Mandarin Therapists in Monrovia, CA

你好，我是王粲子博士，我目前是美国加利福利亚州和威斯康辛州的一名持照心理学家（ License # PSY30284)。 我于2008年获得美国新泽西学院（The College of New Jersey）社区心理咨询硕士学位，2013年获得美国丹佛大学（University of Denver）的咨询心理学博士学位，并在2014年在美国密歇根大学心理咨询中心（University of Michigan Counseling & Psychological Services）完成博士后。我的博士论文是“大学生的抑郁和自杀行为：理解自尊和韧性的调节作用”。

您對自己的現狀感到不滿意嗎？不夠富裕、不夠聰明、不夠好看、不夠有成就、不夠喜悅、不夠淡定、不夠被關愛······ 有時不知所以然地陷入一種低落的情緒，不明白為何如此，更不知道如何解決。通過心理諮商，我可以跟您一起探索這些問題的根源，一起尋找可以帶來改變的方式。我們透過面談的方式，去面對您的孤獨、恐懼、壓力與擔心，一起度過這段困難的時期。

生活中感到处处不被理解，工作/学校关系受阻，亲密关系不稳定，遇到沟通障碍？不论您的年龄，文化程度，生长环境，我在这里为您解忧。欢迎您联系我，让我和您以及您所关爱的人一起，实现个人和亲密关系的突破。我可以讲中文和英文。

你是否曾在人群中仍旧感到孤独？你是否曾感觉伤痛没有尽头？你是否曾觉的内心空虚，怀疑人生的意义？你是否挣扎过纠结过，问过自己：我究竟为什么是这样？我到底想要什么？究竟哪里出了错？ 如果你看到这里，说明你多少是在寻找答案，属于你的答案。或许你想要跟父母和解，或许你想要理解子女，或许你想要在伴侣身上要一个答案，或许你想要成长为更好的自己。又或许你只是想能少难过一点。

如果你心里覺得苦惱，或長期為疼痛所困，或总是為健康問題擾心，或者你希望開展康莊的生活，却不知道如何著手，或者覺得没法激勵自己去改變，我都可以幫助你。 不論你是年輕人，或是長者，我會和你一起，專注、確認符合你價值觀的方向。

Joanna has 20 years of professional experience as a school psychologist and most currently as a licensed educational psychologist providing in-depth psychological, educational, socio-emotional, and behavioral support to children, adolescents, young adults, families, educators, professionals, and para-professionals in both the public and private sectors. Since 2001, she has served as a district psychologist across Los Angeles and Orange County providing detailed, comprehensive assessments & evaluations, trainings, consultation, and counseling for individuals and groups. Joanna is bilingual and converses in English & Mandarin Chinese .

I have 15 years of experience working with children and family, as well as individuals with mental illness. I worked with children that need to build up their social skills, communication skills and problem solving skills, as well as adults who are struggling with relational issues or achieve healthy emotional well-being. I am bi-cultural, fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin , and I am comfortable working with individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and ethnic groups.

With passion, I provide psychotherapy to individuals and people-in-relationships (couples, families, parent-child dyads) to improve relationship dynamics, heal from relational losses and difficulties, and restore potentials to be in relationships. Issues in treatment I specialize in include: grief and loss, trauma, parent-child bonding challenges, child behavioral management/parenting, depression, anxiety, interpersonal conflicts. Contact me if you are seeking help in topics relating to life transitions, self-esteem, personal growth, and cultural and faith-related struggles, including spiritual abuse. With an interpersonal and reflective approach, I consider it a privilege to embark in this journey with you.

You might be here because you are not feeling fulfilled with some aspects of your life or relationships. You are interested in learning about yourself on a deeper level and working towards having a more satisfying life. You might or might not have an idea what it would look like, and you need some guidance. Whether you are looking to deepen your relationship with yourself or relationships with others and the world around you, I am here to help. I can be the compass toward the positive changes you are looking for.

I am an International Certified Psychoanalyst in private practice with over 25 years of extensive clinical and educational experience with adolescents and adults of different backgrounds and cultures with various concerns. Since opening the doors of my private practice, I have provided patients with a wide range of mental health services. From small-scale circumstances to traumatic experiences - my services are personalized to suit everyone’s needs. My ideal clients want to deepen their connection, improve communication skills, heal emotional wounds, and rediscover the joy of life.

I have experience working with children, individuals, couples, families, and adolescents in therapy, Christian counseling, and pastoral counseling. With children, the focus of my experience have been play therapy and sand tray therapy, focusing on children with emotional and behavioral problems like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, depression, bipolar, self-mutilation/cutting, and anxiety disorder. I also have experience in working with individuals with depression, mood disorders, and anxiety, particularly with men's issues and addiction. In working with families and couples, I've focused on improving communications, creating better understanding for each other, and improving intimacy.

Pain can take a myriad of forms. You might feel crushed under the weight of self-loathing, wishing you could be anyone but yourself. Or perhaps you are stuck in a dark pit of sadness and loneliness, wondering when you will see the light. Maybe you are tired of being ruled by your anxiety or trauma. Or you are tormented by a fear of gaining weight and inhabiting a body you cannot stand.

At Soultenders, we have a variety of therapists with different backgrounds to offer individuals the opportunity to see how therapy works. It is not what is done, but rather how the therapeutic relationship feels that determines whether the therapy will work.

Hey! I'm Laura. I'm glad you are here. If you're feeling stuck in a certain area of your life and thinking of taking the first step in doing something about it-Good for you! My goal in therapy is not only to provide you a warm, nonjudgmental, and safe space to express your thoughts and concerns, but really, to also help you create a shift in order for our sessions to be valuable for your life. My intention is for you to walk out of my office and have gained clarity, strength, freedom and a renewed energy to accomplish your goals. Many of my clients express that they feel "lighter," at the end of our sessions.

You want to enjoy your relationships and reach your goals. However, some obstacles just keep blocking your success. Whether these obstacles are unresolved past issues, present crises, negative thoughts, challenging emotions, or unhealthy behaviors, they CAN be resolved and changed for the better. As a compassionate professional skilled in the therapeutic integration of brain science and many multimodal treatment approaches, I strive to provide a safe and effective environment for people to resolve their issues and find their strength.