Wei Mei Ong
Clinical Psychologist
About
Wei Mei is a registered Clinical Psychologist and a Board-approved Supervisor. She has extensive work experience in both Australia and Singapore. She has worked across diverse cultures with individuals, children, and families.
Wei Mei is passionate about providing care and helping individuals to cope with various life challenges, as well as to work through issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief and bereavement. She also has particular interests in emotion dysregulation, difficulties with personality patterns, and managing the impacts of trauma.
Wei Mei works collaboratively with clients to jointly develop a personalised treatment plan. Her warm, gentle and compassionate approach draws from evidence-based psychological methods including Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Self-Compassion informed therapy, and Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs).
Now working primarily with adults, Wei Mei is keen on providing clients a safe space to reflect on and heal from current and past painful experiences. She hopes to help clients discover their own strengths and build resilience in order to live an authentic and fulfilling life.
Therapeutic Approaches
Wei Mei utilises a number of therapeutic modalities in a flexible manner tailored to the needs of each individual. She draws mainly from the following evidence-based frameworks:
Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) informed strategies
Schema Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Self-compassion informed therapy
Trauma-focused therapies
Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs)
Languages
Wei Mei is fluent in English and can engage in basic communication in Mandarin.
Master of Psychology (Clinical)
Bachelor of Science (Honours), majors in Psychology and Neuroscience
Qualifications
Wei Mei is registered with the National Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) and is a Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor.