Yumi is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over a decade of experience working extensively with children, adolescents, parents, and families in the context of child protection and community mental health services. She holds a Master of Counselling Social Work from UNSW and draws from a range of evidence-based therapy frameworks in her practice.  These include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Family Systems Theory.

Yumi adopts an authentic, collaborative and person-centred approach to support individuals and families navigating the transitions of early parenthood. Her clinical interests include working with maternal and paternal mental health issues, strengthening parent-child attachment, and treating perinatal anxiety and depressive disorders. She also provides a safe, compassionate space for those experiencing grief, loss, complex trauma, and family system challenges.

As a mother of two young children, Yumi understands firsthand the beautiful yet demanding realities of raising a family and navigating matrescence. This profoundly shapes her clinical work, allowing her to bring genuine empathy, sensitivity, and lived understanding to the unique challenges of the perinatal period, and ensuring every client feels deeply heard and supported.