Korin Whittaker, AASW

Korin Whittaker is an AASW accredited social worker in New South Wales, Australia with four years of clinical experience. She works with adults on common early-adulthood pressures such as stress, anxiety, relationships, anger and self-esteem. She also helps people navigate life changes and motivational blocks.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Korin uses a client-centred approach, which means conversations focus on the person's concerns and goals. Sessions look at practical strategies as well as how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings.

Many people come to her for relationship problems, communication issues, commitment worries and attachment or abandonment concerns. She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image difficulties, codependency and the emotional effects of fertility or loss.

Her work tends to be straightforward and skills-based. Clients can expect to learn coping techniques for managing anxiety and anger, and small experiments to test different ways of responding to problems. Korin pays attention to patterns that repeat in relationships and daily life.

She offers short- and longer-term work depending on what the person wants. The early sessions focus on clear goals and simple tools. Later sessions revisit progress and adapt approaches so the work stays useful and relevant.

How Korin applies therapeutic approaches online