Kim Wilksch, AASW

Kim Wilksch is an Accredited Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). She draws on both professional training and life experience as a parent and someone who lives with chronic pain. Kim aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and the everyday weight of life changes.

She offers practical, down-to-earth support for depression, caregiver strain, isolation and family conflicts. Kim also works with people navigating divorce, separation and issues around trust and abandonment. She will talk through communication strategies and self-care steps that can be used between sessions.

Kim includes faith-informed support for people who want it, and she also offers non-religious approaches. Her background in theology is used only when clients request that focus. She names lived experience as part of how she connects with clients facing loss, chronic illness and end-of-life concerns.

Therapy sessions often include teaching practical skills, using mindfulness, and making sense of patterns in relationships. Kim draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural tools and attachment-based ideas to help people notice what matters and make small changes. Motivational interviewing and dialectical behaviour approaches are also part of her toolbox.

She uses a strengths-based, person-centred stance that aims to meet people where they are. Kim emphasises simple, manageable steps and clear communication so clients can practice coping strategies in daily life.

How Kim's approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values; it often uses mindfulness and practical exercises to reduce unhelpful avoidance. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and helps people notice how early bonds affect current behaviour, which can ease loneliness and improve communication. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioural changes to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time so the approach fits the person's needs and day-to-day life.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use approaches like mindfulness exercises, behavioural experiments and values work in the home context. If someone prefers faith-informed or non-religious framing, that can be discussed when arranging sessions.