Leona Kim Welham, AASW

Leona Kim Welham is an AASW social worker with eight years' experience offering compassionate counselling. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, trauma and grief. She also supports people dealing with illness, cancer treatment and caregiving demands, and with feelings like jealousy and isolation.

Leona creates a calm space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and emotions without judgement. She encourages small, practical steps that fit into everyday life. Her approach aims to make coping feel more manageable rather than overwhelming.

In sessions she uses approaches that help people clarify what matters to them and build actions around those values. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support acceptance of difficult feelings while identifying meaningful goals. She also uses client-centred listening to follow each person's pace and priorities.

Narrative therapy is part of her work, helping people reframe stories about themselves and their relationships. Solution-focused techniques are used to map immediate steps forward when problems feel stuck. Trauma-focused strategies are available for those who need support working through past harm.

Leona works in Australia and offers therapy in English. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online support

Leona uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings and focus on actions that match their values. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, relationship concerns and coping with illness. She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which centres on attentive listening and following the client’s lead to build trust and clear goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leona will discuss what feels helpful and adapt methods to your needs and preferences. The decision about which approach to use is collaborative and reviewed as progress is made.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available formats before booking. In general, online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people choose quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage. Appropriately qualified therapists can use these options to make therapy more convenient while focusing on the same goals they would in person.