“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
Mei Wang
a bit about me.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, I am of Chinese heritage, and I am guided by both Eastern and Western ways of life.
Language, the universality of the arts, expression and what connects us, has always been important to me. I spent my earlier adulthood travelling and living abroad in the UK and in Italy.
I love animals and have two cats, named Yuki and Kiro. My “me time” includes relaxing with my furry pals, listening to audiobooks and true crime, getting crafty, and being in the sun and in the sea.
My artwork can be found on my art site www.meii.com.au or on Instagram @imagines.animalium.
my role as a helper
From an early age I have been fascinated with life and death, the meaning we make from what happens in between, and how our experiences are expressed through the arts and dreaming.
I have worked with young people in Montessori arts education, people with disabilities and life-threatening illnesses, grief and loss, and more recently in lifestyle and wellbeing support of the disadvantaged, disengaged and ageing in our community.
After walking a very convoluted and often confusing path, I was a “late-bloomer” discovering a sense of meaning and purpose in my life as a psychotherapist in my mid-thirties.
I continue to learn from, be excited and inspired by my clients and by my work, and I strive to help others in both the ways that I have been assisted on my journey, and also the ways that I have not.
In my own narratives, I have found life to be both cruel and kind, there is no escaping that. Yet I have also found that what helps us weather the storms, is our connection to others and the meaning we create from it all.
Qualifications
& Professional memberships
Bachelor of Counselling & Psychotherapy
Ikon Institute of Australia - currently completing
Bachelor of Arts Psychotherapy
Ikon Institute of Australia - 2022
Associate Degree of Arts Psychotherapy
Ikon Institute of Australia - 2020
Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia
PACFA Reg.Certified Practising 29514
Therapeutic Approaches
Attachment Theory
Existential
Experiential
Humanistic
Psycho-spiritual / Transpersonal
Psychodynamic
Trauma-Informed
Areas of Special Interest
Creativity
Death & Dying
Depression
Existential Concerns
Jungian Psychology
Spirituality & Religion
Further EXPLORATIONS
Dreamwork in Clinical Practice
with Leslie Ellis - 2022
Jungian Perspective on the Tarot
with Ken James - 2021
Dreamwalking
with Toko-pa Turner - 2019
What has it been like for you navigating this big wide world?
Are you in search of meaning and purpose?