Akbay Psychology

15/04/2026

📣🥳 HAPPY 1️⃣st BIRTHDAY AKBAY PSYCHOLOGY!!!!! 🎉🎂

Even though we just opened up a new physical space, our practice has been around since April 2025. We’re just so excited to be leading the way in Filipino-Australian mental health - for the community, by the community (kapwa). We started this journey because we believed in culturally responsive care, and we do that by leaning on the strength of our shared language (wika) to heal what was and to thrive in what will be. 🇵🇭🫶🏻

We’re currently still accepting new referrals (for now). So if you have been thinking about starting therapy, we invite you to reach out. To book or arrange a free 15-minute initial phone consult, please reach out below👇🏼 or the links in our bio.☝🏼

P.S. thanks to for publishing this article in their March edition. Head to their profile if you want to have a read! 🎉

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 1/66 Toorak Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141
💻 In-person or Telehealth options
🗓️ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

25/03/2026

📣 Alright, you asked for it!!!! Okay maybe you didn’t, but here it is anyway - our 1st reel in Tagalog 🇵🇭

Welcome to Akbay Psychology!

We’re proud to be a Filipino-owned private psychology clinic, created with the intention of offering a safe, respectful, and culturally aware space for mental health care. Watch the reels and carousels, like and share, but most importantly, we hope you can learn and reflect on how you embody this information towards relating with yourself and your kapwa (shared identity and community).

We are currently still accepting new referrals. If you have been thinking about starting therapy, we invite you to reach out. To book or arrange a free 15-minute initial phone consult, please reach out below👇🏼 or the links in our bio.☝🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 1/66 Toorak Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141
💻 In-person or Telehealth options
🗓️ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

18/03/2026

We’re thrilled to be featured in The Philippine Times (Australia), amplifying our mission to prioritise mental health in our communities! Thank you for this incredible opportunity to spread awareness and make a difference 👇🏼

Browse The Philippine Times print edition on our website, or pick up a copy from your local Filipino store or restaurant. For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]. Download the full PDF file of this edition on https://philtimes.com.au/philippine-times-print-edition/

08/03/2026

Welcome to Akbay Psychology.

We’re proud to be a Filipino-owned private psychology clinic, created with the intention of offering a safe, respectful, and culturally aware space for mental health care.

This clinic was built with the Asian migrant community in mind. For many of us, seeking support can feel unfamiliar or even difficult to talk about. Having a physical space that feels welcoming, grounded, and representative matters. Our goal is to make therapy feel approachable and a place where people can slow down, feel understood, and do meaningful healing work.

Akbay Psychology provides trauma-informed therapy for people navigating experiences such as trauma, anxiety, depression, identity and migration stress, and emotional overwhelm.

We are currently still accepting new referrals.

Appointments are by booking only, and you can access the service through:
• A GP Mental Health Care Plan
• Private health insurance
• TAC, WorkCover, Victims of Crime
• Private fee-paying

If you have been thinking about starting therapy, we invite you to reach out. To book or arrange a free 15-minute initial phone consult, please reach out below👇🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 1/66 Toorak Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141
💻 In-person or Telehealth options
🗓️ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

28/02/2026

And just like that, we are live!

Akbay Psychology has officially opened its own dedicated clinic space: a permanent home for trauma-informed, culturally responsive mental health care.

As far as we know, this is one of the first private psychology clinics in Australia centred around Filipino mental health, and that’s something culturally significant.

In-person therapy matters. Healing happens in relationship, in safety, and in a space that feels grounded and private. We hope that our new clinic has created to offer that.

We specialise in trauma (childhood, intergenerational), PTSD, migration stress, identity-related distress, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergence support.

Appointments are by booking only.
We are currently accepting new referrals.

You can self-refer with:
• A GP Mental Health Care Plan
• Private health insurance
• TAC, WorkCover, Victims of Crime
• Private fee-paying

If you’ve been waiting for the right time or the right space—this may be it.

Reach out below👇🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 1/66 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
💻 In-person or Telehealth options
🗓️ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

03/02/2026

✨ Big News from Akbay Psychology ✨

February is moving fast and we’re excited to share that Akbay Psychology is moving to a new practice location from 1st March 🎉

This marks a special milestone for the practice: transitioning from a rented room into a fully dedicated Akbay Psychology space, intentionally designed to support healing, safety, and meaningful therapeutic work.

The new location is a suburb next door from our current practice, remains easy to access via public transport, and offers plenty of surrounding street parking, so getting to sessions will still be simple and stress-free.

We can’t wait to welcome clients into this next chapter with us 🌿

We’re also currently accepting new referrals and are here to support you with your therapeutic goals, whether that’s healing from past experiences, managing anxiety or low mood, working through trauma, or simply learning to feel more grounded and connected.

If you’re unsure where to start, we offer a free 15-minute phone consultation to help you decide whether therapy feels right for you before committing to an appointment.

Reach out below👇🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 In-person (Prahran, soon to be South Yarra) or Telehealth options
🗓️ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

14/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year from Akbay Psychology ✨

The start of a new year can bring hope, but also pressure, overwhelm, or a sense of being stuck. Many people reach out this time of year feeling emotionally disconnected, carrying stress from last year, navigating relationship challenges, or realising they want things to feel different moving forward.

We’re currently accepting new referrals and are here to support you with your therapeutic goals, whether that’s healing from past experiences, managing anxiety or low mood, working through trauma, or simply learning to feel more grounded and connected.

If you’re unsure where to start, we offer a free 15-minute phone consultation to help you decide whether therapy feels right for you before committing to an appointment.

Your story matters, but you don’t have to do this alone. Reach out to us below👇🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 In-person (Prahran, soon to be South Yarra) or Telehealth options
🗓️ Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

19/12/2025

✨🎄🎅🏽🎄✨
Growing up Filipino, my family always celebrated Christmas, and it was always about giving as much as being with your loved ones. But for some individuals, this time of the year is not always filled with joy and love.

Drawing on Akbay Psychology’s values of compassion (kabaitan) and community (kapwa), we gave to our community’s most vulnerable - children - by participating in the Salvo’s Toy Drive and Kmart’s Wishing Tree Appeal. Akbay Psychology donated a variety of gifts: school supplies, books, sensory toys, and even a football (we did this amidst all the frantic city shoppers, eek!). If you also wish to participate, find out how here: https://www.kmart.com.au/kmartwishingtree/

Fun fact: the act of giving gifts release happy hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, endorphins) that helps improve our mental wellbeing.

Can’t wait to do this again next year!

Akbay Psychology will be taking a break from 21st December and coming back on 7th January 2026.

📞 03 7003 2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📲 IG: akbay.psychology

18/11/2025

✨New Service Announcement!!✨

Let’s talk trauma. Sometimes it’s the quiet things: the memories you avoid, the heaviness in your body, the emotions that come out of nowhere, or the feeling of being “stuck” no matter how hard you try to move on.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help your brain and nervous system finally process those experiences. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping) to activate the brain’s natural healing system, similar to what happens during REM sleep.

Research shows EMDR can help with:
✨ PTSD and complex trauma
✨ Anxiety and panic
✨ Depression and low self-worth
✨ Childhood trauma
✨ Relationship and attachment wounds
✨ Grief, loss, and emotional overwhelm
✨ Migration stress, cultural pressure, and intergenerational trauma

For many, EMDR can feel especially empowering because healing doesn’t rely on saying everything out loud. It supports the emotional silence many of us were raised with, while still creating space for deep, meaningful change.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, shut down, or disconnected from yourself or others, EMDR may be a gentle and effective next step.
You deserve healing that honours your pace, your story, and your culture.

💛 EMDR Level 1 is available at Akbay Psychology from 25th November 2025.
If you’d like to explore whether EMDR is right for you, please feel free to reach out anytime👇🏼

📞 03-7003-2144
📩 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 In-person & Telehealth appointments
🗓️ Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

28/10/2025

📣📣‼️JUST PUBLISHED‼️🎉🎉

We’re excited to announce that we’ve just published and circulated to clients the very first edition of Akbay Psychology Newsletter! This newsletter was created as a way to stay connected and keep my clients updated on everything happening at the practice, from upcoming features and community events to new services, reminders, and reflections from me.

And now, I’m pleased to be sharing it on social media. I’d love for you to take a few minutes to read through it and see what’s new. And if something in the newsletter sparks a thought, question, or idea, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

🗞️Read the newsletter here:
https://akbaypsychology.com/newsletter

As usual, reach out to us below👇🏼
📞 03 7003 2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
🗓️ Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

22/10/2025

🚨‼️SAFETY FIRST‼️🚨

Many people think healing starts with talking or insight.
But the truth is, healing begins with safety.

When your nervous system is calm enough to stay present, your brain can process, connect, and heal.

Feeling safe isn’t about perfection, it’s about allowing your body to trust that this moment is different from the past. Because you can’t truly heal when your body is still fighting for survival.

✨At Akbay Psychology, we create trauma-informed spaces that support your nervous system to settle, your emotions to regulate, and your relationships to grow from a place of safety.

Reach out to us below👇🏼
📞 03 7003 2144
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.akbaypsychology.com
📍 In-person and Telehealth options