Kelly Ready, AASW
15 years in practice
Kelly Ready is an AASW counsellor with 15 years of professional 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 counsellor with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing addictions, LGBT issues, intimacy worries, sleep and eating problems, and work or career stresses.
Kelly draws on Systemic therapy alongside client-centred and evidence-based techniques to understand patterns that affect daily life. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps and on making sense of how relationships and routines shape feelings.
Background and approach
Conversations are paced to suit each person and to fit into a busy household or working week. She has experience working with complex, overlapping problems such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, attachment issues and codependency. Kelly also addresses less-discussed areas like kink and alternative sex culture with respect and without judgement.
Her approach is collaborative and strengths-focused, aiming to build skills people can use between sessions. Kelly is a parent of three and understands the juggle of family life, work and self-care. She tailors conversations and plans to suit each person's situation.
Taking a first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process straightforward and supportive. Clients meet by phone, video calls, live chat or messaging, whichever fits their day. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
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
How therapy approaches fit with online sessions
Systemic therapy looks at how relationships, routines and wider systems influence feelings and behaviour. It helps when problems repeat across situations or when you want to change patterns that involve other people. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape emotional reactions and closeness with others, which can help with intimacy, grief and relationship worries.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kelly will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they choose strategies and try them out in real life, then adjust as needed in follow-up sessions.
Online sessions make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, coaching-style coaching or people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins during work breaks, or continuing support while managing family responsibilities.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kelly commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues and relationship concerns, plus a broad range of related matters.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Kelly uses a collaborative, respectful and down-to-earth style. Conversations focus on practical steps and making sense of patterns that are causing distress.
How much experience does she have?
Kelly has 15 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and complex, overlapping issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with the AASW and practises from Australia.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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