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Yinru (Marilyn) MaSydney, NSWEnglish & Mandarin
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PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor

Registration No. 32560
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Yinru (Marilyn) Ma
Yinru (Marilyn) MaPACFA 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

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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

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Therapeutic approach

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

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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

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Selected professional development

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

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Trauma-Focused ACT Training

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LivingWorks Start Suicide Prevention Training

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Ongoing professional supervision and continuing professional development

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Selected credentials & certificates

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Master of Counselling — Monash University
Master of Counselling — Monash University

Master of Counselling, conferred 26 September 2022.

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PACFA Registration Certificate
PACFA Registration Certificate

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

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Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
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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Professional enquiries

For clinic, referral, contractor or collaboration enquiries, please contact:

marilyn.lotuscounselling@gmail.com