Asteria Fu (she/her)

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I help first-generation and neurodivergent clients loosen perfectionism, understand family patterns and make room for themselves.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

You may be the person everyone relies on—capable, responsible and used to holding it together. Underneath, anxiety, perfectionism, trauma or relationship patterns may leave you second-guessing yourself, shutting down or feeling unseen. Family and cultural expectations can make it harder to know what you need or set boundaries without guilt. I work with adolescents, adults, couples and families in English and Mandarin.

My Background and Approach

My style is warm, honest and collaborative. I combine practical tools with deeper exploration, drawing from EMDR, IFS, somatic work, CBT, DBT, ACT, family systems, attachment-based, narrative and expressive approaches. We may trace a present reaction to an older protective pattern, practice regulation or communication skills, or find a creative way to express what is difficult to put into words. I explain the “why,” gently challenge you and adapt the pace, structure and medium to how you connect best.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

As a first-generation, bicultural and neurodivergent clinician, I am attentive to how identity, family and belonging shape what we carry. I know that adaptation can be a strength and also make it difficult to recognize your own limits or needs. I believe therapy should not become another place where you have to perform. It can be a place to understand what protected you, decide what still fits and build a life with more room for culture, creativity and the way your mind actually works.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Internal Family Systems Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
ADHD Therapists Anxiety Depression
Other Issues
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anxiety
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief or Loss
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Issues
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: Less than a year
  • Languages: English, 中文 (普通话)

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