Michelle Yang, ACA
9 years in practice
Michelle Yang is an ACA counsellor with nine years of professional experience in Australia.
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 in Australia. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, career difficulties and relationship problems. Michelle aims to make the first steps into therapy straightforward and respectful.
Her approach is practical and grounded. She uses Existential therapy to help people consider meaning and choice when life feels uncertain. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to build coping skills, manage unhelpful thoughts and accept difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters to each person. Michelle listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with clients to test small changes. She often brings simple exercises and practical strategies to use between sessions.
Michelle has worked across a range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem and depression. Her additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She offers sessions in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
People curious about online options or different session formats can talk through what will fit their routine and needs.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Existential therapy invites people to consider meaning, choice and responsibility when life feels uncertain. It helps when someone is grappling with big questions, life transitions or a sense of emptiness by encouraging honest reflection about values and direction. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines noticing thoughts and feelings with committing to actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress or situations where avoidance has become a problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviours to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try. The process is collaborative and can be adjusted as needs change. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and a conversational rhythm similar to face-to-face sessions. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or have lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging can work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support or when a shorter, more frequent contact is useful. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while still accessing appropriately qualified therapists and counsellors.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Michelle commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and career problems, plus grief, trauma, sleep and parenting strain among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Michelle blends existential reflection with practical exercises. Sessions balance talking about meaning with skills to manage thoughts and feelings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns in Australia.
What credentials and location apply?
She is credentialed with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and practices from Australia.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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