PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor

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Yinru (Marilyn) MaSydney, NSWEnglish & Mandarin

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PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor

Registration No. 32560

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Professional summary

Yinru (Marilyn) Ma is a PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor with a Master of Counselling from Monash University and a background in psychology and education. She works with adolescents, young adults and adults, with experience in anxiety and emotional distress, relationships, identity, academic pressure, adjustment and cross-cultural concerns. Her practice is psychodynamic-informed, trauma-informed, client-centred and culturally responsive.

PACFA Registration No. 32560Master of Counselling — Monash UniversityEnglish & MandarinOnline & face-to-face

Client groups & areas of practice

Adolescents
Young adults
Adults
Anxiety & emotional distress
Relationship and interpersonal difficulties
Identity & self-understanding
Academic stress
Life transitions & adjustment
Cross-cultural experiences

Therapeutic approach

Psychodynamic-informed
Trauma-informed
Client-centred
Culturally responsive
Collaborative practice

Professional details

PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor — Registration No. 32560
PACFA registration current until 30 June 2027
Master of Counselling — Monash University
Bachelor of Applied Psychology
Psychology Exchange Studies — UNSW
400+ hours of supervised counselling practice
Mandarin (native) & English (fluent)
Working With Children Check
Full working rights in Australia
Online & face-to-face counselling

Selected professional development

Two-year Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program — Object Relations Theory (108.75 didactic hours; 89 group consultation hours)

Trauma-Focused ACT Training

LivingWorks Start Suicide Prevention Training

Ongoing professional supervision and continuing professional development

Selected credentials & certificates

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Master of Counselling — Monash University

Master of Counselling, conferred 26 September 2022.

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PACFA Registration Certificate

Certified Practising Counsellor, Registration No. 32560, current until 30 June 2027.

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Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program

Two-year program in Object Relations Theory; 108.75 didactic hours and 89 group consultation hours, completed June 2026.

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