Kelly Ready, AASW

Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges and trauma. Her approach is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.

Kelly listens without judgement and works with each person to set clear, small goals. She adapts conversations and plans to fit a busy family life, drawing on her own experience as a parent of three. Sessions focus on useful skills and straightforward strategies rather than jargon or long theory explanations.

Her work often uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help with anxiety, mood and unhelpful thinking. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about closeness, boundaries and patterns from earlier relationships. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills can be brought in when people need emotional regulation and distress tolerance techniques.

Kelly also supports people navigating addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, career stress, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to how health, caregiving and chronic conditions affect mood and coping. Wherever relevant, she works with the practical realities of parenting, blended-family dynamics and adoption or foster care histories.

Kelly aims to make the first steps clear and manageable. She will work collaboratively to build a plan that fits your life and goals, and adjust it as needs change.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviours to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. It works well for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current relationship struggles and helps people build healthier ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to your goals, preferences and how you respond in early sessions. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs evolve.

The original biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so please confirm available session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy routine, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use tools and worksheets during a session and practise strategies between meetings, which many people find helpful.