Carolyn Perry

Carolyn Perry is an AASW social worker with 20 years' experience and almost a decade running a private practice. She sees adults facing anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and big life changes. Her work is practical and grounded, aimed at helping people find balance and clearer day-to-day routines.

Carolyn practises from Bribie Island, Queensland, and completed a PhD studying how places can support recovery from mental health struggles. That research shapes how she thinks about environment, activity and relationships when helping someone rebuild a steady life. She encourages clients to notice what brings meaning and to make small, sustainable changes.

Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person. Carolyn draws on several evidence-based techniques and adapts them to the issue at hand. Sessions typically focus on skills people can use between appointments, clearer communication and managing emotional triggers.

She helps people manage stress, work through grief and separation, and build self-esteem after trauma. Practical strategies and achievable goals are central to her work. Carolyn also supports people with workplace stress, caregiver strain and social anxiety.

People can expect straightforward conversation and collaboratively set goals. Carolyn aims to balance short-term skills with longer-term work on meaning and relationships. If a practical change to daily life is needed, she looks for simple steps that fit into ordinary routines.

How therapeutic techniques translate to online care

Carolyn uses a small number of evidence-based techniques and adapts them to each person's needs. Cognitive behavioural approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours, which helps with anxiety, low mood and workplace stress. Acceptance and commitment approaches emphasise values and practical actions to increase meaning and reduce avoidance, useful for coping with life changes and self-esteem struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carolyn will discuss options with clients and collaboratively choose methods that match goals and preferences. That process includes trying different techniques and adjusting what is used as needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session formats before booking as they are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins when problems arise. It also lets people continue regular sessions while living in different regions. Carolyn and other appropriately qualified therapists can help decide whether online sessions will suit your practical needs and goals.