Jack Kelly

Psychotherapist & ICEEFT Certified EFIT Therapist

Bachelor of Counselling, ICEEFT EFT Certification

PRONOUNS: He/Him

Jack is a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples seeking a deeper understanding of themselves, their emotions, and their relationships. He holds a Bachelor of Counselling, is a Certified Practising Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and is certified in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) through the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).

Jack predominantly works with LGBTQIA+ individuals across a range of concerns, with a particular focus on high-functioning anxiety — including perfectionism, high achievement, people-pleasing, overthinking, and the pressure to hold everything together. He also works with couples experiencing conflict, disconnection, or recurring patterns of pursuing and withdrawing. His couples work focuses on helping partners understand the cycles they become caught in, strengthen emotional connection, and develop a more secure relationship. His work is affirming of diverse identities, sexualities, and relationship structures.

His approach is grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a humanistic, attachment-based therapy. Rather than focussing primarily on coping strategies, Jack works with clients to explore the emotional and attachment patterns that shape how they relate to themselves and others, including underlying needs and emotions that can be difficult to recognise on their own. This creates space for new responses to emerge.

Jack’s work is grounded in compassion, respect, and a pace that balances each client’s autonomy with his professional guidance. He aims to create a warm, open-minded and collaborative space where individuals and couples can feel safe enough to slow down, explore what is happening beneath the surface, and develop greater trust and understanding.

While EFT is his primary approach, Jack also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Person-Centred Therapy and Positive Psychology.

Jack’s interest areas include:

• LGBTQIA+ challenges
• High-functioning anxiety
• Perfectionism and high achievement
• People-pleasing and self-sacrifice
• Attachment patterns and relational dynamicsCouples and relationship concerns
• Identity and sense of self
• Feeling “stuck” or directionless

Jack’s diary is open to new individuals & couples, with availability Wednesdays in person & online