About Mira Dong
Clinical Background
Mira is a clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She holds a Master of Clinical Psychology from Australia and a Master of Counselling Psychology from South Korea.
With more than a decade of experience across both countries, Mira has worked across diverse settings, including schools, public inpatient units, outpatient hospital services, a private eating disorder clinic, university counselling centres, and high school counselling teams. This breadth of experience allows her to support clients with depth, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity.
Mira also works on a sessional basis within a public hospital inpatient unit specialising in severe and longstanding eating disorders, providing psychological treatment for individuals with complex and acute presentations.
In addition to her clinical work, Mira is a current university lecturer, teaching postgraduate psychology students in South Korea on cognitive therapy, eating disorder treatment, and core psychotherapy skills. She regularly facilitates lectures and workshops for both domestic and international graduate students.
Therapeutic Approach
Mira understands that wanting to change and being able to change are often very different experiences. Even when someone is genuinely motivated to feel or respond differently, another part of them may still feel resistant, protective, or afraid. She sees this not as a lack of effort but as a natural and understandable response shaped by one’s life history.
Her therapeutic stance is grounded in the belief that whatever is in the way is the way.
Every emotion, reaction, or struggle that shows up—whether in life or in the therapy room—holds meaningful information about a person’s inner world and protective patterns.
Mira works from a place of compassion, curiosity, and unconditional acceptance, creating a therapeutic environment where clients feel safe enough to explore their experiences without judgment. She integrates evidence-based approaches including:
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Schema Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Polyvagal-informed therapy
• Mindfulness-based practices
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and paced gently to match each client’s needs, values, and cultural context.
Personal Values & Self-Care Practices
Mira is a strong advocate for self-compassion, self-understanding, and embracing imperfection—not only in her work with clients, but in her own life.
Her personal well-being practices include cold ocean swims, weight training, piano and music writing, reading, journaling, and creative expression. These activities help her reconnect with herself, honour her internal world, and maintain emotional balance. At home, she shares life with her two beloved black cats, who bring warmth, humour, and comfort to her days.
Bilingual in Korean and English, Mira is committed to delivering culturally responsive therapy that feels safe, accessible, and inclusive—particularly for individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those navigating migration, or those living between cultures and identities.
Her goal is simple:
To offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you can reconnect with yourself, understand what you’re carrying, and move toward a life that feels steadier, more meaningful, and more your own.