Dr Connie Kellett

Consultant Therapist & Clinical Social Worker

About

Connie is a Consultant Therapist with a Social Work background. She is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) who has studied and worked at the University of Melbourne, with more than 25 years of experience in providing therapeutic interventions.

Connie has extensive experience in family violence and trauma. Most recently she has held a pivotal role in the Victorian Government designing and implementing Victoria's family violence and mental health responses following recent Royal Commissions.

Connie provides individual, couples and family therapy, as well as relationship counselling. She is experienced in supporting children and adults. She also has a special interest in providing support for people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Client-centred, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches are taken in all her work. She also provides clinical supervision to practitioners.

Connie believes that everyone can benefit from reflecting upon their life circumstances, in particular, those who are experiencing or have experienced difficult life transitions, distress and trauma. She considers clients in relation to their psychological and physical wellbeing as well as their broader social, cultural and systemic environment.

In her therapeutic work, Connie's invitational approach to clients is warm and empathic. Clients are invited to discuss their preferences within counselling from the outset. Throughout therapy, Connie aims to join with you, and be guided by you and your individual needs with the view to improve your emotional and mental wellbeing.

Widely published, Connie is an experienced educator through public presentations, professional development, Social Work Masters teaching and training. She is an active and continuing researcher with the University of Melbourne in disasters, family violence, and best-practice support for clients post-trauma.

Therapeutic Approaches

Connie's work is client-centred, trauma-informed and strengths-based. She takes an integrative and eclectic therapeutic approach, including the followings:

Publications

Connie has authored a number of journal articles and book chapters. You can see a list of her publications here.

Qualifications

Connie’s education is extensive and includes:

  • PhD in Social Work, University of Melbourne
    Research topics include, disasters, family violence and post trauma service provision

  • Post-graduate Diploma (partial) in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental
    Health, University of Melbourne

  • Bachelor of Social Work, University of Melbourne

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Literature (Hons), Monash University

Her experience in providing education includes:

  • Teaching Masters social work students at the University of Melbourne

  • Designing, developing, and delivering professional development and educational units for the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments, and other private and public organisations

Professional Memberships

Connie is a Mental Health Accredited Social Worker registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).