Biography

Hello, my name is Francis (he/him).

I am a diversity-friendly practitioner (Acupuncturist & Psychotherapist) on unceded Gadigal country.

As an Eastern medicine practitioner (Acupuncturist), I studied at SITCM (Sydney Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine) in 2021 as a natural complement to my somatic (body-focused) psychotherapy work and holistic health journey, and started private practice in 2026. My interests and modalities are in Neoclassical Acupuncture (Dr. Slate Burris) and Jing Fang Classical Herbal Formulas (formerly studying with Dr. Angus Chen). I have also studied Balance Systems Acupuncture (Dr. Sonia Tan) and the Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis System (Dr. Karen Bilton).

As a Clinical Psychotherapist, I have been working one-on-one with adults (18 years and over) since 2012, on issues dealing with change, relationships, identity, inner-soul-work, culture, gender, spirituality, sexuality, etc. Although the way I work begins with where people are at and what brings them in for therapy, my theoretical frameworks and interests are in psychodynamic (Jungian), somatic (body-focussed), creative (gestalt), IFS, person-centred, and existential therapies.

Positioning Statement (abridged)

In the spirit of creating safer spaces, international best-practice guidelines recommend therapeutic self-disclosure and positioning statements, especially for folks who may come from marginalised backgrounds.

I am a gay, cisgender man, a person of colour, born into culturally-diverse South-East Asia. Having been educated in an international school, I migrated to Australia in my teens. I started my own personal psychotherapy journey after some painful life lessons about relationships, and about myself. So I found a therapist who I felt understood me, and I enrolled in a masters degree in psychotherapy and counselling. I joined the Australian Somatic Psychotherapy Association (ASPA) in 2012 and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) since 2017.

Since 2012, I have volunteered with various rainbow communities including Twenty10, the Queer Meditation Sydney community, and ACON’s Asian Gay Men’s project. From 2017-2021, I joined the Imanadari Counselling team. In 2018 I was admitted to the Australian Progress Fellowship for my work with faith and multicultural communities during the Marriage Equality Yes Campaign. In 2019 I undertook professional supervision training with the Centre for Existential Practice.

Dr. Francis Voon (TCM)

PACFA Reg. Clinical, M Couns App Psych, B TCM, BA, Grad Dip Ed, B Theol, Dip Bus, CPE

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