Kelly Ready, AASW

Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns and relationship strain. Kelly understands the pressures of a busy family life and talks plainly about practical steps people can take. Kelly adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. She works with people on recovery from addiction, sleep and eating issues, intimacy concerns and coping with major life changes. Her practice also addresses ADHD, compassion fatigue, career uncertainty and chronic health challenges. Her approach draws on well established methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Sessions focus on useful skills, clearer values and steadier relationships rather than jargon. Kelly aims to make therapy feel like a clear, manageable conversation. Kelly has experience helping people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family stress and caregiver strain. She also supports people dealing with cancer, chronic pain, disability and co-morbid conditions. Practical day-to-day coping strategies are a repeated focus. People can expect straightforward, respectful listening and an emphasis on what will make life better now. Kelly tailors the pace and tools to what each person needs. She encourages small, achievable changes that build toward lasting improvements.

How Kelly’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with long-term health issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing it with practical behavioural changes, which can ease anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people shift interaction habits to build safer, steadier relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and review progress as therapy continues, making adjustments when needed.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and health appointments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when days are very busy. Kelly will work with each person to shape sessions that fit their routine and tech comfort, and to prioritise what will help most in everyday life.