About Me,
Chauncey Sjostedt,
Psychotherapist
I'm Chauncey Sjostedt (she/her), a PACFA-certified Gestalt Therapist based in Surry Hills, Sydney. My practice is warm, compassionate, relational, and inclusive. I work with people from a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and life experiences, offering a genuinely safe and affirming therapeutic space. Alongside a passion for supporting the LGBTQ+ community, I have extensive experience working alongside people through loss, vulnerability, change, identity, relationships, health challenges, and major life transitions.
PACFA Certified Practicing Member #29367
Present-focused,
relational therapy
Gestalt therapy is a present-focused and relational style of psychotherapy. It is not about analysing your past from a distance or following a rigid program of techniques. It is about us working together in the room, noticing what arises in your body, your emotions and your relationships as it happens, and exploring what that tells you about your patterns and possibilities.
In sessions, this might involve tracking bodily sensations, exploring recurring patterns of feeling or behaviour, working with dreams or images, or simply sitting with something that is hard to name. The approach is gentle, curious and collaborative. I will not push you faster than you are ready to go.
Many people find this approach both grounding and energising. It creates space for fresh awareness and, over time, the ability to make genuinely different choices. Change in Gestalt therapy is not about fixing what is broken. It is about coming into fuller contact with who you already are. Sessions are 50 minutes. Many people begin weekly and adjust to fortnightly as things evolve. If you are curious whether this approach might suit you, please read the frequently asked questions or simply reach out directly.
Learn more about Gestalt therapy
My Commitment to the
LGBTQ+ Community
As a proud queer woman of the LGBTQ+ community, I hold a deep and personal commitment to inclusivity. I welcome people of all gender identities and sexual orientations into a safe, celebratory and affirming space. My practice is proudly queer-affirming, non-binary inclusive and LGBTQ+-centred. You will never need to explain your identity, justify your relationships or manage my discomfort.
This is not simply a professional stance. It is lived. I understand the particular weight of finding a therapist you can trust to hold your full identity without question, without judgment and without the exhausting need to educate them first.
My practice is affirming, informed and genuinely celebratory of queer, trans and gender-diverse lives. You are welcome here exactly as you are. Whether you are exploring gender identity or transition, navigating relationships, working through the particular grief that can accompany queer experienceces, or simply looking for a therapist who genuinely gets it, I would be glad to work with you.
I also have experience supporting people through family-of-origin dynamics that include rejection or conditional acceptance, and I understand the particular resilience and complexity that shapes many LGBTQ+ lives and communities.
Learn about LGBTQ+ affirming therapy
PACFA Membership #29367
I am a Certified Practicing Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. PACFA is the peak body for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia, and membership requires ongoing professional development, adherence to a code of ethics and regular supervision. Verify at pacfa.org.au · Read my FAQs
In-person in Sydney
& online Australia-wide
I offer in-person sessions at two locations in Sydney, and online sessions via secure video to clients anywhere in Australia.
Saturdays · 9:00am – 2:00pm
Surry Hills — In-Person & Online
Suite 324, 410 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Wednesdays · 2:00pm – 7:00pm
Glebe — In-Person & Online
1 Arundel Street, Glebe NSW 2037 · Genki Centre
Online
Australia-Wide via Secure Video
Available Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. No GP referral required.
Take the first step
Reaching out takes courage. I am here to make it as easy as possible. Book a session, request a free introductory call, or simply send a message. I will respond within 48 hours.