Hello, I'm Qi

I am a Provisional Psychologist currently completing the final stage of my Master of Clinical Psychology.

If you’ve ever felt that mental health care wasn’t designed with someone like you in mind, I understand. As a multi-minority practitioner, I know firsthand that mainstream support isn’t always built for everyone. Parts of who you are, or even the very core of you, can go unseen, unheard or misunderstood. That is what drives me. I believe that no one should have to shrink, mask or explain away parts of themselves to fit in. I want people from diverse cultural, sexual, gender and neurodivergent backgrounds, especially those whose identities intersect, to know that there is a space for them here, where they can be held and free to thrive on their own terms.

My clinical interests and experience include:

· Anxiety and depression

· Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

· Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

· Grief and loss

· Emotion regulation difficulties

· Autism, ADHD and neurodivergence challenges

· Identity, sexuality and relationship concerns

· Cognitive assessments (WISC and WAIS) and ADHD assessments

I enjoy working with clients across the lifespan, and am also interested in supporting parents, couples and families.

In therapy, I draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and sometimes blended to meet each person where they are.

Mandarin is my mother tongue, and I know just how hard it can be to voice your innermost self in a second language. If you’d feel more comfortable speaking Mandarin, you won’t have to translate yourself here.

Working towards Master of Clinical Psychology | ACAP | ~Jan 2027

B Psychology (Hons) | ACAP |2024

BA Psychology | University of Sydney | 2022

Provisional Psychologist (AHPRA: PSY0002925021)

Languages: English and Mandarin

我是一名暂注册心理师,目前正在完成临床心理学硕士的最后阶段。

如果你曾经觉得,现有的心理健康服务似乎并没有真正考虑到像你这样的人,我能理解。作为一名拥有多重少数群体身份的心理工作者,我深知主流的心理支持并不总能照顾到每个人的需要。你身上的某些部分,甚至是最核心的那部分,可能一直没能被真正看见、听见或理解。这也是我做这份工作的初衷。我始终相信,没有人需要为了融入而隐藏自己,也不应该为了被理解而不断解释、证明自己。我尤其希望来自不同文化、性取向、性别认同及神经多样性背景的人,尤其是身份彼此交叠的你,能在这里找到一个可以做自己的空间,按照自己的节奏和方式去成长。

我的临床兴趣与经验包括:

· 焦虑与抑郁

· 创伤与创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)

· 强迫症

· 哀悼与丧失

· 情绪调节困难

· 自闭症、多动症，及神经多样性相关挑战

· 身份认同，性/性取向，以及关系议题

我乐于与各个年龄段的来访者工作,也有兴趣为父母、伴侣和家庭提供支持。

在咨询中，我主要运用认知行为疗法（CBT）、辩证行为疗法（DBT）及接纳与承诺疗法（ACT），并根据每个人的经历、需要和目标灵活调整。

普通话是我的母语,我深知用第二语言表达内心最深处的自己有多不容易。如果说中文会让你感觉更自在,在这里你不必再费力翻译自己。

我很喜欢向来访者解释,我们在咨询中做些什么,又为什么要这样做。在我看来,心理咨询不应该是一件神秘的事。比起直接给出答案,我更希望帮助你找到理解自己、应对困难的方法。毕竟授人以鱼,不如授人以渔。

每个人都是最了解自己的专家。对我来说,心理咨询像是我们一起拼一幅拼图:你带来自己的经历和感受,我带来心理学的知识与工具。我们从各自最熟悉的部分出发,一点一点拼凑出更完整的画面。

我很喜欢一句话:「痛苦不可避免,但我们可以选择如何面对。」有时候,我们走进咨询室,不只是为了让自己感觉好一点,更是想弄明白,为什么自己会有这样的感受,又能如何与这些感受相处。很多事情的发生并不由我们决定,但面对这些事情时,我们仍然有选择怎么回应的空间。

About me

I love explaining what we do and why we do it. What happens in the therapy room should never be done in a mysterious way, and I believe showing people how to fish matters far more than handing them the fish.

Everyone is their own expert! I’m not here to coach, to lecture, and definitely not to be a life guru. I see therapy as teamwork, like putting together a puzzle: we each contribute the pieces we know best and work towards the same goals.

My favourite quote is “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” Sometimes we’re here not simply to “feel better”, but to understand why we feel the way we do and to discover the choices we have in how we respond. Life throws us plenty of lemons, and while we don’t always get to choose what hits us, we can always choose what we do with it.

Last but not least, I’m a proud cat mum of two (ask me for photos, and I’ll happily overshare!).