Kerry Schilling

Kerry Schilling is an AASW social worker who helps people feeling isolated, anxious or overwhelmed. She writes plainly and listens carefully, aiming to make conversations clear and manageable for someone under stress.

Kerry draws on seven years in therapeutic roles and earlier work across government and not-for-profit services. She has a Master’s degree in Social Work and an Honours degree in Psychology, both earned in Scotland. Her experience includes supporting people with complex trauma, workplace stress and relationship challenges.

In sessions she uses a person-centred, strengths-based approach. Kerry focuses on building understanding of emotions, noticing patterns, and finding small practical steps that fit everyday life. She adapts strategies to each person rather than following a single template.

She also integrates evidence-based tools such as cognitive and behavioural techniques and approaches that teach coping skills and emotional regulation. Kerry aims to help people gain clarity, improve communication and build confidence to handle life changes.

As a parent, Kerry recognises how juggling responsibilities affects wellbeing. She aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can be heard and work through worries about connection, purpose and self-worth.

How Kerry brings therapy online with practical approaches

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, respect and supporting the client to find their own solutions; it helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches hands-on strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety and low mood. Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) offers practical emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for people who struggle with strong emotions and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss options and together they will pick methods that fit the person's goals, needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as progress is made.

For online work, confirm the session formats Kerry currently offers before booking as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make fitting therapy into a busy week easier, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins if needed. They also let people choose settings that are quieter and more comfortable for them. Appropriately qualified therapists can use these approaches in remote sessions to teach skills, run exercises and follow up on practical steps between meetings.