Miya Yamanouchi is an empowerment counsellor with specialist sex & relationship training, dedicated to assisting people to embrace their inner strength and live an inspired and vibrant life, irrespective of perceived limitations. Miya currently works as Head Counsellor at a university in Sydney and as Psychological Skills Trainer & Group Therapy Facilitator (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) at a private psychiatric hospital in Sydney, Australia.
Drawing upon a combination of her creative gifts, psychological skills and rather unconventional life experiences, Miya supports individuals to cultivate their personal power through helping them accept and value their unique self, take action despite fear, and view adversity as life's greatest teacher.
Miya has practiced in a variety of specialist counselling roles both while undertaking her clinical training and honing her skills as a health professional, including Sex & Relationships Counsellor (The Australasian Institute of Sexual Health Medicine), Sexual Health Counsellor (Impotence Australia) , Relationship Communication Consultant (MY Counselling Service Australia), Drug&Alcohol Counsellor(DrugArm Australasia) and International Student Counsellor (The Australian Institute of Professional Education).
Miya is also a published author and writer of inspirational quotes and self-help articles. Miya’s inspirational sentiments and personal development articles have have been published across the globe in everything from textbooks such as Community & Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice (3rd edition); Investigating Social Problems (1st edition); and Childhood Trauma and the Non-Alpha Male-Gender Role Conflict, Toxic Shame, and Complex Trauma: Finding Hope, Clarity, Healing and Change; to online magazines including Women’s Health Magazine, Yahoo!Style, WordPorn, and The Huffington Post. Her most popular article to date has been shared over 34.4K times on YourTango alone.
Currently studying a postgraduate degree in Communication, Miya is enjoying further developing her knowledge and expertise in the field of communication to better assist her clients.
