emily bieber, social worker & counsellor

Emily lives locally in Banyule with her husband of 19 years and their three teenagers and a greyhound. She is a carer for her father. 

Emily graduated as a social worker in 2005 and for the past eight years she has been teaching social work and counselling at La Trobe Uni. 

Emily is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.  

Emily has a keen interest in progressive politics, climate activism, feminism and rainbow allyship. Emily works hard to ensure her practice is neurodiverse affirming and trauma informed. 

Emily is a generalist social worker. This means she has a broad range of expertise on emotional and social health. Earlier in her career, Emily worked with homeless people who were experiencing mental illness. Emily has also worked with primary and secondary students as a community social worker.  

The 2015 Royal Commission in Family Violence served as the foundation for a career highlight. At the time, Emily was working with family violence victim/survivors, both parents and children. There was a shift in practice around accountability of perpetrators, greater capacity for police intervention and a broader range of services to help people get safe, and stay safe. The system is far from perfect, and the danger is far from over, but the conversation has well and truly begun.  

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FAQS

  • Emily’s work is informed by the evidence based interventions of J&J Gottman and Sue Johnson; acclaimed academics and practitioners in the field of couples therapy.

    Many couples are looking to rebuild communication skills, and Emily can provide skills to practice at home between sessions.

    Emily’s practice is trauma informed, encouraging and patient, and will support you and your family to increase wellbeing, by building on your existing capacities and strengths. 

  • Social workers and psychologists work side by side, with the same intention: to improve wellbeing and relationships. We approach our work with various tools, many of which overlap. In addition to supporting the couple; social workers look at the influences around the family such as work stress, social injustice and beyond. We blend this understanding with talk therapy, to reduce isolation and amp up emotional well-being.