Josephine Sultana, AASW
15 years in practice
Josephine Sultana is an AASW social worker with 15 years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns.
License and registration
- AASW
- 434502 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Josephine
Josephine Sultana is an AASW social worker with 15 years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns. She works with adults on issues such as sleep problems, grief, trauma, addiction and career changes. Her style is warm, collaborative and practical, aimed at helping people feel understood and find clear steps forward.
Josephine blends Systemic ideas with other psychological approaches to suit each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and build flexible ways of coping.
Background and approach
Attachment-based perspectives guide work on intimacy, abandonment and connection difficulties. Her background includes work across public and personal mental health services and independent practice since 2016. She also trained in integrative health approaches and considers lifestyle and physical factors alongside emotional concerns.
This means conversations can include practical strategies for sleep, stress, diet and pacing when relevant. Sessions are collaborative and focused on simple, usable tools. Josephine aims to help people develop lasting skills for managing emotions, improving communication and facing life changes.
She works in English and with adults seeking to make steady, realistic change. People often come for a mix of problem-solving and emotional processing. Josephine supports clients to build self-awareness, break unhelpful cycles and put new choices into practice in daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Josephine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- 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
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Josephine names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and patterns around a person affect their wellbeing. Online sessions can help identify repeated interaction cycles and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports values-based action and learning to sit with difficult feelings without getting stuck. It helps with anxiety, stress and life transitions by teaching practical exercises you can use between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on connection and how early patterns shape current relationships. It is useful for intimacy, abandonment worries and rebuilding trust in relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then tailor methods to fit. Decisions about using systemic ideas, ACT or attachment-focused work are made collaboratively and adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different situations. Video lets you use visual cues and do deeper emotional work. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, homework clarification and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Josephine support?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, sleep problems, addictions, relationship and parenting worries, and related issues such as body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
How would she work with me in therapy?
The approach is collaborative and practical. Josephine combines Systemic ideas with ACT and CBT to help identify patterns, build coping skills and try small changes between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has 15 years' experience across public and personal mental health settings and has worked in independent practice since 2016, supporting a broad range of adult concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
Josephine lists AASW as her credential and practices in Australia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
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