Counselling Services & Performance Coaching in Brisbane
Helping You Move Forward With Confidence, Clarity, and Capability
Book An AppointmentWe help individuals across Brisbane unlock their full potential emotionally, mentally, and professionally. Whether you’re dealing with personal or workplace stress or want to improve performance and productivity, Zoe’s counselling and performance coaching can help.
Our services combine evidence-based techniques with compassionate, tailored guidance that supports both healing and growth.
Personalised Support That Meets You Where You Are
The heart of our work is to let you know you’re capable of achieving more than you realise. With the right perspective and support, we help you reach those goals.
Whether you're seeking counselling services in Brisbane or want to work with a performance coach to refine your leadership skills or life direction, our tailored approach ensures your unique goals are at the centre of every session.
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Our Counselling Services
Freedom Choice Academy offers confidential, one-on-one counselling sessions designed to help you explore your emotions, overcome challenges, and restore your sense of self.
Individual Counselling
Zoe supports individuals experiencing:
- Anxiety and chronic stress.
- Depression and low self-worth.
- Trauma and PTSD.
- Life transitions and identity struggles.
- Grief and loss.
- Burnout or lack of direction.
Sessions provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore personal issues, gain clarity, and build resilience.
Relationship Counselling
Zoe works with couples and family members to improve connection and resolve conflict through:
- Effective communication strategies.
- Conflict resolution tools.
- Rebuilding trust and intimacy.
Parenting and co-parenting guidance.
Workplace & Career-Focused Counselling
Helping professionals manage:
- Workplace stress or bullying.
- Emotional fatigue and burnout.
- Career transitions or redundancy.
- Boundary setting and self-advocacy.
All counselling sessions are grounded in Zoe’s Emotional Cells Re-coded (ECR) Method, which helps clients understand and shift deep-rooted emotional patterns.
Performance Coaching in Brisbane
Designed for high-achieving professionals, business owners, creatives, or anyone wanting more direction, our performance coaching helps individuals define, pursue, and reach their goals on their terms.
Goal Clarity & Achievement
Zoe will help you set meaningful, aligned goals and reverse-engineer the path to get there. This process will help you:
- Clarify your vision.
- Overcome blocks and distractions.
- Create actionable plans with measurable steps.
- Stay motivated and on track.
Leadership & Career Growth
Ideal for professionals looking to level up or step into leadership, Zoe’s coaching includes:
- Strengths-based leadership development.
- Confidence and executive presence.
- Navigating difficult workplace dynamics.
- Managing others with empathy and effectiveness.
Emotional Mastery & Resilience
High performance isn’t just about strategy; it’s about mindset and emotional intelligence. This positions you to:
- Build emotional regulation skills.
- Conquer limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome.
- Cultivate focus, motivation, and persistence.
- Strengthen your confidence and self-leadership.
Why Performance Coaching Works
Performance coaching is a proven approach that can take you from the fear zone to the growth zone by directly addressing the factors you identify as essential to your success.
The coaching relationship creates a psychologically safe and supportive environment where you can be honest about your goals and challenges. Through this trusted relationship, you gain a personalised plan for change—one that helps you:
- Continue using the habits and behaviours that already serve you.
- Introduce and embed new, positive behaviours.
- Reflect meaningfully on your patterns, choices, and mindset.
Coaching also instills accountability and motivation—two key elements in turning insight into action. It enhances self-awareness, emotional resilience, and self-confidence, while helping you stay on track with goals. This creates long-lasting shifts in performance and wellbeing across all areas of life.
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Why Clients Choose Freedom Choice Academy
Zoe does not offer quick fixes but guides deep, meaningful change that sticks.
Our Unique Strengths:
Freedom Choice Academy is committed to empowering you on your journey to success through:
- 25+ years of experience in therapy, coaching, and leadership development.
- Sessions tailored to your specific needs and values.
- A holistic, compassionate approach that treats you as a whole person.
- Tools grounded in psychology, emotional intelligence, and the ECR Method.
- Support that is equal parts structured and intuitive.
Whether you're looking to overcome emotional barriers or take your performance to the next level, we can help you get there.
Book An AppointmentWho We Work With
We support individuals from all walks of life, including:
Business owners and entrepreneurs.
Corporate professionals and emerging leaders.
Parents balancing work and life demands.
Creative professionals seeking direction or consistency.
Individuals rebuilding after trauma or burnout.
We also welcome NDIS self-managed and plan-managed clients.
In-Person and Online Sessions Available
Zoe offers face-to-face appointments at our Brisbane practice, along with flexible online counselling and coaching sessions for those outside the area or prefer remote support.
Our Process: What to Expect
Step 1:
Discovery Call
We start with a free 15-minute consultation to understand your needs.
Step 2:
Personalised Plan
We create a plan tailored to your specific goals. This may include workplace-focused options EAP or bespoke programs or a personal approach with structured counselling or coaching, or even a combination of both.
Step 3:
Session Work
Sessions are an hour long and tailored to your pace, preferences, and challenges. We use a range of tools, including ECR, solution-focused therapy, and values coaching.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you’re looking for personalised, empathetic support that helps you thrive, not just survive, Freedom Choice Academy is here for you.
Whether you need a compassionate space to heal or a high-performance framework to grow, we invite you to book a consultation today.
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Counselling and Coaching Services Brisbane - World Wide
With over 25 years of experience, Zoe Slater is a highly skilled counsellor dedicated to helping individuals overcome life's challenges. As an experienced counsellor, Zoe brings a compassionate and non-judgmental approach to each session, providing tailored support that helps people regain emotional freedom. Zoe Slater offers professional counseling services to people from all walks of life, providing tailored support for men, women, couples, and individuals who are facing a wide range of challenges. From PTSD, anxiety, and depression to relationship issues and trauma, Zoe’s proven methods have helped countless people. Private counselling can help people achieve emotional freedom and clarity, addressing past pain and difficulties to open the door to a brighter future. Whether you’re dealing with stress, grief, or major life changes, Zoe offers the practical and supportive guidance you need to move forward.
Some issues that counselling & coaching can address include:
- Stress
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Burn Out
- Depression
- Addiction
- Workplace stress
- Relationship Issues
- Difficulty sleeping
- Sabotage Patterns
- Success Blockers & Performance Inhibitors
- Trauma recovery
- Anger management
- Body pain - Psychosomatic ailments
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Dreams or recurring nightmare's
- Past life regression
- Pre birth regression
- Phobias
- Mature Teenagers
- Personal development
- Existential Crisis
- Plus many more
Why work with Zoe?
Tailored, practical solutions
Zoe Slater brings with her over two decades of experience in offering highly personalised and tailored strategies for clients. Whether it’s helping individuals overcome addiction or guiding couples through relationship difficulties, Zoe offers real solutions that are practical and aimed at meeting your specific needs. Counselling, Coaching, Breathwork, Retreats let us know how we can tailor the right support for you,
Confidentiality and trust
When you work with Zoe at Freedom Choice Academy, you can be assured of absolute confidentiality. Whether you need couples counselling or assistance with personal matters, all conversations are handled in a judgment-free and discreet way. Building trust is one of the most important aspects of private counselling services.
Experienced with a wide range of issues
Zoe has helped over 4,000 individuals, including people dealing with PTSD, anxiety, relationship breakdowns, addiction and more. With extensive experience as a counsellor and relationship therapist, Zoe provides caring, compassionate and powerful counselling services to help people regain control over all areas of life.
Confidential and professional help when you need it
While based in Brisbane, Zoe works with clients all over Australia and World Wide. So, whether you need counselling services to deal with specific needs, or you could benefit from the proven Stress to Success program, Freedom Choice Academy can help. For personalised counselling and coaching that delivers results, contact us to find out more today.
"I was recommended to see Zoe. I was reluctant but now I’m a client recommending Zoe, Freedom Choice Academy.
In the beginning I had a business coach so I didn’t think I needed to see Zoe. Honestly I thought I was doing pretty good but within 20 minutes I had shared secrets that surprised me. The approach, the Success Model and the ECR Method have caused me to gain new insights, to look at my behaviour and mindset differently. Confidentiality with high level service is key. Multiple Businesses."
