A note from Christine:

Have you ever felt like you understand your struggles logically, but your emotions and feelings just haven't caught up? Many of my clients come to therapy feeling "stuck" in repetitive loops—whether that’s a relationship pattern they can't seem to break, chronic anxiety that won't shift, or memories that feel heavy and painful today.

When struggles are deeply rooted, standard coping strategies or surface-level talking therapies often aren't quite enough. My practice is focused on exploring beneath the surface. Apart from standard CBT, DBT and ACT, I utilize Schema Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing(EMDR) to help adults process the past, understand their present reactions, and create lasting, structural change in their lives.

Is This You?

You might find my approach a good fit if you are navigating:

• Repetitive Relationship Loops: Finding yourself feeling deeply "not enough," struggling with fears of abandonment, or repeating patterns that leave you feeling disconnected, exhausted and empty.

• Unresolved Trauma & Past Pain: Experiencing flashbacks, feeling constantly on edge, or carrying emotional numbness from difficult childhood or life experiences.

• Deep-Seated Emotional Blocks: Living with chronic low mood, heavy guilt, shame, or a sense of "stuckness" that standard counseling hasn't been able to shift.

• Overwhelming Life Stressors: Feeling completely weighed down by multiple crisis points, major life adjustments, or long-standing difficulties that make it hard to find a sense of safety and grounding.

• High-Functioning Depression & Burnout: Managing to keep everything together beautifully on the surface while quietly battling a harsh inner critic, deep exhaustion, and an invisible mental load.

How We Will Work Together

My background includes years of working with complex presentations like forensic services, community mental health, and inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation. I consider it a true privilege to listen to your story and support you on your journey toward recovery. I offer a calm, non-judgmental, and transparent space where you can set the pace.

Instead of a one-size-fits-all model, we will map out your goals carefully and tailor the therapy to your needs.

These are my two main approaches:

• Schema Therapy: An evolution of traditional CBT that goes much deeper, focusing on healing the childhood blueprints and long-standing emotional patterns behind your current distress.

• EMDR Therapy: An evidence-based approach that helps your brain reprocess distressing or traumatic memories, gently taking the emotional "sting" out of them so they no longer hijack your nervous system. Think of trauma like a splinter—once it is properly removed, your mind can finally do what it naturally wants to do: heal.

Other therapeutic frameworks that inform my practice:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Mindfulness & Solution-Focused Therapy

• Trauma-Informed & Strength-Based Care

• Somatic Approaches & Nervous System Regulation

• Neuroscience-informed care

Qualifications & Practice Information

• Master of Social Work (AU)

• Master of Counselling Psychology (USA)

• Registration: Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) with the AASW.

• Medicare Eligibility: Rebates might be available with a GP Mental Health Care Plan up to 10×50min sessions.

• Languages: Sessions are available in both English and Mandarin (中文).