Kelvin Mui, AASW

Kelvin Mui is an AASW-accredited social worker with over 10 years' experience in public and private mental health settings in Australia. He works with people feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck or disconnected. He also sees people dealing with trauma, eating and body image concerns, relationship difficulties and major life changes.

Kelvin describes his approach as trauma and attachment informed. He pays attention to the story of how people learned to cope, not only the symptoms that brought them in. Sessions move at a steady, manageable pace agreed with the client.

In practice he draws on psychodynamic ideas and narrative therapy alongside practical skills from cognitive and behavioural approaches. That means there will be times to talk about past patterns, and times to practise new ways of responding to stress and worry.

People who come to him often say they are doing the best they can while feeling worn down. He helps them map what keeps that cycle going and identify small, workable changes. Work may include noticing attachment patterns, practising boundary skills, and learning strategies to reduce overwhelming emotion.

Kelvin encourages straightforward conversations about goals and options. If someone wants to explore family-of-origin patterns, manage caregiving stress, or work on codependency and people-pleasing, he will help them clarify priorities and plan next steps.

How Kelvin uses therapy approaches online