About Jean
Jean Carruthers is an AASW social worker with more than 20 years' experience. She supports people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and big life changes. Jean helps clients find steadier footing and clearer choices when life feels out of control.
Jean has worked across sexual abuse, domestic violence, family law, community services and social work education. That background shaped a practical way of working. Sessions focus on understanding what has happened and on small changes that ease daily life.
Background and approach
Her approach is collaborative. Jean aims to build a safe, respectful space where thoughts and feelings can be named without judgement. She uses talking and practical exercises to help people reframe their situation and reduce distress.
Common concerns she supports include trauma and abuse, relationship strain, low self-esteem and coping with grief or loss of motivation. Jean also works with people facing identity questions, midlife shifts, money worries and the challenges of caregiving. People who choose Jean often want clear steps as well as emotional support.
She helps clients set realistic goals, practise new ways of communicating, and rebuild confidence. Jean accompanies each person as they experiment with different choices and notice what brings more ease and meaning.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online support
Jean uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding patterns and building new coping skills. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life evidence, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach emphasises working with traumatic memories and present triggers so distress becomes more manageable and less overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jean discusses options with each person and together they choose methods that match the person's goals, pace and preferences. She adapts exercises for video, phone or messaging so the plan fits how a person prefers to communicate.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and use screen-shared worksheets, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or screens feel tiring. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick skill practice and moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help make therapy fit around work, family and day-to-day life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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