Kia Yin MA EdM (she/her)

“I am new to therapy and Kia has been helping me alot, she’s really patient and kind and I feel comfortable sharing with her. Wish I had met her sooner.”

Working together…

As a first-generation immigrant from China with years of experience working across diverse cultures, I bring curiosity and sensitivity to every encounter. I understand how challenging it can get to be in between cultures, feeling that you don’t neatly fit into either one or the other.

My clients are often high achievers who attended elite universities, struggling with a persistent sense of inadequacy and dissatisfaction. Regardless of their accomplishments, there is an enduring feeling that something is missing or an acute fear of failure.

By holding a compassionate space for you to connect with the parts of yourself that feel unseen and unloved, you will begin to make peace with the critical voice within and gain a greater sense of self-acceptance while moving your life in the direction of your values.

Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I can help you learn practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and depression, resolve inner conflict, and increase assertiveness and a sense of fulfillment in your life.

As a couples therapist, I work with couples on improving communications, navigating conflicts, cultivating deep mutual understanding, and building secure attachment within the relationship.

I offer therapy in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

我深深理解移民和留學生活的種種不易。我可以和你一起探討人在異鄉、遠離親人的艱辛，幫助你面對語言、種族、文化差異帶來的挑戰。也許你時常感到焦慮，覺得不自信、不敢爭取，或總在親密關係中感到不安，我會和你一起努力，幫助你「學」會自信，「學」會幸福。

Education and experience…

Before becoming a therapist, I was a product marketing manager at Google with nine years of corporate experience. I also worked as a crisis hotline counselor, a Design Your Life trainer and facilitator, and a consultant for an NGO.

Therapy helped me identify and live in line with my values, which has led to many changes, including my choice to be a therapist and a life with increased fulfillment.

I hold a BA in Media and Cultural Studies from Brown University. I hold an MA in Behavioral Sciences and an Ed.M in Mental Health Counseling from Columbia University.

Reach out today.

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