I'm glad that you're looking for help with whatever brought you here. I believe that therapy can be a supportive space for you and I to explore your journey. I facilitate this exploration through being attentive to you and your needs, noticing the effects of your experiences on your sense of self. We can also examine together how culture, society, and family influence our worlds, emotions, and identities. I've been practicing in school and community based settings since 2018, and received my independent license in 2023. Through working with a wide range of ages and populations, I've came to appreciate how hurt and pain are hard to carry alone, and I'm honored to be present on that journey with you. I also offer services in both English and Mandarin/Chinese. Sliding fee appointments for those in need.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, we will start with a brief introduction and basic information about counseling relationship. We will explore the reasons and focus of being in therapy and how I may be a resource for you moving forward.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My greatest strengths as a therapist is my ability to be attentive and consistent for individuals who may be lacking this in their lives, and supporting my clients through their therapy journey.
About Li-Ling Yu
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Eclectic
Throughout the therapy journey I strive to meet each individual where they are in the moment in order to best inform the direction and interventions that may be most helpful. This allows a level of flexibility in session that can be useful in a multitude of situations and presentations, from maintaining the therapeutic space to listen and reflect to direct psycho-education needs.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
While ACT is a broad and deep theory that can be adapted to many situations, I like explaining it as a structure within which we can organize experiences and begin to identify where change can occur. Through this we can develop agency, and also a deep appreciation for the aspects of life that may be immutable.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Maintaining a Person-Centered approach is a core component of the therapeutic space in my work. This often show up through mutual trust, engagement, and active listening throughout our time together. Through this processing you can expect this way of being to consistently generate awareness for both of us regarding what is important to attend to.
EMDR
EMDR utilizes a combination of "bottom-up" somatic processing with cognitive components in order to generate change and adaptation within trauma stories and their effects. This often takes the form of somatic skills, bi-lateral stimulation, and cognitive installation.
Trauma Informed Care
Informing all of my care models, navigating the personal and societal effects of trauma is an integral lens from which we can understand how stories and events of trauma influence our daily lives. By attending to these hopefully we can generate new ways of understanding these influences to more adaptively engage in personal domains, and the communities we reside in.
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