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Multicultural & CALD-affirming therapy — Melbourne & telehealth

Therapy that doesn't start with explaining your culture.

Explaining your cultural background before you can even get to the real issue is its own kind of exhausting. Unison’s clinicians have trained and lived across South Africa, Malaysia, France, Canada, the UK, the US, and Australia — actual range, not one hire ticking a box — so a lot of that context doesn’t need explaining from scratch.

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Who this is for

  • Clients specifically looking for a CALD or culturally diverse therapist
  • People whose last therapist flattened their background into a footnote, or missed it entirely
  • Anyone whose family, faith, or community expectations shape the work in ways a generalist practice tends to miss
  • Clients who just want this one thing to be simple

What to expect

  • Clinicians with lived and trained experience across South Africa, Malaysia, France, Canada, the UK, the US, and Australia
  • Specific training in multicultural and CALD-informed practice, not just personal background
  • Room to bring in extended family, faith, or cultural context without a raised eyebrow
  • Online across Australia, or in person in Carlton

Why Unison, not a generalist clinic?

Most practices can point to one clinician when a client asks for someone who understands their background. Unison’s team has lived and trained across seven countries between them — South Africa, Malaysia, France, Canada, the UK, the US, and Australia — plus specific training in multicultural and CALD-informed practice. That range isn’t a recruiting accident; it’s what happens when a practice built for people whose lives don’t fit a single mould keeps growing the same way.

Therapists who work in this space

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JC Christoff

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker · they/them

JC is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Medicare provider with over 20 years' experience. They specialise in offering deeply affirming, non-judgemental spaces for LGBTQIA+, non-binary, trans, polyamorous, and kink-aligned individuals.

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Nicki Nelis

Counsellor · she/her

Nicki is a Gestalt therapist with nearly 20 years of experience helping young people and adults navigate life's complex transitions. She provides a warm, relational space to explore identity, self-esteem, grief, and relationship patterns.

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Nash Mbani

Mental Health Nurse & Holistic Counsellor · she/her

Nash is a South African-born, Melbourne-based therapist with over 20 years of experience as a registered psychiatric nurse. She blends clinical nursing expertise with holistic counselling, focusing on somatic healing and nervous system regulation.

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Natasha Lama

Counsellor & Sex Therapist · she/her

Natasha is a registered psychotherapist with a Master's in Counselling and specialised clinical training in sex therapy. She offers inclusive sex therapy, multicultural counselling, and sex-positive, relationship-diverse care.

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Malan van der Walt

Registered Psychologist · he/him

Malan is an AHPRA-registered psychologist and a queer-identifying practitioner who brings genuine lived understanding to the therapeutic work with LGBTQIA+ clients and communities. His approach is warm and relational, drawing on EMDR and ACT alongside psychodynamic approaches, and moving at the client's pace. With over a decade in mental health, Malan works with adults through anxiety, depression, ADHD and neurodivergence, grief, and trauma.

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Meg Wilson

Founder, Psychotherapist · she/her

Meg is the founder and lead psychotherapist for Unison. For over a decade, she has integrated clinical psychotherapy with creative art therapies and systemic relationship models, with a special focus on non-typical relationship structures.

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Ready when you are.

Start with a free 15-minute fit call — a real conversation with a therapist, not a sales pitch. If it isn’t the right fit, we’ll say so and point you somewhere better.

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