About Kelly
Kelly Kelbrick helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and low self-esteem. She also supports adults managing attention difficulties such as ADHD. Kelly writes plainly and listens closely so people can talk about what’s most pressing for them.
Kelly has three years of professional experience working in mental health settings and independent practice in Australia. She holds a Master of Counselling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions.
How Kelly works
Her work aims to be collaborative and respectful of each person's background and pace. In sessions Kelly focuses on practical strategies to manage strong emotions, reduce anxiety, and build day-to-day coping skills. She helps people sort through past experiences that still cause distress and supports them to make small, manageable changes.
Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented when that fits, or more explorative when someone needs space to reflect. Kelly works with a wide range of concerns beyond the main specialities, including body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, adoption and attachment issues, and co-morbidity. She also supports people navigating kink and alternative sex cultures and those facing ageing or cancer-related challenges.
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans. Kelly practices in Australia as an ACA counsellor and draws on her experience supporting adults through recovery and life transitions.
What Kelly works with
The areas below are the ones Kelly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Afrikaans |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Kelly draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports living in line with personal values. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers clear skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and improving how people handle conflict and strong emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Kelly will discuss different methods and help decide what fits best with a person's needs, goals and pace. This happens collaboratively so the plan can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy with Kelly is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow a fuller conversation when time and bandwidth permit. Phone sessions can be useful for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief sessions into a busy day and to keep momentum between longer appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible for people with varied schedules and needs.
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