Najma Haja Alaudeen, AASW

Najma Haja Alaudeen is an AASW social worker who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress and life transitions. She aims to make therapy feel practical and straightforward, so clients leave with tools they can use day to day. Her style is calm and collaborative, with a focus on the person rather than labels.

She supports people dealing with trauma, PTSD, ADHD and burnout alongside common struggles like low motivation and self-doubt. Sessions often focus on building routines, improving coping strategies and working through past experiences that still affect daily life. Najma aims to create short, clear steps clients can try between sessions.

Her approach combines evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based work. She also draws on client-centred listening and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when emotional regulation skills are useful. The work is adapted to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed formula.

Najma has 19 years of experience in mental health practice across a range of concerns. She offers practical coaching for parenting stress, relationship issues, grief, addictions and compassion fatigue, and addresses focused topics like abandonment, attachment issues and blended family stresses.

Sessions are conducted in English and Tamil for people based in Australia. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Najma encourages people to start even if life feels unsettled, and she helps set realistic goals that fit everyday life.

How Najma's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking small committed actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It can help when life feels stuck or when someone is coping with major changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and introduces practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression and mood regulation. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns and can help people improve connection and boundaries in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and Najma works with each person to find what fits. She discusses goals, preferences and everyday routines before suggesting methods, and adjusts strategies as progress unfolds. This means therapy is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online work useful for fitting sessions around busy schedules, managing energy on stressful days, or having shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. Najma uses practical exercises, behavioural experiments and values-based tasks that translate well to remote conversations, and she helps clients adapt tools to their daily life and responsibilities.