Ellen Kang

Ellen is a mental health occupational therapist who grew up in Boorloo/Perth. She has experience working in youth and adult mental health in Perth, Melbourne, London, and rural Queensland.  

Ellen provides a collaborative approach tailored to each client’s preferences and learning styles. She focuses on assisting people to build their internal resources - such as emotion regulation, tolerance of distress/uncertainty, self-compassion and executive functioning support – and their social connections (family, friends, community, and other services as needed).  

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Ellen has an integrative clinical style, incorporating Occupational Therapy frameworks with aspects of Compassion-Focused Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Ellen often uses psychoeducation resources based on people’s lived experience of mental health challenges and is interested in nature and culture/ancestry as resources for personal growth and support.