KELLY TOW
Clinical Psychologist
Kelly is a Clinical Psychologist with a strong passion for working with individuals of all ages to support meaningful change in their lives.
Kelly takes a compassionate, collaborative and flexible approach to understand and work effectively with the unique needs of each individual in supporting them towards recovery. She provides both individual and group-based psychological therapy, and has experience across both public and private sectors. Kelly is experienced in working with children, adolescents, adults, and families, and thoroughly enjoys working as a psychologist.
Kelly has completed both a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) degree and a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) degree, and is currently completing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wollongong. Kelly’s PhD research aims to understand how we can improve mental health help-seeking in emergency services personnel.
Kelly works with a wide range of client concerns and psychological difficulties, including:
Anxiety including Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety, Healthy Anxiety and Generalised Anxiety
Stress and burnout
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
Behavioural concerns amongst children
Depression and Low Mood
Emotion regulation concerns
Trauma and PTSD
Addictions including alcohol use, gambling disorder, problematic pornography use, and online gaming issues
Relationship concerns
Chronic pain and chronic health concerns and more
Her main treatment approaches are Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and parent management training. However, Kelly also draws from other therapies including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic therapy, and Mindfulness-based treatment approaches.
Kelly has also published some of her research from the PhD in academic journals:
Tow, K. E., Caputi, P., Zentrich, G., Deane, F. P., Thyer, L., Simpson, P., & Risi, A. (2026). Help for the helpers: a systematic review of factors influencing help-seeking in emergency service personnel. Cogent Psychology, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2025.2594286
Tow, K. E., Rogge, C., Lee, T., Caputi, P., & Knowles, S. R. (2019). Validation of a Digital Support App to Assess Inflammatory Disease Activity and Mental Health Patient‐Reported Outcomes (PROs): A Pilot Investigation. Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019(1), 7618468.
Tuesday: 8am-2pm, 6pm-8pm
Available to see new clients in 2026