Counsellor profile
Kelly Ready, AASW
Australia
AASW social worker - Anger and stress support
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- CredentialsAASW
- RegistrationAASW, Australia / 671860
- Experience15 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationAustralia
About
- Anger management
- CBT strategies
- Parenting stress
About Kelly
Kelly Ready is an AASW social worker with 15 years of professional experience in Australia. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, anger, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns and relationship strain. Her practice reflects practical support for everyday pressures and emotional overwhelm.
She uses plain conversation to identify what is causing the most strain. Sessions focus on small, workable steps rather than long lectures. Kelly draws on a mix of approaches to suit how a person prefers to work and what their goals are.
Kelly is a parent of three and describes firsthand knowledge of juggling family and work demands. That experience informs how she helps people fit therapeutic work into busy schedules. She pays attention to how life responsibilities affect mood, sleep and behaviour.
Her approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thought and behaviour that fuel anger and anxiety. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people notice unhelpful reactions and choose different actions. Attachment-based ideas inform work around relationship wounds and intimacy-related concerns.
Sessions cover practical skills for managing outbursts, reducing build-up of resentment, and repairing relationship ruptures. Kelly also supports people dealing with addictions, sleep and eating problems, career stress, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She encourages clear, realistic goals and regular review of progress.
To begin, clients use an online matching process to pick a first session. Cost varies with location and is billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English in Australia.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Kelly commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical techniques to change them, which can help with anger, anxiety and sleep problems. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that align with values, which suits people who want to reduce reactive responses.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy for relationship and intimacy difficulties. That approach looks at how past relationship patterns influence present reactions and aims to build clearer communication and safer emotional connection.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will discuss options and collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration helps shape the plan and how skills are practised between sessions.
Session formats are not detailed in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce the need to travel. Think about which practical features matter most to you and raise them when you complete the matching questionnaire so they can be accommodated.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
Kelly helps with snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, built-up resentment and other anger-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She works in plain language, focusing on practical steps and short-term skills alongside deeper relational work.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional work experience in Australia supporting a wide range of difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is credentialed with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and practises in Australia.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.