Fiona Choi, ACA

Fiona Choi is an ACA counsellor based in Sydney with 12 years of experience. She works with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Fiona focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, stress and low self-esteem, and she also helps people cope with grief and major life changes.

Fiona aims for a collaborative, client-centred style. She sees each person as the expert in their own life and looks for the strengths they already have. Sessions are tailored to what each person needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Her practical tools often draw on cognitive behavioural ideas alongside grounding and relaxation techniques. She uses these to help people manage overwhelming thoughts, calm their nervous system and build small routines that make life easier. Fiona keeps the work straightforward and skill-focused so clients can try things between sessions.

She has additional experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, body image and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She also supports people dealing with immigration-related stress, money worries, jealousy and family conflict.

Fiona has worked with children, adolescents and adults, and offers therapy designed to fit cultural and language needs. She acknowledges that starting therapy can feel hard and aims to make the process respectful and manageable for each person.

How Fiona’s approaches work well online

Fiona commonly uses cognitive behavioural ideas and grounding and relaxation techniques. Cognitive behavioural approaches help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Grounding and relaxation strategies teach simple body-based and breathing methods to calm strong emotions and manage stress in the moment.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Fiona works with each person to test what helps, adapting methods to fit goals, preferences and cultural context rather than assuming one method will suit everyone.

Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the original biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions to be scheduled around work or family commitments. It can also make shorter check-ins or written follow-ups simpler to arrange, and some people find it easier to practise grounding or breathing exercises from their chosen environment. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt tools and worksheets for remote sessions so people keep progress between meetings.