Kelly Ready
Calm, practical support for everyday challenges
AASW Australia
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Kelly
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of practical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also helps with trauma and abuse, parenting concerns and relationship difficulties.
Background and approach
Kelly draws on straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people feel steadier and more able to cope with daily life. Kelly adapts sessions to each person.
She listens first, then works with you to set clear, achievable goals. Her approach mixes evidence-based techniques with a warm, down-to-earth style so sessions feel usable and relevant to busy lives.
Her background includes long clinical experience in community and health settings, giving her familiarity with complex problems such as chronic illness, caregiver strain and co-morbidity. Kelly also supports people with addiction issues, bipolar disorder and challenges around self-esteem and body image.
She uses a blend of approaches including the Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside cognitive behavioural techniques. These methods are used to improve emotional regulation, communication and coping skills rather than to promise specific outcomes.
Kelly is a parent and understands juggling family, work and personal needs. Sessions are designed to fit individual routines and priorities, and she aims to make therapy feel like a practical part of life rather than another thing on the list.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kelly commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the Gottman Method and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and it supports values-based action for problems like anxiety and depression. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and emotional connection and can be useful for managing relationship stress and intimacy-related issues. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early patterns of relating and how they affect current behaviour, which can help with trust, abandonment concerns and emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly will talk with you about your goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods suit your needs. She adapts techniques over time so sessions stay relevant as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls make it possible to use visual cues when discussing relationships or emotional material. Phone sessions are often simpler when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, practical coaching and people who find written communication easier. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into work, family and daily routines.
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Experience
15+ years
Registered with
AASW
Languages
English