Rachael Flack , AASW

Rachael Flack is an accredited Australian social worker with 16 years of professional experience and the credential AASW, which indicates accreditation with the Australian Association of Social Workers. In addition to her social work practice, she supports families as a postpartum doula, facilitates women's circles, and volunteers with the Pink Elephants miscarriage support network.

She is a mother of three primary school aged children and brings lived experience of fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, parenting neurodivergent children, and recent amicable separation and co-parenting into her work. Those personal experiences inform her compassionate approach to supporting others through similar life transitions.

Rachael specialises in working with women, mothers and parents navigating fertility and loss, pregnancy and postpartum adjustment, the practical demands of parenting, neurodiversity within families, work-life balance, and related issues such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, caregiver strain, separation, guilt and shame. She focuses on practical support alongside reflective conversation, recognising that many people, especially busy parents, need both emotional processing and easy-to-use strategies that fit into everyday life.

In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored and where clients receive hands-on tools and steps to help them move toward greater wellbeing. Rachael works collaboratively with clients who are ready to make changes and to reconnect with their authentic selves, offering steady support as they take courageous first steps.

Practical therapeutic approaches and online support

Rachael blends supportive talk-based therapy with hands-on, practical strategies that clients can use in daily life. Talk-based work involves exploring thoughts, feelings and life experiences together to make sense of current challenges and to build emotional resilience - it is helpful for stress, anxiety, grief and relationship transitions. She also offers practical strategy coaching that focuses on simple, actionable tools for parenting, managing caregiver stress, navigating postpartum adjustments and balancing work and family demands.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Rachael works collaboratively with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress and priorities evolve so clients feel supported and involved in decisions about their care.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy parents and people with complex schedules. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home, to fit therapy into work and family routines, and to maintain continuity of care across life changes while working with licensed professionals and therapists.