Michelle Yang, ACA
9 years in practice
Michelle Yang is an ACA counsellor with nine years of professional experience.
License and registration
- ACA
- 3904 · expires February 2026
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Michelle
Michelle Yang is an ACA counsellor with nine years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions and career uncertainty. She also supports those navigating grief, relationship strain and challenges with intimacy.
Michelle speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese which can help clients feel understood in their own words. Michelle’s style is straightforward and warm. She listens first, then works with each person to set practical goals.
Sessions focus on real conversations about feelings and patterns.
Background and approach
She aims to make therapy feel manageable for people taking a first step. Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting stress and compassion fatigue. Michelle draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotional bonds and patterns in relationships.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with unhelpful thoughts and actions. In sessions Michelle helps people notice what matters to them and try small changes that fit daily life. She can support people dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, body image or life transitions.
Her approach is collaborative - she offers tools and then checks what is working. People choose Michelle for clear, compassionate support when life feels overwhelming. She encourages realistic steps and honest conversations, and she helps clients build stronger emotional connections and better coping skills.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and the ways people connect with others. Online EFT sessions look at core feelings and patterns that affect relationships and intimacy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical techniques to reduce unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort with online formats. She will check in about what is helping and adapt techniques across sessions so the plan fits the client's needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules or distance make in-person visits harder. Phone sessions and live chat are useful when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, or when a shorter check-in is needed. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting and other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and career issues, plus grief, trauma-related concerns and parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and direct. She listens, helps set clear goals and offers practical tools to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and client needs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an ACA counsellor practising in Australia.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not accepted; sessions are offered to people located in Australia.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
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