Kate Dew

Kate Dew is an AASW social worker with four years of professional practice in Australia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Kate writes that she sees clients as experts in their own stories and draws on their strengths during sessions.

In sessions she uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred methods to keep conversations focused on what matters to the person in front of her. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused steps appear in her work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try practical changes.

Kate commonly helps people untangle family-of-origin problems and the stresses that come with caregiving, blended families, separation and divorce. She also supports people dealing with body image concerns, control issues, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness. Gender dysphoria and fatherhood issues are also listed among her focus areas.

Her style asks people to notice their strengths and to try small, manageable steps between sessions. Motivational interviewing can be used when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Trauma-focused ideas are brought in when past harm affects daily life and relationships.

Sessions are conducted in English and Kate does not accept international clients. She asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the online booking pathway.

Approaches that suit online work

Many of Kate's methods transfer well to remote sessions. Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships affect present behaviour and helps with relationship and family concerns by naming recurring patterns. Client-centred therapy places the person's priorities at the centre of each session and is useful when someone needs space to talk through doubts about next steps. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention exercises and simple practices that can be used between sessions to reduce anxiety and manage stress.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the process. Kate will work with the person to choose methods that match their goals, circumstances and preferences. That collaborative conversation usually happens during the initial meetings and can be adjusted as needs change.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people use practices such as mindfulness between appointments. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt attachment-based and client-centred work to suit remote sessions, and solution-focused steps can be tested between meetings to see what helps most.