Ryan Holmes

Coolum Beach, Queensland Australia

Website: https://deepertogether.au

I’m a husband and father of three, and have been married for ten years. I love coffee, going to the beach, books, and power-lifting. Before moving into counselling and psychotherapy, I spent the past decade in pastoral ministry. Earlier in my journey, I played semi-professional rugby league and worked in cabinetmaking and carpentry.

My belief is that genuine empathy, consistent and reliable connection are transformative. Such experiences can bring deeper healing and health.I take an integrative approach in therapy to provide an evidence-based, compassionate and hopeful space where you are supported in deepening personal and relational healing and health.

A commitment to deep presence, emotional transformation, and the unfolding of authentic connection — within individuals, couples, and systems — is at the heart of my approach. I work experientially and relationally, informed by attachment theory, affective neuroscience, and the sacredness of the human journey.

Clients can expect a therapeutic space that is warm, welcoming, and deeply respectful of their unique story. I offer a relational and collaborative presence, meeting each person with attunement and compassion, and walking alongside them at a pace that feels safe, grounded, and honouring of their inner world.
This is a space where healing becomes possible. Together, we gently explore the emotional landscape of your present experience, while attending to the deeper patterns shaped by early relationships and life history. We listen closely to both your story and your body—recognising how your nervous system responds to stress, safety, and connection—and use this awareness as a doorway to healing and integration.

Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, our work seeks to move beneath the surface, toward what hurts and longs to be heard: disconnection, loss, unmet needs, and the deeper questions of identity, belonging, and meaning. My intention is to help you not only cope with what life has asked of you, but to experience real transformation—toward greater emotional freedom, wholeness, and more authentic relationships with yourself and others.

My therapeutic work is grounded in an integrative and evidence-based approach that draws from existential-humanistic, psychodynamic, emotion-focused, interpersonal neurobiology frameworks. As for a model I am training in and use Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). In addition to this, I am training in Gottman Therapy and use this model in my work with couples. I hold a Bachelor of Theology from Queensland Theological College as an ordained minister. I am in the process of competing a Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy at Christian Heritage College and a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Supervision through Saint Marks.

AEDP Level 1

Availability: Yes
Therapy Settings: In-Person Virtual