Tunteeya Yamaoka, AHPRA

Tunteeya Yamaoka is an Australian therapist who combines clear, honest feedback with warm, compassionate support to help clients move toward meaningful change. She aims to create a space where difficult emotions can be expressed and explored, and where clients can notice both painful patterns and moments of lightness as they work toward living with more purpose.

With ten years of experience, Tunteeya has supported children, teenagers, adults, and couples across private practice, clinical settings, public and private hospitals, universities, and corporate organisations. She has experience addressing a broad range of concerns including anxiety, perfectionism, trauma, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), as well as stress, relationship challenges, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

Her multicultural background - with Japanese and Ghanaian heritage and an Australian cultural identity - informs a practice that integrates Eastern and Western perspectives. This cross-cultural lens supports work with identity, family of origin issues, attachment concerns, and other challenges influenced by culture and belonging. Tunteeya draws on a variety of clinical approaches to tailor care to each person she meets.

Outside of her clinical work she enjoys drawing, painting, running, crocheting, reading cozy fiction, and exercising at the gym. She is registered with AHPRA, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.