May Ann Dulnuan, ACA

May Ann Dulnuan is an ACA counsellor with five years' experience working with adults in Australia. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, substance use, trauma, depression and relationship or family concerns. She also addresses codependency, attachment wounds, caregiver stress and issues around belonging and intimacy.

Her approach uses straightforward, person-centred conversation alongside practical therapies. Sessions look at current problems and small steps that can reduce overwhelm. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.

May Ann also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them. Attachment-based ideas are used when past relationship patterns affect present life. Dialectical behaviour skills are offered for strong emotions and distress tolerance.

She has worked with people facing complex trauma and substance use and brings that background into everyday counselling. Her training includes a Master of Counselling and ongoing professional development. She works from a trauma-aware perspective and uses supervision as part of her practice.

Sessions cover practical topics such as setting boundaries, managing people-pleasing, coping with grief, and working through shame or isolation. People meet to talk about what is happening now, plan small changes, and learn skills to manage moods and cravings.

To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and working online