About Rona
Rona Kinnersly is an AASW-accredited social worker with ten years of professional experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. Rona emphasises practical steps and clear conversation to help people move forward.
She acknowledges how hard the first step can feel and validates that starting therapy takes courage. Rona’s approach is warm and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert in their own life and helps them use their strengths to meet goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life skills such as managing intense feelings, improving communication, and building steady routines. She also helps people who are coping with compassion fatigue and caregiving strain. Her clinical work draws on several evidence-informed methods.
Rona uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and increase psychological flexibility. She employs Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot thinking patterns that keep problems going. Attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening shape how she builds trust and safety in sessions.
Rona offers conversations about difficult topics like domestic violence, parenting stress, addiction, intimacy-related issues, and life transitions. She keeps language plain and practical, avoiding jargon. People who want a calm, steady counsellor to help them sort priorities and try new ways of coping often find her style helpful.
Sessions are conducted in English from Australia. Rona outlines clear steps for getting started and explains how different session formats work. She supports people through change with patience and practical guidance.
Therapy approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps forward. It is useful for anxiety, life transitions and coping with ongoing stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT suits worries, low mood and problem solving. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early connections shape how people relate now; it can help with intimacy issues, communication and trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rona will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and previous experiences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time to match what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for deeper sessions that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs and can be easier to slot into a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, brief problem-solving or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options give flexibility and help people maintain continuity through busy or changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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