- Stress and anxiety
- Family and parenting
- Trauma-informed care
About Cassandra
Cassandra Fraser is an AASW social worker with seven years of professional experience based in Australia. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. Cassandra also supports those coping with life transitions such as separation, adoption or blended family changes.
She focuses on straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions commonly involve looking at how daily routines, thoughts and communication patterns affect how a person feels. Cassandra draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking, and client-centred methods to prioritise the person's goals in the room.
When trauma or abuse is part of the story, she uses trauma-focused approaches that help people make sense of difficult memories and reduce their everyday impact. Work on attachment and caregiver stress is framed around improving safety in relationships and clearer boundaries where needed.
Cassandra has experience with adoption and foster care situations, fertility and parenting stress, and the complex feelings that follow divorce or domestic violence. She pays attention to guilt, shame and isolation and helps people rebuild routines and social supports.
Practical problem solving and communication skills are a frequent part of sessions. People can expect direct discussion about next steps, small behavioural experiments, and reflection on what is working. To start, she asks about current concerns and recent changes, then agrees concrete goals for the coming weeks.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify patterns of thought and behaviour that keep stress or anxiety going. It usually involves experiments and practical changes you can try between sessions to test new ways of thinking.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's priorities and uses open conversation to clarify goals and choices. The therapist follows the person's lead and supports their decisions rather than imposing a plan.
Trauma-Focused Therapy works on reducing the everyday effect of traumatic memories and on building strategies to manage strong emotional reactions. This approach can be helpful for people who have experienced abuse, domestic violence or other trauma-related issues.
Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals and suggest which methods to try. Plans can change if something does not feel helpful, and choices are reviewed together.
Confirm the current session formats before you book, because the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around study or work and cut travel time. They also allow shorter check-ins when days are busy and mean you can continue work after a move, but check which formats are provided before scheduling.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and parenting challenges. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues and life transitions.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her approach is practical and person-led, combining client-centred conversations with cognitive behavioural techniques and trauma-focused methods when needed.
How long has she been practising?
Cassandra has seven years of professional experience working in Australia with the listed concerns and approaches.
What are her credentials and where does she work?
She holds AASW credentials and practises in Australia.
Can she work with people who don’t live in Australia?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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