Josephine Sultana, AASW

Josephine Sultana is an AASW social worker with 15 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, trauma, parenting strain and midlife transitions. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she aims to help people feel heard and find practical ways to cope.

Jo draws on a mix of psychological approaches to match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Emotion-Focused Therapy helps people tune into and make sense of their feelings. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas when those fit the situation.

Alongside talking therapies, Jo integrates broader health factors into treatment. She trained as a Registered Integrative Health Practitioner Level 2 and uses functional assessments when relevant to explore nutrition, inflammation or biochemical contributors to mood and energy. This lets her consider lifestyle and body-focused factors as part of a plan.

Her background includes work in public and private mental health services and private practice since 2016. She has supported adolescents, adults, parents and older adults with issues such as burnout, hormonal-related concerns and chronic health challenges.

Sessions focus on building clarity, practical skills and long-term coping strategies. Jo helps people set realistic goals, change stuck patterns and make decisions that line up with their values and everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, and supports choosing actions that reflect personal values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating when trust or closeness is difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) identifies thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to shift them, which often helps with anxiety, depression and sleep problems.

Choosing the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals and preferences, and then adapt methods over time. This helps keep sessions focused on what the person wants to achieve rather than sticking rigidly to one method.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. It can also help people continue care when health, work or family commitments make in-person visits hard. Appropriately qualified therapists can discuss what format will work best for your situation during the initial matching and scheduling process.