Cultural Identity Counselling | Online & Melbourne
The experience of growing up between cultures can be enriching - and quietly exhausting. You might feel a constant pull between values, roles, or expectations. Perhaps you've never quite felt like you fully belong anywhere. Or maybe you've spent a lifetime shape-shifting, adapting to what's expected of you while feeling unseen in your complexity.
Caught Between Cultures – Counselling in Essendon, Camberwell & Online
These tensions can show up in subtle, painful ways:
A sense of rootlessness or confusion about who you are
Guilt about not living up to cultural or family expectations
Feeling like you’re “too much” of one thing and “not enough” of another
Difficulty expressing needs or setting boundaries, especially with family
Shame around choosing a different path - professionally, relationally, or spiritually
Whether you’re a first-generation Australian, a migrant, or someone with mixed heritage, these questions of identity and belonging often run deep. They can affect your relationships, your self-worth, and your sense of home in the world.
How We Can Support You
In your work with us, you’ll find a space where all parts of you are welcome -including the ones you’ve had to hide, tone down, or explain. We’ll gently explore how culture, family, migration, and early life experiences have shaped your sense of self and relationships. With curiosity and care, we’ll make room for grief, pride, anger, and all the complexities that come with living at the intersections.
You don’t have to choose between parts of yourself. You don’t have to carry the weight of “figuring it out” alone. There is space here - for your questions, your contradictions, and your becoming.
