Bernadette Welham, AASW
5 years in practice
Bernadette Welham is an AASW social worker with five years of professional experience in Australia.
License and registration
- AASW
- 505977 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Bernadette
Bernadette Welham is an AASW social worker with five years of professional experience in Australia. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. Bernadette works in a straightforward way and encourages people to notice their own strengths as they make changes.
Her practice includes support around family tensions, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She also helps with issues such as addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Bernadette recognises that starting therapy takes courage and she aims to make that first step easier. She draws on approaches that help people understand relationships and patterns - including Systemic work and Attachment-Based approaches. She also uses client-centred conversations and cognitive tools to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
Sessions are practical and focused on small, manageable steps. Bernadette works with people on a range of matters from career stress and compassion fatigue to eating, sleeping and anger concerns. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, chronic health issues and complex family histories such as adoption and foster care.
Her style is warm, direct and respectful. People who prefer a collaborative and relational approach will find her easy to work with. Bernadette helps clients set realistic goals and checks in often to make sure the work is useful and relevant.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Bernadette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Bernadette names
- Systemic Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How relational approaches translate to online therapy
Systemic Therapy looks at how problems sit inside relationships and daily life. It helps people spot patterns between themselves and others and try small changes to shift those patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional reactions and closeness with others, and it can help with trust, intimacy and coping after loss or trauma.Choosing an approach is a shared task. Bernadette will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide whether a relational lens, attachment focus or more cognitive tools suit the work. The plan can change as needs evolve and progress is reviewed regularly.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people follow non-verbal cues and have longer, face-to-face style conversations. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are flexible for brief reflections, between-session check-ins or people who prefer writing to talk. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family and other routines while still using the same relational and therapeutic methods.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Bernadette commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and family tensions, and works with trauma, parenting and relationship concerns among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and direct, emphasising collaboration and practical steps that build on a person’s strengths.
How many years of experience does she have?
Bernadette has five years of professional experience working with a range of concerns in Australia.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds AASW and is based in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
She is not currently taking international clients and works with people within Australia.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does pricing and starting work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire then schedule a session.
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