Kelly Ready, AASW
15 years in practice
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- AASW
- 671860 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Kelly
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting tensions and the after-effects of trauma. Kelly writes treatment plans to fit each person's life and goals.
She aims to be respectful, sensitive and compassionate in sessions. Kelly draws on Jungian ideas alongside evidence-based therapies to help people notice patterns in feelings and behaviour. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and build useful routines.
Background and approach
Attachment-based approaches inform how she talks about relationships and closeness. Sessions are conversational and focused. Kelly listens, asks practical questions and suggests small steps to try between meetings.
She understands the demands of family life as a parent of three, and keeps plans realistic for busy people. Kelly works with a wide range of concerns including addiction, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar disorder, anger, self-esteem and career stress. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, chronic illness and neurodiversity related issues.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Kelly helps people set clear goals, practise coping skills and track progress so therapy fits into everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelly names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapy approaches you can access online
Jungian Therapy helps people notice recurring inner themes and symbols that shape behaviour and mood; it can be useful when someone wants to understand deeper life patterns and meaning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills to accept difficult feelings and commit to actions that match personal values, which suits anxiety, depression and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships affect trust and closeness and can help when relationship patterns cause distress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, personal preferences and what has or has not worked before. Together you will try methods that fit your needs and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make work around busy schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or useful when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging let people check in between meetings or use therapy without needing to be on camera, giving flexible ways to keep making progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kelly work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and grief. Additional areas include addictions, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar, ADHD and caregiver stress.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Kelly takes a conversational, down-to-earth approach that focuses on practical steps. She listens closely, helps set goals and suggests homework to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Kelly has 15 years of professional experience and is credentialed with the Australian Association of Social Workers, listed as AASW.
Where is Kelly based and what region does she cover?
She practises from Australia and describes her training and experience within the Australian context.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment organised?
Costs vary by location and therapist arrangements. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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