Anthea Siow , AASW

Anthea Siow is an AASW social worker with ten years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief and the effects of trauma. She works with clients who are struggling with relationships and related issues like attachment, abandonment and communication problems. Anthea aims to provide a calm, respectful space where people can start again and make practical changes.

Her approach is flexible and tailored. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviours. Attachment-based ideas help when relationship wounds or childhood losses are part of the problem.

Sessions are practical and conversational. Anthea uses client-centred listening to hear what matters most, then introduces tools such as grounding skills, emotion regulation strategies and simple behavioural experiments. She supports people dealing with body image, guilt and shame, and issues around caregiving or chronic illness.

Anthea also brings techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when emotion regulation or relationship repair is needed. She works with people facing midlife changes, money stress, impulsivity and isolation, helping them find clearer ways forward.

People who choose Anthea can expect collaborative goal-setting and a step-by-step plan. She explains options in plain language and adjusts pacing to the person’s needs. Her aim is to build resilience and practical skills people can use after therapy ends.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that fit their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours through practical exercises and small experiments, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Anthea will work collaboratively to identify which methods suit a person's needs and goals. She discusses options, tries techniques together, and adapts the plan based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging works well for ongoing notes and reflections between sessions. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving or health needs while still working with an appropriately qualified therapist.