Therapy that meets you where you are
Hello, I'm Evelyn (she/her) — an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), trauma therapist, and the founder of Lam Wellbeing.
I work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds who are navigating complex, layered mental health experiences — people who have often found that mainstream services didn't quite reach them. Many of my clients are from Vietnamese, Asian, migrant, and refugee communities, or grew up as first or second-generation Australians managing the particular challenges of living between cultures: family expectations, identity, belonging, and the weight of things that often go unspoken.
My work is grounded in lived experience. I navigated my own mental health challenges and family difficulties growing up, and I understand what it means to carry something heavy in contexts where help-seeking feels complicated — culturally, practically, and emotionally. That experience shapes how I show up in the room. It's not background detail. It's the foundation of how I practice.
I hold a Master's degree and have specialised training in trauma-informed therapy, DBT, ACT, and narrative approaches. I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), which means clients can access Medicare rebates for sessions with a GP referral and Mental Health Care Plan. I work in both English and Vietnamese, and I bring genuine cultural understanding to every session — not as a courtesy, but as a clinical commitment.
I currently provide therapy to:
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Adults and young people (12–25) from multicultural and Vietnamese-Australian backgrounds
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People recovering from domestic and family violence
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Clients navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, BPD, OCD, and intergenerational patterns
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First and second-generation Australians working through bicultural identity and family conflict
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Vietnamese community members seeking bilingual, culturally safe support
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My approach — what actually happens in our work together
My approach is integrative and person-centred, which means I don't arrive with a fixed program. I draw from evidence-based frameworks — DBT, ACT, narrative therapy, trauma-focused approaches, and motivational interviewing — and I adapt these to what genuinely fits you, including your cultural background, family context, and the specific way your challenges show up in your life.
I believe healing is shaped by more than symptoms. Culture, family systems, community belonging, migration history, and intergenerational patterns all live in the body and the story — and they all belong in the therapy room.
In practice, this means I work to help you:
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Understand your experiences within your cultural and family context, not despite it
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Build skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and self-compassion that fit your real life
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Explore the root causes of distress, including intergenerational and systemic factors
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Reprocess trauma safely, at a pace that is led by you
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Examine inherited narratives about yourself and your family — and begin to choose which ones to carry forward
When words aren't enough — creative and expressive approaches
For some clients, the most significant experiences are the hardest to articulate. I incorporate art therapy, mindfulness-based movement, and expressive practices where clinically appropriate — not as a replacement for talk therapy, but as an additional pathway into material that can be difficult to reach through language alone.
This is particularly relevant for clients whose trauma is pre-verbal, whose cultural background places limits on direct emotional disclosure, or who simply find that creative expression opens something that conversation alone doesn't reach.
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Clinical supervision for social workers — including culturally diverse practitioners
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Social work supervision plays a vital role in maintaining safe practice, reflective capacity, and professional wellbeing — particularly for practitioners working in complex, emotionally demanding spaces like DFV, youth mental health, and child protection.
I also have a particular interest in supporting social workers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are navigating professional identity, cross-cultural practice, and the unique pressures of working in systems that were not designed with them in mind.
I provide supervision that is:
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Reflective — creating space to examine practice, ethics, and emotional impact
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Supportive — assisting with debriefing, boundaries, and well-being
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Practical — offering guidance on assessments, risk management, and case formulation
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Career-focused — helping you gain clarity on pathways, transitions, and professional goals
With extensive experience across youth mental health, DFV, child protection, and working with families, I tailor supervision to your evolving needs and regularly review goals to ensure growth and confidence.
Low Cost Supervision for Social Work Students & Graduates
I offer affordable supervision for social work students and new graduates experiencing financial hardship.
Support includes help with placement challenges, reflective practice, job search preparation, and transitioning into the workforce.
If you're interested, feel free to email me to discuss options.