Gisela Lafico

Counsellor

Gisela Lafico

Qualifications

Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy (in progress)
Grad. Dip. in Counselling
Master of Arts (Media Arts and Philosophy)

Contact: gisela@mgacounselling.com.au

Professional Memberships:

Certified Practising Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) Reg: 30199

Professional Development Training:

Forest Therapy
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Complex Trauma
Narrative Therapy
Effective Interventions and Models for Torture and Refugee Trauma
Lifeforce Suicide Prevention

Works with: adults (men and women), elderly

Locations: Earlwood (Sydney, NSW)

Areas of special focus:

Pregnancy loss and infertility
Life and Cultural Transitions
Low-self esteem
Shame
Body image concerns
Parenting
Relationship and Attachement
Communication issues
Stress and Burnout
Anxiety and Depression
Trauma recovery
Grief
Existential concerns and dilemmas

Do you offer phone counselling? Yes

Do you offer online/telehealth counselling? Yes

Do you offer supervision? No

Groups on offer:

Public Forest Therapy events
Grief and Loss for Older Adults

“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”

Sigmund Freud

About Gisela Lafico

Gisela Lafico is an integrative counsellor who provides a supportive, calm, and non-judgmental space for individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life. She offers sessions in both English and Spanish.

As your counsellor, Gisela tailors her approach to your unique needs, strengths, and challenges. She listens with compassion and respect, meeting you where you are, understanding your goals, and helping you work towards them. Gisela believes in the innate resilience and capacity for positive change in everyone, guiding you to live your best life.

Her counselling style is person-centred, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive, drawing from evidence-based therapeutic methods. She may use Narrative Therapy to explore and make meaning of your story, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you align with your true self, and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) to cultivate self-compassion and quiet your inner critic. Throughout the process, Gisela helps you develop emotional regulation tools and fosters deeper self-awareness.

Currently completing the final year of a Master’s in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Gisela’s current research interests focus on the connections between attachment theory, affective and cognitive neuroscience.

Gisela can be contacted on gisela@mgacounselling.com.au

MGA Counselling Services
Director: Matt Glover
General enquiries: 1300 38 50 20

Head Office: Manna Gum Studio, 4 Oxford Close, Croydon Hills, Victoria

VIC Branches: Croydon Hills - Warrandyte - Lilydale - Point Lonsdale - Boronia
NSW Branches: North Strathfield - Earlwood - Maroubra - Potts Point

For the nature based health and wellbeing divisions of MGA Counselling Services, please visit:
Forest Therapy Victoria
Nature Play 4 Kids