Dr Carolyn Ho

Clinical Psychologist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

This is a safe space to explore, heal, and thrive.

“The experience of speaking from the heart and being taken seriously builds the psychic architecture that supports the capacity to bear life.”

― Nancy McWilliams, PhD

About Carolyn

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

― C.G. Jung

DPsych (Clin), MHealthPsych, BSc (Psych), MAAPi

I am a Brisbane-based Clinical Psychologist with full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). I believe psychotherapy is a collaborative and reflective journey with patients to better understand what may be holding them back, as well as to discover together their underlying resources that can make them more wholesome. While many of my patients meet the clinical diagnoses of depression, anxiety, PTSD and other mental health disorders; I also work with individuals without a clinical diagnosis, especially those who are interested in personal growth, self-development, their own unique creativity and a sense of purpose in life.

I bring a calm and compassionate presence in my therapeutic work. I meet people with respect and warmth, while also being curious and non-judgmental about what may be going on in my patients’ minds. I hope to support patients in making meaningful change, with the aim to improve their quality of life. I also believe fun, enjoyment and creativity fulfil life, where I hope to achieve this with patients through the therapeutic conversations.

I offer therapy to manage a range of emotional needs and psychological concerns:

• Depression and other mood disorders

• Anxiety

• General life stress

• Personality disorders

• Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),

Complex PTSD

• Challenges with migration and culture integration

• Exploring your own identity and sense of self

• Making important life decisions and transitions

• Relational difficulties and challenges

• Gender issues and sexual identity

• Issues with self-esteem and self-confidence

I offer psychotherapy to individuals only. I see adults (18+) of various cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds. I also work with people who identify anywhere on the LGBTQIA+ rainbow. I am familiar with ADHD presentations and I am neurodivergent affirming. Mandarin is my mother tongue so the use of Mandarin in therapy is also welcomed if required.

Please note: I do not offer medico-legal reports.

Special Interests

I have a special interest in working with emerging adults (i.e. between the ages of 18 to 30) growing up in immigrant or culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families. I was born in Taiwan, grew up in New Zealand and later moved to Australia. Given my own immigrant background, I understand the challenges immigrant families face when settling in a new culture and/or country. I especially appreciate and understand the conflicts and trauma experienced by young Asian immigrant adults growing up in a Western society while negotiating their parents’ heritage from their home country. My own immigrant experience and cultural perspectives have been an integral part of my doctorate thesis. I hope to help those who struggle to navigate between two different cultural systems and find a way to move forward with possibilities that may lie ahead of them.

Services

Qualifications

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), Queensland University of Technology

Thesis title: Understanding the stage of emerging adulthood among Asian immigrants in Australia: The unique negotiating processes from unheard voices.

Master of Health Psychology (with First Class Honours), University of Auckland

Thesis title: Behaviours and beliefs about pain and treatment among Chinese immigrants and other New Zealanders

Bachelor of Science (Psychology), University of Auckland