Yihhsing Liu (中文: 劉懿馨)

Ph.D., LPC, NCC

My clinical practice is informed by principles of humanistic psychology with the following focuses: psychodynamics, cultural relational process, and trauma-focused framework. I believe in the power of therapeutic discourses that facilitate clients to discover unspoken thoughts and emotions related to their issues.

I help clients to make meaningful connections and integrate thoughts, feelings, and actions given a situated culture and context. Additionally, I help clients explore meanings and patterns from a variety of roles they may identify with while developing creative mechanisms to respond to contextual and systematic stressors. My overarching treatment direction is to promote insight and adaptability for clients in each unique healing journey.

I have practiced psychotherapy and clinical mental health counseling in various types of treatment facilities in the United States since 2010. I offered individual as well as group counseling in the areas of mood disturbances, maladaptive behaviors, crisis & trauma, relationship issues, identity issues, and substance abuse. I practiced psychiatric nursing as a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Registered Professional Nurse (RPN) in both child & adolescent and adult in-patient units at the designated psychiatric treatment center in the city of Taipei, aka Taipei City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Taiwan from 1999 to 2004. Additionally, I served as a clinical faculty in the program of Counselor Education at Duquesne University (2015-2024). I provided teaching, training, and clinical supervision for counselors-in-training and supervisors-in-training on a regular basis throughout my academic appointments.

I offer services for a variety of mental health issues from brief interventions to long term psychotherapy.

I am a native speaker of Mandarin and offer bilingual therapy.

Age Groups

Specialties

• Emotional issues
• Relational issues
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Dual diagnosis
• Trauma and PTSD
• Grief
• Identity
• Gender and sexuality

Can Also Work With

• Body image issues

Insurances Covered:

• Highmark

• Optum

• Aetna

• Cigna

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