Yingshi Shen, AASW

Yingshi Shen is an AASW social worker and mental health clinician with five years of clinical experience. She supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems and family concerns. She also works with people facing eating and body image worries and the emotional strain of caregiving.

Yingshi aims to make the first step easier. She creates a warm, respectful and non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions focus on listening, understanding feelings, and helping clients feel heard and held.

Her work is person-centred and trauma-informed. That means the client’s pace and priorities guide the conversation. Evidence-based techniques are used to address symptoms and improve everyday coping.

In practical terms she helps people name patterns, notice triggers and try small changes that fit daily life. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, control concerns, and family of origin difficulties.

Sessions can also address identity-related concerns such as gender dysphoria and experiences of isolation or shame. Yingshi speaks English and Mandarin, and practises in Australia. She is listed for Supporting carers and understands the pressures many carers face.

When someone starts with her they work together to identify goals, build on strengths and plan steps towards clearer thinking and improved wellbeing. Her style is calm, collaborative and straightforward.

How evidence-based approaches can work online

Yingshi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviours, try small experiments, and build coping skills for anxiety and low mood. This approach is useful when someone wants tools to manage day-to-day stress and anxious thinking.

She also works in a trauma-informed, person-centred way that prioritises safety and the client’s pace. That means sessions often begin by mapping what matters most, then trying strategies that fit the person’s life. This style helps with relationship and attachment concerns by focusing on real interactions and communication changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and adapt techniques to the client’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide what to try and review what is or isn’t helping as therapy proceeds.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people continue support when juggling caregiving responsibilities or work commitments.