Much of our distress comes from struggling with the inner weather — pushing hard against thoughts and feelings, or being swept along by them. Mindfulness offers another option: steadier attention, a little more room between you and the moment, and a way of being with difficulty rather than bracing against it.
Atanas draws on mindfulness and meditation alongside structured, evidence-based therapy. In practice that can look like simple ways to come back to the present, to notice what’s happening in the body, and to meet a hard feeling without being run by it. These aren’t relaxation tricks; they’re skills that build over time and support the deeper work of therapy.
A grounded, practical approach
Atanas is a registered yoga and meditation teacher with over a decade of personal practice, and he brings that contemplative thread into the clinical room where it fits the person and the work. The emphasis stays practical — small, repeatable practices you can actually use between sessions, rather than anything that asks you to believe a particular thing or empty your mind.
Mindfulness-based approaches can support:
- Anxiety, rumination, and a busy, over-active mind
- Stress, burnout, and the sense of running on empty
- Living alongside chronic pain or persistent physical symptoms
- Reconnecting with the present when life feels flat or on autopilot
- Steadier emotion regulation, as part of broader therapeutic work
These approaches sit alongside evidence-based psychology, not in place of it — part of how the work stays grounded in the body as well as the mind.
Sessions are available in person in Wollongong or by secure video (telehealth) anywhere in Australia.