About Sal

At the core of my work is a client-centred focus. I listen with compassion, respect autonomy, and trust in my client’s innate capacity for insight and growth. I provide a safe and supportive environment where clients can inquire into their experience—whether through reflection, somatic awareness, or existential inquiry—at their own pace. Rather than imposing change, I encourage clients to cultivate new relationships with their own truth, letting insight and transformation arise organically.

My synthesis of Eastern and existential perspectives offers my clients a way to encounter life more fully: grounded in the present moment, aware of the body and its wisdom, open to the mystery of being, and attuned to the responsibility and freedom of shaping a meaningful existence.

For over 35 years, Sal has trained and worked in a variety of clinical settings as a Counsellor and Yoga Therapist. With a degree in Counselling and Human Change, Sal is an internationally Certified Yoga Therapist and also delivers Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the fields of Counselling Supervision, Yoga Therapist Mentoring, Coaching and Education.

There are very few human beings who receive the truth by instant illumination… most of them acquire it fragment by fragment.

Anaïs Nin

As Your Therapist

My counselling practice synthesises Eastern philosophy, existential therapy, and a client-centred approach. I work collaboratively with clients to explore meaning, values, and lived experience, drawing on mindfulness and embodied awareness. The focus is on fostering self-understanding, resilience, and authentic engagement with life.

Professional Associations

Sal Flynn is a Clinical Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling profession’s peak body PACFA (Membership No. 22705), a Centre for Existential Practice (CEP) Registered Supervisor, a Certified Member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists (AABCAP), and a Registered Yoga Therapist.

My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconscious is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls.

D H Lawrence

Specialties

Counselling, Coaching, Pyschotherapy and Yoga Therapy for:

Anxiety, grief and loss
Emotional fluctuations and regulation
Change and life transitions
Recovery from trauma
Self-esteem and personal growth
Stress-related conditions or burnout

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anaïs Nin

What Clients Say

“Sal’s therapeutic approach is supportive and encouraging. Together we worked through the obstacles that stood in the way of my confidence.  I learned how my anxiousness need not be a battle with myself.” 

“Before we worked together I didn’t perceive myself as creative. Sal helped me to realise I have all the resources I need to build a satisfying life and lasting peace of mind.”