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Special Interest

  • Complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, and generalised anxiety
  • Mood Disorders (Depression and Bipolar Disorder)
  • Insomnia and other sleep disturbances
  • Chronic pain, adjustment to injury, and functional recovery
  • Psychotic Disorders, including schizophrenia
  • Adjustment difficulties and major life transitions
  • Anger and emotion-regulation difficulties
  • Workplace stress, bullying, and psychological injury
  • Cross-cultural adjustment and migration-related stress

Psychological Assessments and Reports

  • Cognitive and intellectual assessments
  • ADHD assessments
  • Autism-related assessments
  • Psychological assessment reports for educational and university support purposes
  • NDIS psychological assessments and reports
  • Psychological assessments and reports for legal and immigration-related matters
  • Reports for Section 14 applications, where clinically appropriate
  • Work and Development Order (WDO) support for eligible clients, allowing participation in psychological treatment to help reduce or clear eligible NSW fine debt

Dr Yu-Chi Chen

Psychologist
PhD (Psych), MSc (Clin Psych), MAPS

Qualifications

Yu-Chi is a registered Psychologist in Australia and a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Taiwan. He holds a PhD in Psychology from Monash University and a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology.

Work Experience

Yu-Chi brings extensive clinical and research experience across private practice, multidisciplinary allied health, teaching hospital, and academic research settings in both Australia and Taiwan. He has experience supporting adolescents and adults with a diverse range of complex psychological presentations.

Yu-Chi previously held two postdoctoral research appointments: one at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, and another at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research. His research and clinical work focused on clinical assessment, treatment outcomes, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric presentations, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbance, cognition, and the relationship between brain-based differences and everyday functioning. Grounded in the scientist-practitioner model, Yu-Chi’s therapeutic style is evidence-based, warm, collaborative, culturally responsive, and deeply client-centred.

Membership and Affiliations

  • Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  • Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
  • Full Member of the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)
  • Member of the APS Disaster Response Network (DRN)
  • Full Member of Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology
  • International member of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Types of Patients

  • Therapy: Adolescents aged 16 years and over, and adults
  • Psychological assessment: Children, adolescents, and adults

Treatment Expertise

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR; including EMDR 2.0)
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT / Trauma-Focused CBT / Cognitive Processing Therapy)
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Mandarin, Chinese (普通話 / 國語)