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found the
right place.
Specialised PMDD counselling, tailored to your cycle, to give you more good days.
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The rage that makes you feel
like a bad wife and mother.
The relationship strain you can't explain to a partner who doesn't get it. The emotions that don't make sense, even to you.
I've got you.
- Rage that comes out of nowhere and leaves you full of shame
- Thoughts that feel like facts, until suddenly they don't
- Cancelling plans, pulling back, going quiet
- Feeling like a burden to the people you love most
- The grief of losing days, weeks, sometimes years to this
- Being told it's just hormones -- and feeling completely alone in it
Talk to someone
who has been there.
I am Amanda Westphal -- registered counsellor and the only practitioner in Australia specialising exclusively in PMDD.
I know what it is to be dismissed by doctors, to feel like you are falling apart once a month, to grieve the years you spent not knowing what was happening to you. That experience is exactly why I do this work.
My approach draws on DBT, ACT, and Internal Family Systems, adapted specifically for the PMDD cycle. Real tools, for what you're actually going through.
Is It Time to Talk
to Someone?
Do you feel like you're carrying this mostly on your own, even when people around you care?
Have you tried to explain what you're going through to someone, and felt like the words just didn't land?
Do you find yourself wishing you could talk to someone who already gets it, instead of starting from scratch every time?
Have you spoken to a doctor or another practitioner about this and come away feeling like they didn't really understand?
Do you want more than reassurance, actual tools for getting through the hard stretches?
It sounds like having someone in your corner could make a real difference.
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Support that meets
you where you are.
Whether you want the privacy of individual sessions, the connection of a small group, or the flexibility of self-paced learning -- all three are built around your cycle.
1:1 Sessions
with Amanda
For understanding the emotions that don't make sense. For finding the words to explain PMDD to a partner who doesn't get it. For finally talking to someone who won't need convincing it's real. Private sessions, tailored to your cycle, available via secure video from anywhere in Australia.
PMDD
Group Therapy
Live group sessions with women who get it. A small, supportive setting where you are guided through the same DBT and ACT-based tools as 1:1 work -- with the added strength of shared experience.
PMDD
Courses
Learn the same evidence-based tools used in 1:1 and group work, at your own pace. Work through it in your own time, wherever you are in your cycle.
This is what's possible.
A.E.
Verified client
Amanda has completely transformed the way I experience my PMDD. For the first time I have strategies and mindset shifts that actually work.
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When I am my PMDD self, I feel incapable. When I am my true self, so capable. These distinctions may need to be printed on my wall.
Ashleigh
Finding Amanda was like finding a pearl. I have stopped fighting myself. PMDD is no longer the loudest voice.
Holly
I spent years in therapy trying to fix myself. It was not until I understood PMDD is neurological that everything finally made sense.
Ingrid
A.E.
Verified client
Amanda has completely transformed the way I experience my PMDD. For the first time I have strategies and mindset shifts that actually work.
Message
When I am my PMDD self, I feel incapable. When I am my true self, so capable. These distinctions may need to be printed on my wall.
Ashleigh
Finding Amanda was like finding a pearl. I have stopped fighting myself. PMDD is no longer the loudest voice.
Holly
I spent years in therapy trying to fix myself. It was not until I understood PMDD is neurological that everything finally made sense.
Ingrid
Message
I am not a bad wife and mum. I am a person who is struggling. My child is seeing a mum who works to find ways to cope, and that matters.
Nicole
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I now tell people I cannot meet on Thursday because I am due to feel depressed. Previously I would have just pushed through. I never thought I would be this person.
Jess M.
M.W.
Verified client
Amanda is warm, empathetic, insightful and proactive. I would recommend her for ANYONE with PMDD. She gets it in a way no other practitioner ever has.
I planned my whole month around my cycle for the first time. I did not lose a week. I feel like I finally live with my body instead of fighting it.
Claire
Message
I am not a bad wife and mum. I am a person who is struggling. My child is seeing a mum who works to find ways to cope, and that matters.
Nicole
Message
I now tell people I cannot meet on Thursday because I am due to feel depressed. Previously I would have just pushed through. I never thought I would be this person.
Jess M.
M.W.
Verified client
Amanda is warm, empathetic, insightful and proactive. I would recommend her for ANYONE with PMDD. She gets it in a way no other practitioner ever has.
I planned my whole month around my cycle for the first time. I did not lose a week. I feel like I finally live with my body instead of fighting it.
Claire
You might be
wondering…
Do you take Mental Health Care Plans?
What if I'm not sure it's PMDD?
How is counselling with you different?
Are sessions covered by private health funds?
I'm in crisis right now, can you help?
Do you offer out of hours sessions?
You do not have
to figure this out alone.
Whichever path fits you, book now and let's get started.
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