Kim Wilksch , AASW

Kim Wilksch is an Accredited Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), bringing a combination of professional training and personal life experience to her practice. She is a mother of adult children and draws on both lived and learned experience to support people facing complex life challenges, including survivors of domestic and family violence, those navigating grief and loss, and people living with chronic pain.

Kim offers tailored support for anxiety, depression, communication difficulties, caregiving stress, and major life transitions. She also works with clients who want faith-informed mental health support and has qualifications in theology; she is equally comfortable offering non-religious approaches and tailors her style to each person’s needs. Her practice emphasizes building effective communication strategies, strengthening self-care routines, and fostering post-traumatic growth where appropriate.

Her clinical work integrates evidence-informed and person-focused methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma-adapted ACT for grief and loss, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), attachment-based approaches, solutions-focused and client-centered techniques, and narrative work including approaches for First Nations people. Mindfulness, positive psychology, strengths-based practice, and psychoeducation are woven into sessions to support sustainable change. She aims to meet people where they are and support realistic, values-aligned progress toward their goals.

Approach-Focused Online Care with an Accredited Social Worker

Kim blends focused therapeutic models with the convenience of online sessions to meet clients where they are. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and to take committed steps toward those values while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings - it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and managing persistent stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationship patterns influence emotions and behaviour; it can support people working through abandonment, relationship difficulties, and family conflicts. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, offering an empathic, nonjudgmental environment that helps clients find their own solutions and build self-directed growth.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kim works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, caregiving, or mobility limitations. These formats help make consistent support more accessible and allow therapists and clients to maintain continuity of care regardless of location, while still focusing on meaningful therapeutic work.