Queer & LGBTQ+ couples therapy · Online, Australia-wide

For couples who love each other — and keep missing each other.

Queer Love Lounge is online couples therapy for queer and LGBTQ+ relationships, right across Australia. Warm, practical, and built for the way you actually love.

A softer, sharper kind of couples therapy.

Queer-led & culturally safe

Queer and Aboriginal-led. You never have to translate yourselves before we can begin.

Gottman & Perel-trained

Grounded in the Gottman Method (Level 2) and Esther Perel’s approach to desire and difference.

The relationship is the client

No blame, no sides. I’m here for the relationship — not for one of you over the other.

Online, Australia-wide

Meet from your own couch, wherever you are in the country. Every relationship welcome.

For every kind of us

Together for years or just beginning. Married, or building something without a template. Monogamous, open or poly. Same-gender, trans and gender-diverse partners — all of you, welcome.

Two people holding each other close, calm and unhurried

How the work goes

Small things, often. That’s what changes.

We get curious about the pattern you’re stuck in and the stories you’ve each come to believe, then build small, repeatable ways to turn towards each other instead of away. Sessions are online, from your own space — which often makes the harder conversations a little easier.

A space that feels like yours.

Lauren, seated and smiling in the clinic space

Who you’ll be with

Hi, I’m Lauren.

An Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and ANZAED-credentialed clinician, trained in the Gottman Method (Level 2) and Esther Perel’s approach — and queer and Aboriginal-led. So much couples work quietly assumes a straight, cisgender template and asks you to translate yourselves first. Here, you don’t.

AMHSW (AASW)ANZAED CredentialedGottman Method (Level 2)Esther Perel–trainedQueer & Aboriginal-led

Sessions & fees

Common questions

Do you work with open and polyamorous relationships?

Yes. Every relationship structure is genuinely welcome here, and you won’t have to explain or justify yours before we can begin.

Does online therapy really work for couples?

For most couples, yes. It’s how Queer Love Lounge is built — online, so we can work together wherever you are in Australia, from your own space.

What if only one of us is sure about coming?

That’s completely normal — often one person reaches out first. You’re both welcome exactly as you are, and we start wherever you’re each at.

How do we start, and what does it cost?

Book a first session (90 minutes, $330), or email first with any questions. Ongoing sessions are 75 minutes ($280). It’s a private fee — couples therapy isn’t covered by Medicare rebates.

Pull up a chair — all of you.

Book your first session