Sidonie Robertson

Sidonie Robertson is an AASW social worker practising in New South Wales with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. Sidonie uses several clinical approaches to help people clarify what matters next in their life and work. Sidonie usually takes a direct, conversational style in sessions. She helps people talk through painful memories and current pressures. That might mean looking at thought patterns, tracing how stories from the past shape today's choices, or mapping small, concrete steps to ease overwhelm. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of responding. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from painful labels and rewrite how they see difficult events. Where motivation to change is mixed, Motivational Interviewing is used to explore values and strengthen reasons to act. Sidonie is comfortable discussing sensitive topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, attachment difficulties, body image, gender dysphoria, and experiences of domestic violence. She also addresses codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward. People can expect to work on specific problems, try out small experiments between sessions, and revisit what is or is not helpful as they go. To begin, a short questionnaire and a scheduled first session start the process.

How Sidonie uses evidence-based approaches online

Sidonie draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Narrative Therapy when working with people online. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety or stress, which can suit problems like worry, low mood or overwhelm. Narrative Therapy focuses on separating a person from their problems and rewriting the influence of difficult experiences, which can help with shame, identity questions and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sidonie discusses options with each person and chooses strategies based on the client’s goals, history and preferences. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted if something is not helpful.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Discussing practical aims and how sessions will fit into everyday life is part of the first meetings, so people can decide what works best for them.