Mental health counselling in Surry Hills or online
Face to face or online therapy
I’m Ash Rehn, a mental health therapist, counsellor and coach providing consultations from Surry Hills in Sydney or online.
I specialise in relationship problems, sex and sexuality related concerns, religious trauma and therapy for burnout, mid life crisis and life changes. Many people consult me about pornography use and worries about sex ‘addiction’. As a registered Medicare Provider of Focussed Psychological Strategies, I am qualified to treat anxiety, depression, adjustment and mood difficulties, psychological trauma and other mental health conditions. I also work with dating, betrayal and loneliness via my Love Counselling website.
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Family Trauma and the Hidden Costs of People Pleasing
Late December is a time of year when people spend more time with family. Christmas and other significant family events can bring up unfinished business and family trauma from years past. Most people associate family gatherings with the joy of connection, familiarity, and belonging. But whenever families come together for weddings, birthdays, funerals, or religious…
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Is it ADHD? Hidden Imposters Behind a Scattered Mind
You miss deadlines. Your mind jumps from one thing to the next. You feel overwhelmed, scattered, and unable to settle. And you find yourself asking the question: Is it ADHD? Over the past year, a striking number of people have come to see me in my Surry Hills clinic in Sydney asking this very question.…
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Masturbation Addiction: Breaking Free from the Urge Cycle
Over recent months, more men have contacted me concerned about what they describe as masturbation addiction. This is in addition to those who already seek support around pornography addiction and sex addiction, areas I’ve supported men around over many years in Sydney and online. But the recent rise in concerns about masturbation seems to be…
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Adult Virgin? Reclaim Your Confidence and Overcome Shame
Being an Adult Virgin—a term often used to describe people who have not had sex into their late twenties, thirties, forties or later—can feel particularly isolating, especially for men. It’s the shame of an internal critic that whispers, You should have had sex by now. Adult virginity is not the kind of story often told…
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Coaching for Productivity: Procrastination vs Perfectionism
Coaching for productivity is an approach I take with people who meet with me for therapy around perfectionism and procrastination. As a counsellor who specialises in working with ‘pornography addiction’, procrastination is something I hear about often. Perfectionism often comes up in my conversations with gay men who feel ‘not good enough’ despite striving for…
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Treatment for Pornography ‘Addiction’ to Recover Mental Health
Treatment for pornography ‘addiction’ is increasingly in demand. Compulsive use of harmful pornography can be destructive to your mental health, your relationships, and your sexual functioning. The Internet and smartphones have exposed an entire generation to violent, abusive pornography from an early age. Realising you have a problem with using pornography might lead you to…
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