About Damilare
Damilare Elijah welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or big life changes. He frames sessions around what each person wants to change and helps them use their existing strengths to make practical steps forward. Damilare is an AASW social worker with five years of professional experience supporting people through difficult times.
In sessions he focuses on listening carefully and helping clients name the problem. He uses straightforward conversations to build coping skills for anxiety, depression, trauma and self-esteem concerns.
How Damilare works
Practical tasks and small goals are used between sessions to help progress feel real and manageable. Damilare also helps people with communication difficulties, control issues, forgiveness and questions about life purpose and self-love. He aims to make the work feel collaborative so clients stay involved in planning the next step.
The approach is calm and down-to-earth rather than clinical. People who choose him often want clear approaches and useful tools rather than long, abstract discussions. He supports clients to notice what’s already working and to try new ways of responding to stress and social anxiety.
Sessions are paced to suit each person’s needs and readiness. Damilare believes reaching out for help takes courage. He offers a steady presence while people work toward more satisfying and manageable everyday life.
What Damilare works with
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Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Brief descriptions of evidence-based methods often used include grounding and skills-based approaches that teach breathing, distraction and grounding techniques to reduce acute anxiety and distress. These techniques are practical and can be practised between sessions to ease symptoms over time.Cognitive-style approaches focus on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with simple experiments or behavioural steps. This can help with low mood, social anxiety and problems with confidence by turning ideas into manageable tasks.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, needs and day-to-day life. Together they decide what to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video suits longer conversations and screen-shared worksheets, phone can be helpful when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging make brief check-ins and written reflections easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while still making steady progress.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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