Josephine Sultana , AASW

Josephine Sultana is an AASW social worker with 15 years' experience supporting people through anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, trauma, grief and women’s health concerns. She works with issues such as sleep problems, parenting stress, addictions, intimacy questions, anger and low self-esteem. Her manner is warm and collaborative and she aims to help people feel heard and build practical coping skills.

Josephine blends talking therapy with attention to physical health and lifestyle factors. She uses clear, evidence-informed approaches to help people understand what keeps a problem going. Sessions focus on small, useful steps people can try between meetings, not only on talking about feelings.

Her clinical work draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to notice thought and behaviour patterns, Emotion-Focused Therapy to deepen emotional awareness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and manageable actions. Attachment-based thinking also informs how she looks at relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.

Josephine trained in social work and counselling and has worked in both public and private mental health services. She has been in private practice since 2016 and also completed integrative health training to consider how nutrition, inflammation and other bodily factors can affect mood and energy.

People often come to Josephine wanting clear tools, steady emotional support and a plan they can follow. She aims to help each person tailor strategies to their life circumstances and priorities, so progress feels realistic and sustainable.

Therapeutic approaches suited to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes by focusing on small steps rather than fighting thoughts.

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and make sense of strong feelings. It supports work on grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues by helping people name emotions and respond to them differently.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Josephine will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. That conversation guides whether ACT, EFT or attachment-based ideas are emphasised, and plans are adjusted as therapy progresses in collaboration with the client.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow visual connection for emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer typed check-ins or want flexible, brief contact during a busy day. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments.