XiaoRan(Alice) Zhao (she/her)

Being an immigrant and minority in a foreign country, I personally experienced more systemic oppression. I related with clients who also experience in oppression

relationship and marriage issues normally come from anxiety or depression, it is what mainly clients deal with in their day to day lives.

I use CBT to analyze anxiety and we work together to identify the triggers

I use unconditional positive regards to treat clients as the main instrument, and they get to control the session.

During a brainspotting session, a trained therapist guides the client's attention to locate the brainspots related to their distress or trauma. These brainspots are typically identified through eye positions that correlate with the activation of emotional and somatic experiences. The therapist helps the client maintain their gaze on the identified brainspot while supporting them in exploring the associated thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations.

Life is life, and life happens with change. Let's find ways to understand it

Explore it with mindfulness base technique to understand the triggers of your anxiety

Using various techniques, mainly Brainspotting to heal trauma

Do you feel tired about work but still have to keep going with the bills, payments, and subscriptions that you have to pay? Do you realize that you don't have the empathy, love, or sadness that you have for the job that you used to be? You are also lost in the direction that you have in your career, having thoughts like is this worth it? Or is this worth it? These are all very normal emotions and thoughts to have when we have compassion fatigue.

We provide a safe and healing space for you to work on frightening and stressful experiences that happened to you in your past trauma, which can be childhood trauma or life-threatening accidents. It is common to experience a trauma response that includes fight, flight, and freeze, where it feels like shutting down, being flooded, or being overwhelmed. You may notice that you have thoughts such as blaming yourself for the stressful experience and having strong physical reactions.

Intergenerational trauma can be from your own childhood when you didn't get the attention and love you needed from your parents. You are not blamed for a dysfunctional family that you had to live in and when you become a parent you don't want to pass down those traits to your own children. You want to love, be present and enjoy the time together with them instead of avoidance, yelling, and punishment to them.

Emily specializes in supporting individuals and couples in polyamorous and open relationships. Through tailored therapy sessions, She helps clients navigate the complexities of multiple partnerships by fostering open communication, establishing healthy boundaries, and promoting mutual respect. By creating a safe and non-judgmental space, I work collaboratively with clients to address challenges, explore personal growth, and enhance relationship dynamics within the context of n

Marriage counseling with Gottman Method Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) combines assessments, communication skills training, and emotional exploration to help couples improve their relationship. Sessions focus on identifying negative patterns, understanding emotions, and building a deeper connection. Through structured conversations and interventions, couples work towards rebuilding trust, enhancing communication, and fostering a more secure and fulfilling bond.

DBT comes from a mindfulness-based third-wave perspective. I appreciate the natural incorporations of unconditional positive regard, authenticity, and self-respect. DBT feels comprehensive and allows for learning emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, and overall relationship building.

During EMDR sessions, clients are guided by a trained therapist to focus on distressing memories while simultaneously engaging in bilateral stimulation. This process allows the brain to integrate the traumatic memories with more adaptive information, enabling clients to develop new insights, perspectives, and coping mechanisms. Through EMDR, individuals can experience significant relief from symptoms associated with trauma, such as anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and hypervigilance.

I specialize in supporting individuals and couples in polyamorous and open relationships. Through therapy sessions, I help clients navigate the complexities of multiple partnerships by fostering open communication, establishing healthy boundaries, and promoting mutual respect. By creating a safe and non-judgmental space, I work collaboratively with clients to address challenges, explore personal growth, and enhance relationship dynamics within the context of non-traditional love structure