Mindful Change
Robert Quinlan helps people build calmer, more values-aligned lives — drawing on over 40 years' experience in meditation, mindfulness and Ericksonian approaches to change.
How can I help?
Let's talk about creating the life you want to live — what you want to move toward, and what's been getting in the way.
For over 40 years I've been helping people develop their innate capacity to relax, think clearly, and cultivate genuine happiness. As a mindfulness coach and counsellor, I draw on a range of practical tools — including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based approaches, and the work of master communicator Milton Erickson — to help build lasting change.
I work with clients via the internet and by telephone. Contact me to discuss what you're looking for.
An approach shaped around you
Neuroplasticity & Meditation
I draw on the work of Dr Rick Hanson and other leading teachers of meditative and mindful approaches to help clients build happier, calmer lives. I have over 40 years' experience teaching meditative approaches to change, and over 15 years teaching mindfulness-based approaches — drawing on MBSR and teaching Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Mindful Hypnosis for Change
As a qualified Ericksonian-based hypnotherapist with over 20 years' experience, I've developed a practical, results-focused method grounded in Ericksonian practice and mindfulness — to help people reach their goals, including smoking and vaping cessation, weight management, and habit change.
Acceptance & Commitment Coaching
I love ACT's practical focus on understanding what really matters to clients and helping them live in line with those values — unhooking from unhelpful thought patterns and moving toward meaningful goals with a strong foundation of self-compassion.
Values & Life Direction
Change — whether chosen or unexpected — is often an invitation to reconnect with what truly matters. I help clients explore their values and find clarity on life direction, particularly through periods of transition, loss or uncertainty, so change becomes something to move through with purpose rather than simply endure.
Over four decades guiding people toward calmer lives
I am an experienced mindfulness coach and counsellor with over 40 years' experience teaching meditative approaches to change, and over 15 years teaching mindfulness-based approaches — drawing on MBSR and teaching Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Earlier in my career I worked as a university lecturer training students supporting people with addiction, and spent a number of years with a community health team teaching meditative approaches to people managing chronic health conditions.
I've presented nationally and internationally, and have run retreats to help people connect with their life purpose and move past what's holding them back from their valued goals.
I have three adult children and six grandchildren. My partner Lynden Stone is a talented artist, lecturer and teacher.
"A problem can come out of nowhere. Why shouldn't a solution?"
— Milton EricksonACT, mindfulness & Ericksonian approaches
Throughout my career I've been passionate about finding approaches that are effective, respectful, and that honour each person's uniqueness and capacity for change. Here's a little of that journey.
I learned to meditate in 1975, beginning a personal practice that has run through my whole life and career. By 1980 I was teaching the relaxation response, presenting stress management and relaxation trainings with a variety of organisations.
Alongside this I trained with master teachers Ken and Elizabeth Mellor (T.A./Gestalt, pioneers of integrating meditation with therapeutic and coaching work) and Dr Rob McNeilly (Ericksonian solution-focused techniques), and over the years attended trainings with Bill O'Hanlon, Dr Emmet Miller and Professor William Miller, later studying online with Professor Steven Hayes, developer of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.
I worked for some years as a hospital social worker and with a community-based health team at Gold Coast Health. A great deal of that work involved teaching mindfulness approaches to help people manage chronic health conditions, and bringing mindfulness and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy approaches to people dealing with loss and grief.
My deepest interest has remained meditative approaches to change — an interest I've continued to extend through Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I've also presented nationally and internationally, trained other professionals, and run workshops and retreats in Australia and overseas to help people align with their life purpose.
Many clients find real value in the way I bring together Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based approaches, and compassion-based methods with insights from neuropsychology — alongside a practical, down-to-earth style drawing on Ericksonian techniques. Get in touch and we can talk about whether this approach is the right fit for you.
Web Sessions
Secure video sessions let me work conveniently with clients locally, nationally and internationally — alongside phone sessions by arrangement. My practice is conducted entirely online and by telephone.
Get in touch
Reach out by phone or email to share a little about what you're looking for.
Book & pay in advance
Sessions are paid for ahead of time. You can also purchase a block of 5 sessions at a discounted rate.
Meet — online or by phone
We'll meet by secure video call or phone, wherever you're based.
Investing in the work
I believe the capacity for calm, clarity and genuine happiness is everyone's birthright, not a luxury — and I also need to run a sustainable practice. Here's how I try to hold both of those things honestly.
Mindfulness Coaching & Counselling
$120
Per session (50–60 minutes), online or by phone. A block of 5 sessions is available at a discounted rate.
Mindful Hypnosis for Change
$120
Standard rate applies for individual sessions, as a qualified Ericksonian-based hypnotherapist working from mindfulness and Ericksonian foundations. A dedicated 3-session smoking cessation package is available for $300.
Free resources to support your practice
A few things I'm building out to support your mindfulness practice between sessions — more to come.
Guided Meditations
Short guided recordings to support relaxation, grounding and the relaxation response — coming soon.
Articles & Reading
Notes and reading on ACT, mindfulness-based approaches and Ericksonian ideas about change — coming soon.
Newsletter
Occasional notes on meditation and values-based living, sent straight to your inbox — sign-up coming soon.
Let's talk about what you need
Sessions are conducted online via secure video call, or by telephone.
Robert Quinlan
Mindfulness Coach & Counsellor