Therapy for Bicultural Asians in Australia
You grew up between cultures. You learned to adapt, perform, and stay quiet. Therapy can be a place where you don’t have to translate yourself.
Common Experiences
Bicultural individuals often grow up navigating more than one cultural system at the same time. This typically means that the values, expectations, and ways of relating within their family or community differ from those of the wider society they live in. Tension commonly arises when people from interdependent, community-oriented cultures are embedded in environments that prioritise independence, autonomy, and individual achievement.
As a result, many bicultural individuals experience a distinctive set of challenges, such as:
Feeling torn between independence and family expectations
Carrying chronic guilt for wanting something different
Striving for high achievement while feeling burned out or quietly uncertain of themselves
Finding boundary-setting shame-laden rather than empowering
Defaulting to emotional suppression or people-pleasing
Feeling unseen or misunderstood in Western mental health spaces
It is not about choosing one culture over another. It is about finding ways to live with greater alignment, clarity, and self-trust.
Why Ardelle Psychology
As a Singaporean psychologist who has trained and lived in Australia, I bring both lived and professional experience in working with bicultural Asian clients, alongside a clear understanding of the Australian context. This perspective allows therapy to move beyond rigid frameworks or culturally dismissive explanations.
The work here is focused on integration. We support different parts of your identity, values, and experiences so they come together into something more coherent and sustainable.
🔹 Clinical Training
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Schema Therapy (Level 1)
Who I Work With
This space may be a good fit if you:
Tend to be thoughtful or reflective, even if you don’t yet have clear language for what’s going on
Want space to understand patterns related to anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, identity, or your relationship with food and body image
Are open to a collaborative process that focuses on insight, integration, and long-term sustainability
Are looking to build clarity and self-trust, rather than being told what to do
Our approach is less about quick fixes or being told what to do, and more about helping you understand your experience so that change feels grounded and lasting.
Wanting relief is completely natural. Therapy here works by slowing things down just enough for that relief to be meaningful and sustainable.
Therapy doesn’t mean something is wrong. It often means something important is trying to take shape.
Fees
Simple, transparent pricing
To keep therapy accessible, the first ten sessions are offered at AUD$100 per session.
After that, sessions continue at the standard private rate of AUD$250 per session.
This structure mirrors what many Australians typically pay after Medicare rebates, while allowing for consistency and flexibility beyond the 10-session limit.
*Note: Private-pay only (no Medicare rebates). Invoices can be provided if you wish to claim through private health insurance.