Kelly Lockett, AASW

Kelly Lockett is an AASW-accredited social worker with 19 years' experience in mental health. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, depression and midlife concerns. She helps parents and individuals build practical skills for day-to-day life and clearer emotional understanding.

Kelly uses a wholistic, evidence-based approach that focuses on what people need right now. Sessions look at patterns, practical coping strategies and relationship dynamics. The goal is to build skills that make everyday life feel more manageable.

Her work includes support for ADHD, attachment and communication challenges, and parenting stress. Kelly also helps with issues linked to adoption and foster care, ageing and caregiver strain, body image, and codependency. She adapts conversation and exercises to the person's situation rather than following a one-size-fits-all model.

Kelly has experience teaching social work students at the University of Tasmania, where she focused on mental health and child safety. That background informs how she explains things and shares practical tools in session.

Clients can expect collaborative sessions that identify strengths and set small, achievable goals. Kelly encourages self-management strategies to increase resilience and a clearer sense of purpose over time.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online sessions

Kelly's work draws on a few well-known, evidence-based techniques that are easy to explain and use in conversation. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out new ways of thinking and behaving; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy focuses on practical skills such as emotional regulation and distress tolerance, which can be taught in step-by-step ways. Solution-Focussed approaches concentrate on small, achievable changes and clear goals to make progress feel manageable.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That process is collaborative and may involve mixing techniques to match what helps most.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy life. Online work can reduce travel time and make it simpler to keep regular appointments. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm which options are currently available before booking. Appropriately qualified therapists will help fit sessions around everyday routines and goals.