- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Attachment and family
About Kelly
Kelly Lockett is an AASW accredited social worker with 19 years' experience in Australia. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting issues, depression and ADHD. Kelly supports adults who want to understand how family patterns affect their day-to-day life.
She uses clear, evidence-based practices to help people spot repeated patterns that started in childhood. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how early family roles, expectations or ways of coping might still influence choices and feelings. Conversations are practical and goal-focused, with skills people can use between meetings.
Kelly integrates Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques alongside solution-focused conversations and relational ideas. She combines these approaches to suit the specific problem a person brings, for example managing anxiety, improving communication, or setting boundaries with caregivers.
Her background includes tutoring in social work at the University of Tasmania, where she specialised in mental health and child safety. That teaching work informs an interest in attachment and family-of-origin issues as well as child and adolescent wellbeing.
People who come to Kelly can expect to learn tools for self-management and clearer ways to handle difficult interactions. She works with individuals to identify strengths, practise new skills, and plan manageable steps toward change. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule their first appointment.
Approaches used in online sessions
Kelly draws on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and helps with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for intense emotions and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will discuss options with the client and choose methods together based on the person’s goals, preferences and what is most useful for the presenting problem. This is a collaborative process and may combine techniques from more than one approach.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weeknight or a lunch break, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. Practical benefits include being able to focus on specific skills between appointments and to use therapy tools in real life soon after learning them.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting, depression and ADHD, plus related family-of-origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based methods and practical skill-building. Sessions emphasise understanding current patterns and practicing new ways of coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years' experience in social work and mental health practice in Australia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an AASW accredited social worker based in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model 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.
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