Lucas Mirani

In recent years, he has worked at Medicare Mental Health Canberra (formerly known as ‘Head to Health’), as a university counsellor, and in private practice. He is also currently working as a sessional academic teacher at the Australian College of Applied Professions (ACAP) and is teaching masters-level courses across a broad range of subjects on psychotherapy due to his passion, curiosity and interest in this area of study. 

 

He is an integrative psychotherapist; that is, he believes that no two persons are the same nor are two problems ever the same. Accordingly, each psychotherapeutic intervention needs to be uniquely tailored to the specific emotional and psychological needs of the person. He is informed by the following approaches: schema therapy, trauma-informed therapy, psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), somatic psychotherapies, and attachment-based interventions.

 

He truly believes that at the heart of psychotherapy involves relational care and attunement, empathy, listening and understanding. He has supported people via short, medium and longer term psychotherapy over many years to make sense of their emotional pain and suffering, grieve the pain in their lives, and heal from relational trauma (e.g., betrayal and grief). He has also assisted people to manage the unique problems and issues that come up in their life such as workplace bullying, philosophically making sense of who they are/who they are seeking to become, and fostering their inner emotional life.

 

He recognises that trauma, pain and suffering that is experienced in close relationships (such as in one’s family of origin) can take time to heal and has the patience and care to assist people through their own unique pathways of healing. He holds an empathic space so that people can find values oriented ways to be present, work in a meaningful role, and find enjoyment in life and in relationships.

 

Lucas works confidently with a broad spectrum of mental health presentations, including complex trauma, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, psychosis, anxiety, stress-related symptoms, somatic concerns, chronic pain, OCD, and depression.

 

Above all, Lucas is here to genuinely listen and attune to your experiences—without judgment—so you can reconnect with your values and move toward a more authentic and fulfilling life.

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