Denise Gallo, AASW

Denise Gallo is an AASW social worker with 34 years of professional experience in Australia. She has spent decades working in statutory child protection and community settings. She speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish and draws on that background when supporting people through difficult changes.

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Denise also focuses on compassion fatigue and related caregiving strain. She lists blended family issues among her additional areas of interest and often helps people facing stepfamily transitions and the practical tensions they bring.

Her way of working is straightforward. Sessions are conversational and problem-focused. She uses practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy alongside narrative and attachment-based ideas. Mindfulness techniques are used to help with grounding and regulating strong emotions.

Denise aims to help each person set clear goals for therapy. She will work on small, achievable steps and check progress in regular sessions. Her experience with child protection and with large family life informs how she talks about boundaries, roles and responsibilities in blended households.

People who choose to work with her can expect a direct, respectful approach that pays attention to practical routines. She can help you talk through co-parenting tensions, loyalty conflicts, shifting household roles and rebuilding trust after separation or loss.