Justyna Ptak-Broers

Registered Counsellor | B.Psych, M.Psych, M.Couns

Justyna is a warm and thoughtful counsellor who holds space with deep compassion, curiosity and care. She brings a rich and diverse background in psychology and counselling, with qualifications from both Europe and Australia, and over a decade of experience supporting individuals, couples, families and groups through life’s challenges.

She believes that healing and growth are most powerful when therapy is holistic and personalised—when your unique story, needs, and expectations are honoured every step of the way. 

Justyna support our clients through:

  • Women’s Counselling

  • Men’s Counselling

  • Couples counselling

  • Adolescent Counselling, age 11 +

  • ADHD counselling age, 11+

Walking alongside you with care, as you heal, grow, and come home to yourself.

Therapeutic 
Modalities

Justyna is known for crafting individualised plans for her clients, drawing from a wide range of evidence-based approaches including:

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy 

  • Parts Work

  • Relational Life Therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • The Gottman Method

  • Ester Perel and Gabor Mate’s principles.

Her practice is trauma-informed, integrative, and rooted in the values of inclusivity, authenticity, and deep relational care.

Justyna brings sensitivity, insight, and relateability to relationships, personal growth and life’s challenges.

She offers a grounded and collaborative presence, always seeing her clients within the wider context of their relationships, daily lives, and environments. She often works alongside allied health professionals to support whole-person wellbeing.

  • Creating healthy relationships.

  • Supporting clients to move forward and build resilience.

  • Seeing broader relationship dynamics at play.

  • Addressing emotional abuse head on.

  • Working with adolescents and young adults age 11+

  • Guiding couples in reconnecting with empathy and understanding.

  • Navigating ADHD personally and in relationships.

  • Women’s empowerment and self-esteem building

Justyna is especially passionate about:

Qualifications & Experience

Courses: 

  • Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, Terry Real, 2025

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, Dr Sue Johnson, 2023

  • The Domestic Abuse Resource and Training, Family and Domestic Violence Foundation, 2022 & 2023.

  • Bravehearts Mentalization 2024

  • Family and Domestic Violence Foundation in Couples, 2024

  • Working with couples, 2024

  • Working with children and adolescents, 2024

Qualifications: 

  • Master of Counselling, Murdoch University, 2023

  • Masters in Psychology Health & Social Psychology, Maastricht University, 2016

  • Master in Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 2015

As a registered counsellor with training in psychology and counselling, Justyna’s professional path is grounded in evidence-based approaches, professional development and reflective practice.

Her clients often describe her as steady, real, spicy and refreshingly relatable—with a gentle sense of humour and genuine interest in who you want to be, not just what you’ve been through.

Justyna brings a wealth of experience to men, women, couples and adolescent counselling.

Work with Justyna

Justyna hosts sessions on Mondays and Fridays in  Cottesloe or online.