels manageable and effective.