Leona Kim Welham

Leona Kim Welham is an AASW social worker with eight years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and grief. She works with individuals who are adjusting to major life changes and health challenges. Her approach invites honest conversation and practical steps forward.

Leona specialises in helping people cope with the demands of cancer and other medical treatments. She also helps carers who are managing long-term caring responsibilities and the emotional toll that can bring. Sessions focus on the here-and-now, with attention to what a person needs day to day.

Her practice combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred listening, and narrative techniques. This means she helps people notice what matters, tell their story in a new way, and choose actions that fit their values. Solution-focused elements keep work practical and goal-oriented.

Leona has experience supporting people dealing with chronic pain, codependency, communication problems, separation and infidelity, domestic violence impacts, and feelings of isolation or shame. She also works with those facing end-of-life and hospice concerns, and with families coping with loss.

Appointments are collaborative and paced to suit each person. Leona aims to create a non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared openly. She encourages small, achievable steps so people can see progress between sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Leona commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred methods in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters most to them and take action in line with those values, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and illness adjustment. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can explore feelings at their own pace.

She also draws on narrative techniques to help people reframe difficult experiences and see their story from different angles. That can be helpful for trauma, grief and relationship problems because it opens up new possibilities for coping and decision-making.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Leona works collaboratively to decide what fits best. She will talk through goals, preferences and the types of strategies that feel helpful, then tailor sessions around those priorities.

The biography did not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue work during medical treatment or caregiving commitments. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt ACT, client-centred and narrative work to an online setting to keep the focus on practical steps and meaningful change.