Australia’s diversity shapes how people live, relate, and seek care. As a psychologist, I see how culture, identity, and lived experience influence mental health. True inclusion requires cultural responsiveness moving beyond competence to reflexivity, humility, and advocacy. When we honour diverse ways of being, we create a society where everyone feels seen, valued, and safe.

Australia celebrates diversity, yet belonging is not evenly felt. For many Asian Australians, race and culture quietly shape how they speak, relate, and seek help. These emotional worlds are often misread through Western norms, leaving people feeling out of step. When clinicians recognise cultural logic, not pathologise it, we create space for clients and therapists alike to be understood without shrinking or assimilating.

For a brief introduction to Schema Therapy, please refer to this link . Introduction Next to being a self-actualised individual or a long-term committed relationship, parenting is possibly the hardest task a human being can do. Many people I meet enter therapy at a few points in their lives - they feel exhausted, lost as individuals; they yearn to be a parent and are having difficulties, they are about to become parents, or they feel like they are lousy parents. The list goes