Yaping Anderson (She/Her/Hers)

Anxiety is the most common mental struggle in the United States. Perhaps anxiety has been creeping into all areas of your life. It seems that the more you try to get rid of anxiety, the more it invades your life. As you try more ways to escape your anxiety or anxiety-inducing situations, you find yourself participating less and less in the life you want to live. Therapy can help you proudly reclaim inner peace and confidently flow with the ebbs and flows of life.

Do you ever feel low, unhappy, sad, or hopeless, as if a dark cloud is always looming over your head?If you've been struggling for a while, you've probably discovered that worrying or suppressing your feelings doesn't help. Redoubling your efforts to turn off your troubled mind may give temporary relief, but it can also make things worse. Therapy can help you learn new skills to cultivate a radically different way of coping with sadness/depression.

Have you ever felt that no one else understands what you've been through? Dealing with trauma can be isolating, emotionally overwhelming, and frightening. Life is unfair. You are not to blame for the trauma you experienced, but you have been left to deal with the challenges of trauma. The goals of therapy are to allow your natural healing process to resume, to achieve a state of natural harmony and balance in your life, and to restore a wellspring of healing, goodness, power, and wisdom.

Humans are complicated and multifaceted, and each psychotherapy theory has essential aspects that help us understand them better. I value your diverse worldviews and diverse ways of sensing, thinking, feeling, and being, as well as the complexities and nuance of what you bring to therapy.. Therefore, I integrate a variety of psychotherapy theories and intervention models. I adapt the therapy to you rather than expecting you to adapt to the therapy.

You are a human being first before you are my client. Beyond the issues that bring you to therapy, I see you as a whole person. You are doing the best that you can. You also have an innate desire for greatness and fulfillment of your highest potential. That's why you're looking for help. You aspire to be the best version of yourself! In therapy, we will create narratives for your stories that are meaningful and authentic to you.

We are all culturally conditioned as human beings. Therapy provides a safe space for you to explore your intersecting social/cultural identities, unlearn toxic messages from socialization, and transcend stereotypical social roles. Your voice, which has been silenced or suppressed, will be amplified in therapy so that you can learn more about your needs, desires, strengths, values, and vision. We will also explore what holistic healing and self-advocacy can look like for you.