Deborah "Deb" Likouras, AASW

Deborah "Deb" Likouras is an experienced social worker and counsellor based in Australia with 23 years working in the health and community services sector. She specialises in grief, loss, trauma and bereavement support and brings deep experience from roles within health and hospital systems, including palliative care, cancer services and engagement with the NDIS. She has substantial experience supporting families, adolescents and young adults, and frequently works with those facing significant life transitions.

Deb adopts a person-centered approach, meeting people where they are and offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space to explore difficult issues. Her practice emphasises collaboration - she walks alongside clients to help them examine whatever they bring to a session and to find practical ways forward. She also works with a broad range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, stress and anxiety, self-esteem, addiction and family challenges.

Deb holds the AASW credential (Australian Association of Social Workers), reflecting her professional standing as a social worker. Her clinical work draws on evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based work, solution-focused techniques and client-centered methods. Throughout her practice she maintains a focus on hope, dignity and realistic steps toward change.