Qinwei Veronica Zhang

You are taking a very courageous step to explore how therapy can be of help, and I know it can be an anxious and overwhelming process. I try to make the process feel as easy and safe as possible by providing clear communications and being open to answer any questions you might have about the process. Email (veronica@innerhealingtherapypa.org) is the best way to reach me since I am usually in sessions with clients during the day. I currently do not accept new clients and might have openings in August/ September. If you are a prospective client seeking counseling/therapy/consultation services, please feel free to include your availability, main problem and concerns that you would like to work through, insurance if you plan on using insurance, and if you have a preference for in person or telehealth sessions in your email and I will get back to you within three days. If you have any urgent needs or concerns and would like to speak with someone immediately. Please call 911 or consider using these resources. https://988lifeline.org/ https://www.crisistextline.org/ Current availability: Monday 8am to 4pm Tuesday 8am to 4pm Wednesday 8am to 3pm Saturday 8am to 2pm Sunday 8am-10am I offer both in-person and telehealth sessions on Mondays and Saturdays and telehealth only sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Services Offered: - Individual Counseling/ Therapy for adults ages 18+ - Individual Supervision and consultation for mental health professionals who are accumulating clinical hours to get LCSW - Private Practice Startup and Career Consultation for mental health therapists Who am I? I am Veronica, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania and bilingual therapist (English and Mandarin Chinese) with over seven years experiences working in the mental health field. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Child, Youth, and Family Studies from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (minors: German and sociology) and a Master of Social Work specializing in clinical mental health from University of Pittsburgh. Prior to starting my own practice, I worked at the University Counseling Center at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Center for Eating Disorders. In my free time. I enjoy reading, cooking, writing, traveling, and spending time with animals. I want to share with my clients... Life is a journey full of surprises, experiences and challenges, and sometimes we all need some support and guidance along the way. I do not see my clients as people with problems and diagnosis, but individuals who hold unique life stories, identities, and strengths. I have most experience working with clients struggling with academic and professional stress, relationship and family issues and conflicts, traumas, emotion regulation, depressive and anxiety symptoms, eating disorders and neurodivergence and executive functioning challenges. Many of my clients started therapy with me because they: - Struggled with anxiety, depressive or eating disorder symptoms and would like to understand more about what triggered and perpetuated the cycle of symptoms and acquire tools to effectively manage them. - are under lots of stress, are overthinkers, or perfectionists who feel depleted and burnt out but feel they cannot stop and are afraid of not living up to others' expectations. - are grappling with the complex and layered meaning and dynamics that come along with the intersectionality of their identities, including, for example, being Asian and Asian American, immigrants, international students, neurodivergence. - wanted to understand more about how relationship problems with loved ones, family and friends started and escalated and how they can start taking actions to build more satisfying relationships. - would like to have a safe space to process through and heal from previous traumas and hurtful experiences and live a life that feels safe, meaningful, and free from past trauma’s lurking shadows. - Wanted to improve their ability to understand and deal with their emotions in a healthy way and improve their emotional resiliency. How do I Help? I am a holistic, relational and humanistic therapist who will create a safe, curious, confidential and non-judgmental space to support you in working through your challenges. Based on your individual strengths, needs and problems, I strive to incorporate interventions from different models of therapy rather than "manualizing" our time together. I believe the healing power of therapy is harnessed through the process of us building a genuine and trusting relationship and us taking a curious stance together to get to know your inner experiences. I believe my role encompasses offering you a safe space to process and make sense of your past experiences and supporting you in creating a life that feels intentional, empowering, meaningful and rich for you. I believe every client has their innate strengths, talents and resources that you might feel disconnected from due to stress and traumas. I do not just offer tools to help you feel better now, collaboratively, we will take a step further and explore the patterns and meaning of your emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and relationships. We will also get to the root of the problem and explore how past experiences have shaped you for who you are. I will help you gain insights and clarity to your current situations and connect you with your inner resources and strengths so that you feel empowered and free to write your own life story. While I believe short-term therapy can be helpful for some clients, I gravitate more towards longer-term therapy. I find it usually takes time to help clients build a sense of trust and safety in our therapy relationship, as well as to strengthen their inner resources before they feel emotionally safe enough to explore longstanding patterns and problems. You could read more about the therapeutic interventions and clinical approaches I utilize at the bottom of this page under "approaches". Please feel free to email or call me if you have any questions or would like to explore if I am the right fit for you as a therapist. 中文介绍 我叫Veronica/沁薇，是一名双语心理咨询师。我拥有内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的儿童、青少年和家庭研究理学学士学位（辅修德语和社会学），以及匹兹堡大学临床心理健康专业的社会工作硕士学位。在创办自己的诊所之前，我曾在匹兹堡大学(University of Pittsburgh)的心理咨询中心和匹兹堡大学的医学中心（UPMC）的进食障碍科工作。在空闲时间，我喜欢阅读、烹饪、写作、旅行、还有和小动物待在一起。 我青少年时期来从中国来到美国，如今在美国生活了十几年，我也曾在德国和巴西生活过，自我认同为一名跨文化人和第一代在美移民。我不把我的来访者看作有问题和诊断的人，而是拥有独特故事、身份和优势的个体。我有经验和来访者一起工作的议题包括： - 学业和职场压力 - 跨文化和身份认同 - 人际关系，亲密关系，和家庭问题 - 创伤 - 情绪和压力调节 - 抑郁和焦虑症状 - 进食障碍 - 神经多样性 我的来访者通常因为以下的原因开始心理咨询： - 在焦虑、抑郁或饮食障碍症状方面挣扎，想了解更多关于触发和维持症状循环的因素，并获得有效管理它们的工具。 - 觉得自己在承受着巨大的压力，他们可能总会过度思考或追求完美，感到精疲力尽和倦怠，但总觉得停不下来，深怕自己让他人失望。 - 想要探索身份认同，文化认同和文化适应等等议题 - 想了解更多关于与亲人，爱人和朋友关系问题的起因，和为何矛盾会持续或者升级，以及如何打破消极的循环，去解决它们，以建立更令人满意的关系。 - 感觉过去的一些创伤还没有被完全消化，想拥有一个安全的空间来处理和治愈过去的创伤和被伤害经历，过上安全、有意义、摆脱过去创伤阴影的生活。 - 想改善理解和处理情绪的能力，以健康的方式提高情绪韧性。 我的咨询风格：以依恋&人本主义理论为基础，咨询关系为导向，根据来访者的需求和人生故事融入不同的咨询技术，包括DBT, Psychodynamic, IFS, EMDR, CBT等等。除了带给你一些可能可以帮助你管理目前的（比如焦虑，惊恐发作，抑郁）症状的技巧之外，我希望与你去探索这些症状下面的问题的根源。我们一起消化和整合困扰你的事情表象之下的那些可能封存了很久的，没有被消化的记忆，故事和创伤。 同时，我不会执着于过去，而是希望通过帮助来访者探索和消化过去未完成的一些记忆这种方式，让你和现在的这个自己产生更多的连接，感受到更多的力量感，意识到你现在所拥有的资源，优势和勇气。根据来访者不同的需求，我也可能会介绍给他们一些也许对你来说有用的，可以帮你更好的理解你现在所经历的，一些研究和信息，还有一些情绪管理，沟通和人际交往的技巧等等。 通过我们一起创造和探索和我们的这段关系，我将帮助你更多地了解你的内在体验和内心世界，以便你获得对当前情况和生活更多的理解和觉察，从而促成你可以开始展开对你而言具有赋权感的行动。我希望可以给你带来一种安全感，希望感和赋能感，支持你摆脱那些过去带来的沉重的阴影和枷锁，与你一起创造一个你现在就可以拥有的值得过的&有意义的人生。 需要注意的是，心理咨询不是一个速成的过程，需要较长期的投入（3个月及以上），因为它是一个需要我们双方建立信任，彼此合作，帮你更好的了解你自己的过程。虽然我相信短期治疗有可能对来访者有帮助，但我更倾向于中长期治疗。我发现帮助来访者在我们的治疗关系中建立信任和安全感需要时间。而且在心理咨询的初期，在来访者准备好探索长期模式和问题，或者更复杂的议题之前之前，我通常需要一些时间帮助来访者建立他们当前的资源，让他们在咨询关系和空间中感到安全。就像教练教授学员游泳的时候，在学员尝试在深水区游泳之前，教练会在浅水区教给学员一些注意事项和技巧，让他们的浅水区练习，等她们掌握了怎样在浅水区安全的游泳后，我们再去深水区。 你可以在本页面底部的“治疗方法”部分阅读更多关于我使用的治疗干预和临床方法的信息。如果你有任何问题或想探索我们是否匹配，请随时通过电子邮件或电话与我联系。