Michele Vuaran is an experienced tutor and counsellor recognised for her expertise in student learning, communication, and psychological support

Tutor

Michele is an experienced educator working with senior secondary and university students across a wide range of academic tasks and assessments, including HSC and IB. She provides tutoring, academic mentoring and advanced proof-reading, and has supervised University of Sydney Masters students in Education as well as edited undergraduate work, Masters theses and Books prior to publication. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education and has served as Head of Pastoral Care and Head of Gifted Education in Sydney private schools.

Counsellor

Michele is highly trained in psychotherapy and provides one-to-one and relationship counselling for young people and adults. Her work focuses on communication, emotional insight, and practical strategies that support personal growth, resilience, and healthier relationships. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Individual and Relationship Counselling from the Jansen Newman Institute and brings a strong therapeutic and educational foundation to her counselling practice.

Presenter

In addition to her student and counselling work, Michele developed and delivered psychotherapy and communication programs for medical professionals. She also facilitated and presented workshops for General Practitioners across Australia and was invited to contribute to Communicating in Primary Care programs both nationally and internationally. Her facilitation style combined clinical understanding with practical communication tools that translated directly into professional practice.

About Michele

Michele Vuaran is a highly qualified tutor and counsellor with more than 40 years of experience across teaching, counselling, and research. She is recognised for her integrated approach, combining educational expertise with psychotherapy principles to support students and young people in a genuinely holistic way. Her work focuses on understanding each individual’s strengths, challenges, and learning style, and tailoring one-to-one support to build confidence, capability, and measurable academic progress.

She has extensive experience supporting students with learning difficulties and senior secondary pathways, including HSC and International Baccalaureate levels. Many students continue to seek her guidance into their university years for mentoring, academic support, and proof-reading. Michele’s approach brings together structured learning strategies and therapeutic insight, enabling her to address both performance and wellbeing factors that influence outcomes.

In addition to her student work, Michele contributes to professional education in the health sector. She has developed and presented Communicating in Primary Care programs for General Practitioners across Australia and internationally, and has facilitated psychotherapy workshops for GPs nationwide. Her broader professional background includes senior pastoral and gifted education leadership roles in Sydney private schools.

Michele holds a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education from UNSW (including two years of Honours study in Geography), along with a Teacher’s Certificate from the NSW Department of Education. She also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Individual and Relationship Counselling at the Jansen Newman Institute and a Certificate of Gifted Education from UNSW. In addition, she holds Alliance Française language certificates (premier to cinquième grade) and maintains a current Working with Children Check. She also undertook and completed two years of an accelerated SAB program at the University of Sydney.

Testimonials

Michele demonstrates an ability to engage her audience’s attention and create an environment conducive to the learning process…..this ability has been substantiated by the excellent evaluations of her lectures by the doctor participants. They have spoken about her liveliness, clarity of presentation and intuitive ability to be “au fait” with their circumstances.

Paula SPsychologist

Michele Vuaran is an outstanding presenter and facilitator. She has diverse academic knowledge, a commanding presence, sensitivity to people and a phenomenal capacity for work. She has a remarkable range of academic study, practical experience, pastoral, administrative, presenting and people skills to draw upon.

Neil T.Education and Psychotherapy Executive

I contacted Michele Vuaran (some months ago) when I came to the realisation that I needed professional help to reduce my anxiety levels.

Michele gave me many strategies including mindfulness techniques to help lower my anxiety levels and deal with stressful personal and work situations.

Michele is a deeply caring and genuine person who was fully invested in improving the quality of my life.

I would highly recommend Michele for anyone in a similar situation.

Louise

Michele Vuaran has phenomenally impacted my learning and assisted in the growth of my mental health. She is currently helping me to achieve my IB diploma with flying colours in History and English. She has been able to understand me on a deep, emotional level, which allows us to have meaningful conversations. This has allowed me to understand myself better and improve my mental state (which) I have not been able to achieve with any other counsellor and I am eternally grateful for her wisdom.

Furthermore, she has dramatically increased my English and History marks due to her ability to proofread my essays and teach me new skills along the way. Without her counselling and teaching skills, I would be an extremely different person and I cannot thank her enough. I am looking forward to continuing my schooling career with her.

ThomasStudent

Michele (Vuaran) has been a constant support throughout my University studies for over the past 4 years and has offered me tutoring in my degree at ACU (Bachelor of Education in Primary and Early Childhood).

During this period of my studies which had been very stressful and at times I have felt extremely anxious. Michele with her knowledge and past experience in teaching and counselling has directed me back on the right path with her good listening skills, which made me feel very comfortable…. She showed great empathy, compassion and honest feedback.

Michele has made herself constantly available over the past 4 years…. giving me guidance in all areas of my studies. I have found Michele to be very approachable with constructive feedback over these years, which has made me more confident in exceling in my abilities. I feel that with Michele’s guidance and feedback I have achieved high level results.

NatalieStudent

Michele Vuaran helped me with HSC Advanced English and Modern History during my HSC year. She read over draft essays correcting mistakes and helped me identify where I could make stronger points. She also helped me develop an understanding on topics I was struggling with.

Michele taught me more about academic writing to improve and strengthen my essays. Often after spending an hour with Michele, I left feeling motivated and encouraged to improve and do more the next time I saw her.

AprilStudent

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Get in touch

Based in Sydney, Michele works with students and clients across NSW and can provide support via phone or video sessions. If you feel she may be the right fit for you or your child, please get in touch to arrange a short initial consultation.

Phone

0400 428 396

Email

michele.vuaran@gmail.com

Get in touch

Phone

0400 428 396

Email

michele.vuaran@gmail.com