Jenny is a clinical psychology registrar that works with children and adults. She is interested in curating therapy to align with every person’s unique needs, ensuring the process is personalised, goal-oriented and highly effective. She values precision, thoroughness, and flexibility in her approach. 

Jenny is dedicated to creating a supportive space to explore vulnerable thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Jenny believes that working together collaboratively will help to achieve long lasting change. 

Jenny can help people with:

 

• Anxiety Disorders: Including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, academic anxiety, and phobias including vomiting (emetophobia).

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• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Intrusive thoughts and compulsions, including contamination, “just right”, pedophilia, relationship, checking and symmetry OCD.

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• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Including intense and quickly changing emotions, identity confusion, dissociation, and unhealthy relationships. 

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• Trauma and PTSD: Including neglect, accidents, physical assault, medical trauma, and grief.

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• Anger Difficulties: Including becoming quick to anger, aggressive communication and difficulties relaxing.

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• Depression and Low Self-Esteem: Including low mood, self-worth issues (e.g., “not good enough”, “I am a failure”), low motivation, people-pleasing traits, and passive communication. 

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• Perfectionism: Including high personal standards that result in low self-esteem, procrastination and self-sabotage.

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• Asian Mental Health: Including the unique challenges of navigating conflicting Western and Asian values and family pressures. Learn more on this page.

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With children, Jenny loves to use fun (including games) and creativity to share ideas about psychology. She believes this helps children to learn best and encourages them to develop a positive identity.

Culturally, Jenny was born in Australia to Chinese-Vietnamese parents. She has a strong interest in working with people from Asian backgrounds, including those who have been negatively affected by pressures to excel academically, difficulties with boundary setting, resentment, and navigating conflicts between Australian and Asian values. Jenny strives to provide psychological treatment that is adapted for Asian populations.

Jenny’s therapeutic approach is informed by evidence, and she has published several research articles within the mental health space. She offers:

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• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

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• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

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• Schema-Informed Therapy (ST)