Rukudzo Mashoko, AASW

Rukudzo Mashoko is an AASW social worker and counsellor with nine years of clinical experience. She blends a practical, people-centred approach with steady support to help clients manage stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strains and everyday habits that derail daily life.

She works in clear, plain language and creates space for people to share what matters. Sessions focus on thoughts and everyday habits alongside emotions and relationships, so people can try small, doable changes between meetings.

Her background includes pastoral care, social work and clinical mental health practice, and she has worked with complex family circumstances and safeguarding concerns. This experience informs how she spots practical barriers and suggests steps that fit each person’s life.

Rukudzo describes herself as compassionate, gentle and non-judgemental. She brings integrity and steadiness to sessions, and aims to help people find ways to cope with grief, parenting pressures, compassion fatigue and chronic health challenges.

Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, Client-Centred work and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She offers care in English and Shona and practises in Australia as an AASW social worker.

Approaches you can expect and online options

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that keep problems going and practising new, practical ways of responding to daily challenges. It often helps with anxiety, sleep and eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with relationship difficulties, attachment issues and feelings of abandonment.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's needs, goals and preferences. Sessions can combine elements from different approaches so care matches what the individual wants to focus on.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as specific online options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes scheduling around work or caregiving responsibilities simpler, and can allow people to work on day-to-day habits in the contexts where they happen. Appropriately qualified therapists adapt exercises and tools so they work well in remote sessions.