About Katarzyna
Katarzyna Dabrow-Kielan is an AASW social worker with 15 years of practical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and grief in ways that fit their life. Katarzyna aims to make starting therapy feel possible and straightforward for anyone who is worried about taking the first step.
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions centre on clear conversation about what is causing distress and simple tools to try between meetings.
How Katarzyna works
She adapts the pace and focus to each person’s needs, whether the work is about parenting pressure, relationship worries or building self-esteem. Katarzyna has particular experience supporting people with attachment issues, avoidant personality patterns and body image concerns. She also helps those facing communication problems, divorce and separation, fertility challenges, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
Her work often includes helping young adults navigate early-adulthood stresses. Clients can expect empathy and respect in sessions. Katarzyna uses her years of practice to tailor treatment plans to each person’s situation and goals.
She values straightforward, compassionate talk and practical steps that can make a real difference day to day. Therapy conversations are offered in English and Polish. Katarzyna practises in Australia and works through the challenges people bring with attention to cultural and personal context.
What Katarzyna works with
The areas below are the ones Katarzyna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Polish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Many of Katarzyna’s sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer relationships. One common approach involves working on attachment-related patterns by looking at how past relationships shape current reactions and helping people try new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective. Another approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and stress through straightforward breath, grounding and behavioural strategies that can be practised between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Katarzyna will collaborate with each person to identify goals and test approaches that suit their needs and preferences. She adjusts methods over time so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy with her is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging offer short, flexible contact for brief updates or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still getting professional support from an appropriately qualified AASW social worker.
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