- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Self esteem work
About Wendy
Wendy Cadman is an AASW social worker with 15 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and grief. She helps with low mood, self-esteem and motivation. Her work includes helping people cope with guilt and shame that lingers after difficult events or decisions.
Wendy uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match the needs presented. She works in a nonjudgmental way and listens for the patterns that keep people stuck. Sessions are practical and focused on what a person can do between meetings.
She has supported clients across a variety of challenges, including panic attacks, dissociation, communication problems and caregiver stress. Wendy also has experience with first responder and veteran issues, and with people living with mood disorders and co-morbid conditions.
In sessions she helps people name and understand how guilt and shame affect their choices and relationships. She talks through coping strategies, emotion regulation and steps to rebuild confidence after loss or trauma. The aim is to create manageable skills that fit into busy lives.
People who contact her are asked to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session via the online booking path. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Approaches used and online sessions
Wendy draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support people with trauma and mood concerns. One common approach focuses on building emotion regulation and grounding skills to manage intense anxiety, panic and dissociative responses. This involves practical exercises and short in-session practices that can be used between meetings.Another approach targets unhelpful beliefs that drive guilt and shame. It involves gently examining the thoughts that keep a person stuck, testing those thoughts against real-life evidence, and experimenting with different behaviours to shift how someone responds to themselves and others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will discuss options with the client and adapt techniques based on the person’s concerns, goals and preferences. That collaboration helps decide which methods to use and how quickly to move between them.
The site notes that sessions are arranged via the online booking path; confirm current session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. These practical benefits help therapy sit alongside work, caregiving and daily life rather than replacing them.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and depression, and also supports people dealing with guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of shame from childhood?
She helps people name how childhood shame shows up now and uses evidence-based techniques to build coping skills and emotional regulation.
What is her professional background?
Wendy is an AASW social worker with 15 years of clinical experience supporting people through trauma, grief and mood concerns.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She works in Australia and holds the AASW credential as stated.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I do sessions from overseas?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
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 a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to start.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.