Mr Matt Bond Counsellor

Connections Healthcare Centre 413 Albany Highway, Victoria Park, Western Australia, 6100

Overview

Matthew is a clinical counsellor and psychotherapist, licensed under PACFA. He is based in East Victoria Park and offers a warm, grounded, and collaborative therapeutic presence. He works with individuals, couples, and families. His approach centres on creating and maintaining reflective spaces where clients can explore their experiences at a pace that feels comfortable and self-directed. Matthew integrates Psychodynamic, Interpersonal, Systems, Attachment, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) modalities to support clients in deepening their understanding of themselves and their relationships. Matthew’s counselling background includes significant experience working with young people through Headspace, as well as facilitating a wide range of group programs across schools, youth services, the disability sector, and correctional settings with prisoners. These diverse environments have shaped his sensitivity, adaptability, and respect for each client’s individual journey. Deeply motivated by the core needs and personal stories of the people he works with, Matthew views the therapeutic relationship as a place of trust, safety, and genuine human connection. He draws on his varied professional history and well-developed relational skills to support clients in navigating challenges, fostering insight, regulating their emotions, and developing meaningful change.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Masters Of Counselling & Psychotherapy

Certifications

  • Gottman Institute, William St Family Centre, NVC Training

Fees/Services

In-clinic consultation

  • Couple
  • Family
  • Hope Alive
  • Individual
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Supervision

Online consultation

  • Video

Phone consultation

  • Phone

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Adolescents
  • Affective disorders
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety and phobias
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Bullying
  • Burnout
  • Child Psychotherapy
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Coping with disability
  • Couples Therapy
  • Crisis management
  • Depression
  • Family Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Identity Problems
  • Impulsive Behaviours
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Men's Issues
  • Mental health
  • Neglect
  • Neurodivergence
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting
  • Pastoral care
  • Personal Development
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychotherapy
  • Relationships
  • Religious Issues
  • School Issues
  • Stress
  • Teenagers
  • Trauma
  • Work Related Issues

Modalities

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Interpersonal
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Psychotherapy

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Older adults
  • Women
  • Men
  • People with disabilities
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Couples

Languages Spoken

  • English

Services

  • Online consultations