Jia Rebecca Li

Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, JD

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Jia Rebecca Li

Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, JD

(650) 275-6912
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I specialize in couples therapy and grief work (death/loss/trauma, end of life, and major life transitions). Additionally, as a bilingual therapist (Mandarin/English), I work with Chinese/Asian/multi-race families to address multigenerational issues, parenting challenges and cultural conflicts. In addition to my training and experiences in psychotherapy, my work is informed by my prior career in the intensely demanding law/finance/startups sectors which has helped me appreciate the enormous stress and complexity in the work/life dynamics facing many of my clients, sometimes seemingly as a result of their very own success.
Couples therapy must attend to not one, but two individuals AND their conflicted relationship, presenting challenges unfamiliar to therapists not trained in this modality. I'm trained with the Gottman Method (level 2) and with the very dynamic Developmental Model (Couples Institute, Menlo Park, CA) and also incorporate EFT and other approaches in my work.
My work with grief/loss/life transition started at Kara (Palo Alto) where I worked with a wide range of losses as a grief therapist and facilitated spouse-loss and suicide survivors groups. I help clients safely experience different grief emotions, identify distress patterns, challenge assumptions, develop coping skills and recreate meaning and connections.
我是加州持照执业的"婚姻及家庭心理治疗和疏导师“ （Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)。 我工作的三个重点专注领域包括： 1）丧亲悲哀疏导、以及其他重大人生变迁的心理疏导，包括疾病、失业、家庭重组、人生阶段过度（如青春期、中年、衰老）、学习和工作挫折、退休等；2）中美文化过渡、文化差异、移民家庭及双种族家庭的冲突，3）伴侣和婚姻矛盾疏导及婚前咨询 （完成了著名的Gottman Institute的 II 级培训、及加州Couple's Institute的专业培训）。在个人生活和人际关系的这些困难时刻，焦虑症、抑郁症等多种临床症状是常见的，有的还是长期的，都属心理治疗范围内。在治疗过程中，我作为治疗师会从个人、家庭、文化和社会的多角度去倾听和理解疏导方的经历、帮助疏导方认识和体验其复杂的情感、和疏导方一起去掌握其内在和外在冲突和矛盾的模式、培养新的自我调整的能力。这个过程中，疏导方会重新认识他/她的得失和困扰、增强其内在的应急和自我调整能力、更深入地感受和发掘生活的过程。如果疏导方失去了亲人，这个过程中他/她也会逐步去寻找和建立跟亲人的更深远、更长久的联系。疏导方跟痛苦、困扰和压力的关系是可以改变、它们对其生活的影响也可以改变。
我在中国出生长大、在中美两地接受高等教育、又在中美港三地工作多年，对中西文化的差异和关联、移民家庭和双种族家庭的文化矛盾和冲突都有切身体验和长期观察。文化的因素对我们自我认识、对我们家庭的影响不是孤立或静止的、它发生在你的原生家庭关系、你的整个个人成长过程、以及你跟周边生活和工作中其他人的关系之中。这些问题对生活在美国或跨国生活的中国家庭是常见的、影响多代人的问题。心理治疗是我的第二职业；此前，我在法律、投资和商业领域都有多年的跨国工作经验，目前又在硅谷工作和生活，深知现代人生活的困扰、工作和生活之间的矛盾、家庭和社会高期望值的压力。这些体验和观察都是我心理工作的极有价值的经验和文化基础。
虽然心理治疗和疏导表面上是西方文化的产物、靠西方心理学家和哲学家创导而来，其实它深受东方理念的影响、主要理论也在逐步吸收很多东方文化的哲理。当今的心理治疗的主导思想也意识到，纯分析性思维、以解决问题为主导的治疗方式常常是治表不治根，而治疗师要达到对客人的深入了解和建立紧密关系，一定是建立在文化思维的共鸣和认可基础上、通过整合理智+情感+感受、结合人际关系的全方位的联系；而且，心理治疗和疏导的成功也依赖于“改变+认可”的一个健康的、辩证的平衡和结合，这也正是东方文化的精华之一。

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  • Cost per Session: $160+
  • Sliding Scale: Yes
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Qualifications

  • License: California / 119101
  • School: Palo Alto University

Additional Credentials

  • Degree: The University of Chicago / M.A. in Cognitive Psychology
  • Degree: The University of Chicago Law School / J.D. in Law

Location

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Portola Valley, CA 94028
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Specialties
  • Grief
  • Relationship Issues
  • Life Transitions
Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Career Counseling
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Parenting
  • Self Esteem
  • Stress
Mental Health
  • Mood Disorders

Client Focus

Ethnicity: Asian and Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak: Mandarin
Age
  • Elders (65+)
  • Adults
  • Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
  • Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Dialectical (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Family / Marital
  • Gottman Method
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Narrative
  • Psychodynamic
  • Strength-Based
  • Trauma Focused
Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Group

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Last Modified: 3 Nov 2020
Jia Rebecca Li, LMFT, MA, JD, Marriage & Family Therapist in Portola Valley

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Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, JD

(650) 275-6912
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