Yao Yao Chen
Psychotherapist, PACFA
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My passion is in working with trauma, addiction, relationships, anger, grief, neurodiversity, and LGBTGIA+ topics. All topics are welcome regardless if it's controversial or taboo. I have been described as quirky/weird, eclectic, clinical, calm, funny, and inquisitive. Dark humour appreciated.
I approach things in a practical and philosophical way so that clients can have different perspectives to make decisions that are right for them. I value "informed consent": good or bad, decisions are for the client to make. It is important for my clients to have a safe space, whether they've been through a few therapists or is a first-timer.
I believe "everything is functional and everything is nuanced" and use this as a guiding principle to address unhelpful narratives in clients' lives so they can start living in a way they feel good about. I use different approaches depending on what clients need. I also value client feedback as this is about their experiences.
I collaborate with clients to find a way through. I work on building resilience, self-sufficiency, accountability, agency, boundary-setting through facilitating clients to "know thyself". I encourage clients to challenge me as much as I will challenge them; it is a mutual learning process and a meeting of "two experts": me and you.
Call or Email Yao Yao Chen now for a free 15 minute consultation - (02) 4214 8112
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $165
Yao Yao Chen
Psychotherapist, PACFA
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Yao Yao Chen
- License: Victims Services Approved Counsellor / A2249
Additional Credentials
Yao Yao Chen
Psychotherapist, PACFA
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (02) 4214 8112
Expertise and Interests
Top Expertise
- Trauma and PTSD
- Neurodiversity (ADHD, ASD, etc)
- LGBTQ+
Practice Areas
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Parenting
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Victims Services and legal system
- Women's Issues
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Gestalt
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centred
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Schema Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Transactional Analysis
- Trauma Focused
Yao Yao Chen
Psychotherapist, PACFA
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (02) 4214 8112