Dina Dehauteur SwiftAHPRA

Dina Dehauteur Swift offers support for pregnancy and childbirth concerns alongside common mental health issues. She helps people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those facing relationship tensions, parenting challenges and self-esteem struggles. Sessions are offered in English and French and she brings 30 years of professional experience in Australia as an AHPRA-registered practitioner.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. Dina focuses on helping people understand the reasons behind their emotional distress and building resilience. She uses attachment-informed methods when relationship patterns are involved and tailors conversations to the needs of each person.

People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through what is happening for them. Dina aims to make sessions clear and useful, working on small steps that add up to change. She supports clients through life transitions such as pregnancy, separation and grief.

Across her career she has helped adults with a wide range of concerns including abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues and mood disorders. She also addresses practical difficulties like money stress and workplace bullying as part of people’s broader life picture.

Dina invites people to begin by describing their current struggles and goals. From there she and the person plan a path forward that fits their daily life and capacity for change.

Therapeutic approaches and adapting them for online care

Many of her sessions draw on attachment-informed work, which looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and communication. This approach helps when people are managing relationship strains, separation or parenting concerns.

She also uses evidence-based strategies to reduce anxiety and depression through practical skills and stepwise behaviour change. These techniques focus on managing unhelpful thoughts, building routines and increasing activities that boost mood and coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Adjustments are made as progress is reviewed so the plan stays relevant.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life, such as allowing sessions around work or childcare, reducing travel time and enabling shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care during perinatal transitions and other life changes without disrupting routines.