Loida Salita

About Me

Leaving the Philippines to build a life overseas is often a journey of hope, courage, and sacrifice. While it can bring new opportunities, it may also come with quiet struggles that are not always visible to others. You may be missing your family, adjusting to a new culture, carrying responsibilities for loved ones back home, navigating relationship or family difficulties, grieving what you have left behind, or feeling overwhelmed while trying to stay strong for everyone else.

If this is where you are, you do not have to carry it alone.

As a Filipino counsellor based in Australia, I understand many of the unique experiences of Filipinos and Filipino families as they build a life in a new country. I offer a warm, compassionate, and culturally sensitive space where you can speak freely in English or Tagalog, and feel heard without judgement.

I work with adults, couples, and families experiencing anxiety, stress, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, life transitions, migration and settlement challenges, and the emotional strain of caring for others while neglecting your own wellbeing.

My approach is grounded in empathy, respect, and the belief that every person has strengths that can be rediscovered, even during life’s most difficult seasons. Wherever life has brought you, I would be honoured to walk alongside you with warmth, compassion, and hope, as we discern your path towards healing.