Denise Gallo , AASW

Denise Gallo is a licensed Australian social worker with the credential AASW, which denotes affiliation with the Australian Association of Social Workers. With more than three decades of professional experience, she focuses on supporting people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and the practical and emotional challenges of life change. She also works with those experiencing compassion fatigue and related caregiver strain, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each person’s unique situation.

Denise brings a calm, respectful, and compassionate manner to therapeutic work, combining practical strategies with a strengths-based perspective. Her background includes extensive international work in statutory child protection, and she draws on that experience when addressing attachment, family-of-origin issues, foster care and adoption concerns, and complex family dynamics. As a mother of six and a practicing Catholic, she understands the layered demands of caregiving and family responsibility.

Fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian, Denise offers support to people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. She emphasizes collaboration, helping clients find the right mix of therapeutic tools to build resilience, increase motivation and confidence, and cope with difficult transitions.

Online Therapy and Therapeutic Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take committed action toward a meaningful life while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching practical skills to live in line with what matters most.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections and emotional responses. This approach can be helpful for those dealing with abandonment, adoptive and foster care concerns, relationship difficulties, and family-of-origin issues by fostering healthier attachment and relational awareness.

Denise approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right method is part of the therapeutic journey. She works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and then adapts techniques from these approaches to fit each person’s situation.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or mobility limits. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or during a busy day, maintaining continuity of care and allowing therapy to fit into real life.