Malinda Um, AASW

Malinda Um is an AASW social worker with eight years of clinical experience in Australia. She sees people coping with anxiety, depression, trauma and major life changes. She also supports those facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress and workplace burnout, and she lists blended family issues among her focus areas.

She tends to work with adults who feel overwhelmed or stuck, including people who manage high-pressure roles while carrying hidden stress. Sessions aim to identify patterns that keep problems repeating and to build practical ways to manage strong emotions and everyday demands.

Her practice draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. That usually looks like noticing unhelpful thoughts, practising small behaviour changes, and building clearer ways to relate to partners and family members.

She also uses Narrative Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people rewrite painful stories and set step-by-step goals. Therapy conversations are collaborative and straightforward, with exercises to try between sessions when helpful.

Malinda has experience with cross-cultural issues, identity and intergenerational family patterns. She invites clients to bring the full context of their lives into sessions rather than simplifying complicated backgrounds.

To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first session. The subscription-based model can be cancelled at any time and costs vary by location.