Sandra Jonah, AASW

Sandra Jonah is an AASW social worker with five years of clinical experience in Australia. She helps people who are struggling with addictions, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, and low self esteem. She works in English and uses practical talking and action methods to identify problems and try different ways of responding.

Sandra draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed ideas. In sessions she asks about patterns of thought and behaviour, and then shapes small experiments to test different responses. She also uses motivational interviewing techniques when people want to change substance use or other habitual behaviours.

Her approach is conversational and goal-focused. Sessions typically involve noticing unhelpful thoughts, naming feelings, and planning short tasks between meetings. She pays attention to how past relationships influence current patterns and helps people consider new ways of relating.

Practical problems such as workplace stress, isolation, guilt and shame, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence are regularly addressed. Sandra also supports people working through attachment and abandonment concerns and complex co-morbidity where several issues interact.

People who choose her often want clear steps and concrete tools rather than long, open-ended exploration. She asks for information up front and works with clients to set measurable goals they can review as therapy proceeds.

How CBT, ACT and attachment work in online sessions