Meet Your Therapist
Hi, I’m Eunice Cheung.
I grew up between Hong Kong and Sydney.
Too Asian in Australia.
Too White in Hong Kong.
Living between cultures meant constantly adapting to different expectations about identity, success, and family loyalty.
For a long time, it felt like I didn’t fully belong in either culture.
I felt like I had to choose between two worlds.
But over time I realised something important:
The goal isn’t to reject your culture.
And it’s not to blindly follow it either.
The real work is learning how to integrate both worlds while still becoming your own person.
That tension is something many Asian millennials quietly carry.
And it shapes far more of our relationships than we realise.
The Pattern I See Again and Again
Many of the clients I work with grew up in families where emotional needs were rarely spoken about directly.
Love was often expressed through sacrifice, responsibility, and achievement and sliced fruits.
Over time, this creates a confusing dynamic:
You care deeply about your family
but you also feel pressure, guilt, or emotional distance.
You want independence
but you also want connection.
Many people think something is wrong with them for feeling this way.
But in reality, these are intergenerational patterns playing out.
When we understand those patterns, we gain the ability to respond differently.
My Background
I was born in Hong Kong and spent my childhood moving between Hong Kong and Sydney.
Experiencing both cultures shaped my interest in identity, relationships, and the ways family expectations influence how we see ourselves.
Today, I work with Asian millennials across Australia, Hong Kong and internationally who are navigating similar tensions between family loyalty, personal identity, and relational growth.
A little about Eunice:
“Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you ends up to be a blessing.”
I experienced a sports injury that prevented me from working out when covid first hit in 2020, which was a devastating experience for me as it was my biggest coping mechanism. During that time, I had lost myself, my identity and lost hope in everything because there was nothing I can do to change the situation. All I can do was wait…After 8 months, I finally came to terms with my injury and started to accept what I can and cannot do. This experienced provided me with a lived experience of hopelessness and I wish I had the courage to seek help at the time but I didn’t. It could have made a big difference to my mental health if I had.
I came out of this experience more wise and mature and I look back on it with a grateful heart for those who have continued to support me during that time and my surgeon, who helped repair my injury, allowing me to workout again, without pain. Therefore, I want you to know that you are never alone in your struggles, don’t be afraid to reach out and don’t underestimate the power of sharing and being heard in your difficult times. Let me be the one to guide and work through the waves with you, together.
It can be incredibly helpful to have an insight on why it is that we do what we do in situations. We can take control by seeking guidance and support for our mental health. It is something I wish I did earlier. I had to learn it the hard way.
My background
I was born and raised in Hong Kong until age 9, then I moved to Sydney, Australia to study primary school. I then moved back to Hong Kong after year 8 to be with my family and attended an international school where I completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) for year 11-12. Moving back and forth between both cultures was extremely difficult and I struggled to fit in and always felt as if I belonged elsewhere - especially during a time where friendships were pivotal. At the time, I felt like I had an identity crisis, which I actually wrote a paper on - how adolescents’ social and personal concepts of identity affected by immigration as part of the IBDP course, writing a 3000 words essay on a topic of choice. Studying psychology gave me an insight into some of the struggles I was experiencing which led me to pursue it further in University - because I wanted to understand my experiences, make sense of it and to be able to help myself through difficult times.