Motivated by a deep commitment to the helping profession and a desire to make a lasting impact, Youssy Mikhaeil is an experienced psychotherapist, a highly skilled counsellor and educator. She has over ten years’ experience working in the Human Services, in both the government and non-government sectors. She holds post graduate qualifications in counselling (a Graduate Diploma of Counselling) from the Australian College of Applied Psychology, education (a Master of Education) and social work (a Master of Social Work- mental health) from the University of Western Sydney, combining her passion for advocacy, counselling and training.
Youssy is a registered clinical member of The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)) and has worked as part of a multidisciplinary team for many years as a drug and alcohol counsellor in the field of Addiction Medicine at one of Sydney’s largest public hospitals. She also specialises in trauma treatment, PTSD, developmental and complex trauma, and provided many in-house training sessions to nursing and medical staff in trauma-informed care and clinical best practice.
Youssy is an integrative therapist and draws upon a wide range of modalities when providing psychological support such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Existential Therapy and nervous system regulation. She is compassionate, non-judgemental, warm and vibrant. She firmly believes in equal access, social justice and that no one is beyond help.
Youssy’s personal philosophy and approach to therapy is strongly Humanistic in nature. She embraces the Rogerian person-centred strength-based model whereby the therapist is fully in touch with their own humanity in order to help others be in touch with theirs. Many of her clients find her methodology to be empowering and healing in facilitating change and wellbeing.