Kelly Ready, AASW
15 years in practice
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of clinical 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 clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, or the demands of parenting. Kelly also supports people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD and career pressures.
Kelly keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then works with each person to build a plan that fits their life. Her manner is respectful and calm, and she aims to make therapy feel manageable even when things are hard.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas. That mix helps people notice strong emotions, understand what matters most, and make small changes that add up. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques when helpful to address patterns of thinking and behaviour.
Kelly is a parent of three and understands the juggle of family life, work and self-care. She tailors conversations to what a person can realistically do between sessions. That might mean brief exercises, new ways of noticing feelings, or small behavioural experiments.
Clients come for different reasons - eating or sleeping problems, anger and low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, chronic health challenges, or concerns around adoption and attachment. Kelly aims to create a steady, compassionate space where people can work toward clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian 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
Approaches that suit online therapy
Kelly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift painful emotional patterns and to improve how they relate to their own feelings. This approach is useful for people wanting to understand strong emotions and develop more effective ways of responding.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on values and small actions that build a more meaningful life. ACT helps when worry or avoidance is getting in the way of things that matter. Attachment-based ideas are woven into sessions to help people explore how early relationships influence current patterns of closeness and trust.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, test what fits, and adjust methods to match the client’s needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps make sessions feel relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and ongoing text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and suit shorter check-ins. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for swift support, practical homework and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Kelly help with?
Kelly supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD and career pressures. She also works with many related difficulties such as eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, direct and practical. She listens carefully, helps people track strong emotions, and works collaboratively to set realistic steps for change.
What is her professional background?
Kelly has 15 years of professional experience in Australia and draws on clinical work with people facing a wide range of life stresses and trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and practises from Australia.
Are sessions available in other languages or to overseas clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
Kelly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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