With connection and
vulnerability, we can unravel your
stories and build a life full of awe.

With connection
and vulnerability,
we can unravel your stories and build a
life full of awe.

Maggie Whitbread, Certified Counsellor

Canberra, A.C.T.

If you’re looking for help with…

OVERCOMING ANXIETY & STRESS

RECOVERING FROM BURNOUT & OVERWHELM

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF (& OTHERS)

LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY

BUILDING YOUR CONFIDENCE & SELF ESTEEM

NAVIGATING TRICKY RELATIONSHIPS

BREAKING FREE FROM BAD HABITS & FEELING β€˜STUCK’

BECOMING MORE PRESENT & PEACEFUL

…I could be the right fit for you

Enquiries open for new clients

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Sessions available Wednesdays + Saturdays

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Enquiries open for new clients ✻ Sessions available Wednesdays + Saturdays ✻

Hey there, I’m The Awefull Therapist

But you can call me Maggie.

I’m Maggie Whitbread, a qualified and registered counsellor based in Canberra, ACT.

My priority is always making sure you feel safe and comfortable in your sessions with me, helping you to find the techniques that work best for YOU, and helping to get you past the point of surviving, and to start thriving. I am so pleased to be working with a diverse range of clients with different therapeutic needs, backgrounds, genders/expressions, ages, sexualities, lifestyles and neurodivergence.

How we can work together


  • Individual face-to-face counselling for issues including:

    • Anxiety and Stress

    • Identity Exploration and Self-Esteem

    • Empowerment and Coaching

    • Anger Management

    • Communication Skills

    • Intimate, Family and Peer Relationship Issues

    • Career/Life Path Uncertainty

    • Neurodivergence

    • Depression

    • Grief and loss

    • Trauma

    Available for 60 ($150) or 90 ($180) minute sessions. Initial Sessions are 75 minutes ($170).

    For teens and adults.

  • Individual counselling via phone or video chat.

    Available for 60 ($150) or 90 ($180) minute sessions.

    Available throughout Australia and New Zealand.

  • Workshops coming in 2025!

    • Professional Development Workshops

    • Group Wellbeing Coaching

    • Mindfulness Workshops

    • Virtual Wellbeing Workshops

Have a question?

Submit an enquiry and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Ready to take the leap?