Anthea Siow

Anthea Siow is an AASW-accredited social worker with ten years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. Anthea listens without judgement and aims to make talking about hard things easier.

She keeps sessions practical and centred on the person's goals. Anthea uses clear, evidence-informed approaches and tailors plans to each person's situation. She focuses on building resilience, improving communication and managing difficult emotions.

Her background includes work with domestic and family violence, sexual assault, safety planning and supporting parents. Anthea has experience supporting people through family conflict, parenting challenges and co-parenting arrangements. She also works with issues such as body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Anthea uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based methods alongside client-centred and skills-based tools like Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques. She explains strategies in simple terms and practises them together in session so people can try them between meetings.

People who come to Anthea can expect a respectful, compassionate approach and practical steps to move forward. She encourages small, manageable changes and helps people find what matters to them. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and Anthea aims to make that step feel possible.

Evidence-based approaches for online therapy

Anthea frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them and take action towards those values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress and life purpose concerns.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotions. This approach helps people understand relationship issues, attachment wounds and patterns that repeat over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anthea will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals. She adapts techniques from different approaches so therapy matches a person's preferences and life situation.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people practise skills in real-life settings and bring immediate problems into the session for discussion.