Angela Richardson Goodwin

For more than two decades Angela Richardson Goodwin has provided relationship counselling, developed healthy-relationship programs and courses, and supported thousands of individual clients including couples, groups and young people across Australia and the South Pacific.

Her approach draws on contemporary, evidence-informed psychological research and a broad range of clinical psychotherapeutic tools. She integrates Gestalt principles learned during postgraduate studies in mental health with mindfulness practices that reflect meditation traditions and life experience gained while living in the USA, Asia and India.

Central to her work is helping people identify their strengths, build practical skills and develop more authentic relationships with themselves and others. She prioritises coping strategies that strengthen resilience and foster acceptance, supporting steady personal growth while addressing unhealthy relationship dynamics and unhelpful behavioural patterns.

Angela works with couples at any stage of marriage or partnership to improve communication, nurture emotional and physical intimacy, and tackle both common and complex relationship issues. Sessions may include psychometric assessments and targeted worksheets that offer behavioural insight and remedial strategies for individual and relational growth.

Before moving into mental health, she worked as an IT Business Analyst across Asia and North America, analysing corporate needs and designing software solutions that met client expectations. As a young school leaver she joined the Defence Forces and trained as a nurse, gaining experience that included weapons handling, nuclear warfare protocols and pushing physical endurance.

She has logged over 30,000 ocean miles as a performance and recreational skipper and navigator, including building her own sailing boat. In her free time she surfs and has volunteered for many years as a surf lifesaving rookie trainer, lifeguard and surf boat crew.

Throughout her career Angela has been motivated by supporting people through significant life challenges, optimising wellbeing, building healthy endurance and cultivating resilience. She focuses on integrating counselling methods that connect psychological wellbeing with physical health to create practical, long-term strategies for thriving.

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