Confucian values still quietly shape how many Asian Australians understand emotion, duty, and connection. Harmony, restraint, and relational identity guide how distress is expressed and why separation can feel like a moral rupture rather than a simple choice. When clinicians recognise this cultural logic, they create space for care that honours the worlds their clients move between.

Exploring core emotional needs in Asian Australian context

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