Caroline Vass, AASW

Caroline Vass is an AASW counsellor with around 20 years of professional experience in Australia. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Caroline aims to make the first step easier by offering steady, respectful support tailored to each person. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She listens first, then works with people to set small, achievable steps. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, tackling unhelpful thinking patterns, and building everyday coping skills that fit into busy lives. Caroline draws on a mix of approaches depending on what helps most. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to spot thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Emotion-focused and dialectical skills help when emotions feel overwhelming or hard to regulate. She has worked across a broad range of concerns including addictions, grief, postpartum and pregnancy-related distress, first responder and veteran issues, and challenges around life purpose. Caroline pays attention to guilt, shame and the search for self-love as part of recovery and growth. Conversations are tailored to each person and their situation. She encourages practical tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes. If you want to explore whether she might be a good fit, use the Start Therapy steps on the site to begin the matching process.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach focus on understanding relational triggers and practising new ways of connecting and responding. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours; online CBT commonly uses structured conversations and practical homework to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest which methods might suit you best. Together you can try different techniques and adjust as you go to find what feels most helpful.

The original biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy routines, reduce travel time and make it easier to schedule around work or caregiving. Other practical benefits include shorter check-ins when needed and the ability to continue work during life transitions. Appropriately qualified or registered therapists can adapt exercises, homework and emotion-regulation skills to an online setting to keep progress moving forward.