Counsellor profile
Cory Porter, PACFA
Australia
PACFA counsellor - Addictions and Relationships
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- Credentials
- PACFA
- Registration
- PACFA, Australia / 9013
- Experience
- 23 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Australia
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Codependency patterns
- Family of origin
About Cory
Cory Porter is a PACFA-credentialed counsellor based in Melbourne, Australia, with 23 years of professional experience. He works with stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship strain and family conflict, and with people struggling with depression. He speaks English and works in a straightforward, practical way.
Cory focuses on helping people notice patterns that keep them stuck. He talks through how family of origin and attachment issues shape responses to stress and relationships. He helps people who feel overwhelmed by other people's needs or who find it hard to say no.
Sessions look at concrete skills for coping with intense feelings and urges. Cory addresses communication problems, codependency patterns, and process addictions such as pornography or gambling. He also works with drug and alcohol addiction concerns and related relapse triggers.
Cory draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build clearer boundaries and healthier habits. He supports men dealing with identity and expectations, and people facing prejudice or multicultural stressors. He also helps with isolation, questions about life purpose, and self-regard.
His approach is practical and direct. He encourages small, testable changes in daily life and offers straightforward feedback. To begin, clients use a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the See online therapy options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches for codependency and addiction concerns
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques include focused work on thoughts, behaviours and relationships. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking and learn new coping responses; this is useful for anxiety, stress and urges connected to addiction. Another method looks at attachment patterns and family of origin to explain why someone may prioritise others over themselves and struggle with boundaries; this helps with codependency and relationship strain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will assess a person's needs, goals and preferences and then suggest which techniques to use. That plan is revisited as progress is made so clients have a say in what happens next.
Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Ask about shorter check-ins or phone-only sessions if quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth would help. The priority is arranging a format that fits everyday life and supports steady, usable progress.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family conflict, and depression, plus related issues like attachment and codependency.
How would he approach people-pleasing or setting boundaries?
He focuses on identifying patterns and practising small, doable boundary skills in everyday situations.
What is his professional background?
Cory has 23 years of professional work experience and has worked across issues including addiction and family conflict.
What credentials and location does he have?
He is PACFA credentialed and based in Melbourne, Australia.
Does he see people in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.