Profile / Australia
Tunteeya Yamaoka, AHPRA
Australia
AHPRA clinician - Stress and relationships
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment-informed work
About Tunteeya
Tunteeya Yamaoka is an AHPRA-registered clinician with ten years' experience working in Australia. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also offers coaching for practical goals and day-to-day challenges.
Tunteeya is direct in sessions and prefers clear, honest conversation. She encourages people to name difficult feelings and notice how thoughts and habits affect daily life. She will point out patterns that may be holding someone back and suggest concrete steps to try differently.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviours and building skills for managing emotions. Practical exercises and short at-home tasks are commonly used between meetings.
She values cultural context and brings her multicultural background into clinical thinking. That perspective is used to understand identity, family origins and cross-cultural stressors that can affect wellbeing. Tunteeya speaks English and Japanese and can work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Outside professional life she paints, runs and crochets, and she mentions everyday routines like gym sessions and reading as part of maintaining balance. The tone of her practice is conversational and goal-focused, aimed at helping people make clearer choices and small changes that add up over time.
How her approaches translate to online work
Tunteeya commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviours. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and short practice tasks to try between meetings, which adapt well to remote formats. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small actions that fit a person’s life, helping with anxiety and life changes by building committed steps toward meaningful goals.Attachment-informed work looks at relationship patterns and how early connections affect present behaviour. This approach helps people understand communication problems, abandonment concerns and issues around intimacy by mapping typical responses and testing new ways of relating. She discusses these frameworks and then collaborates with the person to choose what to use in sessions based on needs and preferences.
Confirm the exact session methods before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. The therapist will discuss practical arrangements and how exercises or between-session tasks will be managed so sessions fit everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Japanese
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. Additional areas include body image, impulsivity, infidelity and family of origin issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and honest with a focus on practical steps. Sessions emphasise noticing thoughts and trying small behaviour changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working across private practice, hospitals, universities and corporate settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is registered with AHPRA and works in Australia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Japanese.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to begin sessions?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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