Michelle Chen is an empathetic, relationship-focused psychotherapist whose work is grounded in trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice. She works with individuals, couples, and families, with a particular professional strength in couple and relationship work.

Michelle supports clients navigating emotional distress, relational challenges, identity exploration, family-of-origin influences, and life transitions. She recognises that emotional wellbeing and relationship difficulties are deeply shaped by attachment patterns, cultural context, and lived experience, and she works collaboratively to help clients feel safe, understood, and supported.

She holds a Master of Counselling and has completed advanced clinical training with Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) and the Integrative Psychology Clinic, where she continues to practise as a counsellor. Her training through RAV provides a strong, structured foundation in relationship-centred and family-systems work. Michelle is also a certified Prepare & Enrich premarital and marriage facilitator.

Michelle’s therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based psychological frameworks with a mind–body–spirit perspective. Her work may draw on attachment-informed practice, emotion-focused approaches, psychoeducation, mindfulness-based interventions, trauma-informed nervous-system regulation, and yoga-informed somatic awareness—always tailored to the needs, readiness, and goals of each client or relationship.

In her work with couples, Michelle views the relationship itself as the client, supporting partners to strengthen emotional safety, improve communication, repair conflict, and deepen connection. In individual counselling, she supports emotional regulation, anxiety and stress, self-esteem, identity development, and the relationship clients hold with themselves. In family work, she helps families understand interactional patterns, reduce escalation, and rebuild trust—particularly within multicultural and intergenerational systems.

Fluent in English and Mandarin, Michelle offers bilingual counselling in a non-judgmental, compassionate space. Her work is guided by clarity, ethical boundaries, and respect for each client’s unique cultural and relational context.

With over a decade of personal practice in mindfulness and compassion-based contemplative traditions, Michelle brings a steady, grounded therapeutic presence—supporting emotional awareness and regulation while remaining firmly anchored in contemporary, evidence-based counselling practice.

Whether you are seeking to heal emotional wounds, navigate change, strengthen your relationship, or create healthier family dynamics, Michelle offers thoughtful, steady, and compassionate support—walking alongside you with care and respect.

 Qualifications & Training | 资质与培训

Counselling & Therapy | 心理咨询与治疗

• Master of Counselling | 心理咨询硕士 – Swinburne University 

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Individuals & Couples | 情绪取向治疗（个人与伴侣） – EFTTA, ICEEFT

• Integrative Couple Therapy | 整合伴侣治疗 – Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV)

• Prepare & Enrich Premarital & Marriage Facilitator | 婚前与婚姻关系辅导认证 – Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV)

• Integrating Sex Therapy for Couple | 整合伴侣性治疗取向

• Trauma-Informed & Somatic Integration Approach｜创伤知情 × 身体觉察整合取向

• Managing the Crisis of Infidelity | 伴侣背叛创伤治疗

• Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis  | 临床催眠治疗文凭 – ICHP

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Nutrition & Wellness Expertise | 营养与生活方式专业认证 

• Nutrition and Wellness Coaching | 营养与健康教练 - Harvard Medical School | 哈佛医学院

• Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching | 生活方式与健康教练 - Harvard Medical School | 哈佛医学院

• Health and Wellness: Nutrition Plan Design| 健康与生活方式：可持续的营养计划设计 - Harvard Medical School  | 哈佛医学院

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Mindfulness & Holistic Therapies | 正念与整体疗法

• Mindful Self-Compassion & Meditation | 正念自我关怀与冥想 – Mindful Presence, Mindfulness Works Australia

• Diploma of Sound Therapy | 音疗文凭 – Centre of Excellence

• Diploma of Crystal Therapy | 水晶疗文凭 – Centre of Excellence

• RYT 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification | RYT瑜伽教师认证

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Specialist Training | 专业培训

• Lifeline Suicide Prevention | 生命热线自杀预防培训 – Lifeline

• MARAM Family Violence Risk Assessment & Management | 家庭暴力风险评估与管理认证

• Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery | 创伤复原治疗瑜伽

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Buddhist Studies | 佛学研究

• Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy | 中观佛学哲学 – Drol Kar Buddhist Centre

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Other Education | 其他教育

• Master of Business Marketing | 市场营销硕士 – Swinburne University

• Graduate Diploma of Finance & Accounting | 财务与会计研究生文凭 – UTS

• Diploma of Visual Art | 视觉艺术文凭 – RMIT