Kelly Ready, AASW
Practical, story-focused counselling for life changes
Details
| Name | Kelly Ready |
|---|---|
| Credentials | AASW |
| Based in | Australia |
| Registered with | AASW |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Kelly
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of practical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges and trauma. Kelly writes treatment plans that fit busy lives and meets clients where they are.
Kelly keeps sessions simple and direct. She listens first and then helps people tell the stories that matter to them. Conversations are shaped around what clients want to change, using gentle questions and practical steps rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Her background includes long work with people recovering from abuse, birth trauma, addiction and relationship difficulties. She also supports people navigating career shifts, chronic illness, caregiving stress and complicated grief. Kelly uses a range of approaches so conversations can be tailored to each person.
Narrative ideas inform how she works - helping clients notice the stories that shape their choices. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based thinking to build helpful skills and repair connections. Cognitive strategies are used when needed to manage anxiety and mood.
Kelly is a parent of three and understands busy households and competing demands. She aims to make therapy fit practical realities, with clear goals and agreed steps. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Kelly offers steady support through that beginning.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Kelly works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Kelly among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kelly directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kelly directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT ideas work online
Kelly commonly uses Narrative ideas to help people separate themselves from unhelpful stories and name the patterns they want to change. Narrative work often suits relationship struggles, identity questions and grief where retelling events in a new way can shift perspective.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to build acceptance skills and clarify values, which helps with anxiety, chronic pain and difficult emotions. Attachment-based thinking is used to look at patterns in close relationships and to rebuild safer ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options, try different ways of working and check in about what feels useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which ideas and exercises to keep using.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people read non-verbal cues and run exercises together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, written reflection and ongoing coaching between longer sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Kelly support?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting and relationship issues among many other concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She listens first, then helps people reframe stories and set clear steps to move forward.
What is her professional background?
Kelly has 15 years of professional experience and has worked with grief, birth trauma, addictions and long-term stress.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an AASW social worker practising in Australia.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Kelly?
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