Michelle Yang, ACA
Practical, story-focused therapy for everyday life
Details
| Name | Michelle Yang |
|---|---|
| Credentials | ACA |
| Based in | Australia |
| Registered with | ACA |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Years in practice | 9 |
About Michelle
Michelle Yang is an ACA counsellor with nine years of professional experience in Australia. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship strains. Michelle aims to make the first steps easier and offers a calm, steady presence during difficult conversations.
Her approach is straightforward and conversational. She uses Narrative ideas to help people separate themselves from problems and see their stories differently. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred methods to help people notice what matters to them and take small, manageable steps toward those values.
Background and approach
Michelle often works on issues around grief, sleep, parenting pressures, anger and low self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and caregiving stress. Sessions tend to focus on identifying unhelpful patterns and testing new ways of responding in day-to-day life.
Conversations are practical and grounded. Michelle helps people reframe difficult memories and build clearer communication habits. She emphasises small experiments and real-world actions rather than long explanations.
Michelle speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese. She provides sessions through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues among the things Michelle works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Michelle directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Michelle directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Michelle's approaches translate online
Michelle uses Narrative Therapy to help people re-author difficult parts of their lives by separating the problem from the person and noticing alternative storylines. This can be useful for issues like relationship patterns, identity questions and cycles of shame.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action, and Attachment-Based ideas to make sense of how early relationships shape current responses. ACT helps with avoiding unhelpful avoidance, while attachment-focused work supports clearer emotional connection and boundaries.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle treats the choice as collaborative and will tailor methods to a person's goals, preferences and how they respond in sessions. She often mixes storytelling, values exercises and practical behavioural steps to suit each person.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can fit a shorter break at work, live chat works when typing feels easier, and messaging supports brief check-ins between appointments. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and life commitments.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Michelle commonly help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and career difficulties, plus grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger and low self-esteem.
What is Michelle's therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and practical, using Narrative and acceptance-based ideas to reframe problems and try small real-life changes.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has nine years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns in Australia.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an ACA counsellor based in Australia.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy conversation?
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