Kelsey Pearsall, AASW

Kelsey Pearsall is an AASW-accredited social worker with four years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or low self-esteem. Kelsey encourages honesty and gentle curiosity in sessions and aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone nervous about starting therapy.

Kelsey focuses on relationship and family concerns, including parenting strain and blended family issues. She also supports people dealing with trauma, depression, ADHD and the everyday pressures of work and life changes. Jealousy is one of the concerns she lists among her areas of focus.

Her style is warm and non-judgemental. Kelsey works to create an open space where people can talk through feelings and try new ways of handling difficult situations. She draws on client-centred listening to help people feel heard and understood.

Kelsey uses practical, short-term techniques alongside reflective approaches. That can include mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity, narrative work to reframe troubling stories, and motivational interviewing to increase readiness for change. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

People who come to Kelsey often want clear steps they can try between sessions. She helps set small, realistic goals and reviews progress together. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Kelsey’s approaches can work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape present-day responses. It helps people understand patterns in relationships and manage intense emotions in closer connections. Client-centred therapy centres the person’s experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and clarify their own goals. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing strategies to reduce overwhelm and increase steady focus during stressful moments.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kelsey will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted over time based on what is helpful.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions around life commitments and lower time spent travelling. Please confirm available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list current delivery options. Many people find online sessions useful for shorter check-ins, steady weekly work, or practising skills between appointments.