About Tunteeya
Tunteeya Yamaoka is an AHPRA-registered clinician with ten years' experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. She uses direct, compassionate conversation to help clients notice difficult feelings and take practical steps forward. Her style is honest and straightforward while remaining warm and non-judgemental.
Clients can expect a space to express a wide range of emotions. Tunteeya encourages noticing both pain and small moments of light. She aims to help people clarify what matters to them and move toward a more purposeful life.
How Tunteeya works
Her background includes work in independent practice, hospitals, universities and corporate settings. That range has shaped a flexible approach suited to different life stages and everyday pressures. Tunteeya also brings a multicultural perspective shaped by Japanese, Ghanaian and Australian influences.
In sessions she draws on a mix of well-known approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, client-centred methods, CBT and skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She adapts those tools to the concerns people bring, whether that is perfectionism, OCD, ADHD or career and identity questions.
Outside of clinical work she enjoys drawing, painting, running and crocheting, and likes reading cosy fiction. These interests feed a practical, creative outlook that shows up in how she supports clients to solve problems and build new habits.
Tunteeya lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Tunteeya works with
The areas below are the ones Tunteeya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | AHPRA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and take action toward what matters. It suits people dealing with anxiety, stress or uncertainty who want clearer values and small behavioural steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and trust. It can help with intimacy, communication problems and feelings of abandonment or isolation.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose and adjust methods based on a person's goals, preferences and day-to-day needs. That means trying practical techniques, checking what helps, and shifting course if something isn't working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls suit deeper conversations and reading non-verbal cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer typing. These options help people maintain contact and practice new skills around their real-life routines.
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