Sapphire YuehChun Chao (She/Her), LCAT
​Tier III Therapist 

Life is a journey, a continuous process. Some processes can be difficult to deal with. Maybe it is a struggle with a relationship or maybe it is about a life transition. We may feel confused, anxious, stuck, or even have difficulty breathing. Allowing someone to support this challenging process can be a great relief and insightful. 

Partnering with me, we can gain better insight into your feelings, emotions, and thoughts and how you adapted them to your roles in relationships and to your perspectives on your surroundings. When we have unprocessed feelings and emotions, we may experience repetitive patterns and find it difficult to pinpoint the reason. With your permission, we will pay close attention to your physical sensations, embodied emotions, and internal world. The process of feeling “feelings” sometimes can be uncomfortable. You may find it difficult to verbalize your internal world. We can use a combination of art, creativity, and talk to work through it with new perspectives. 

My immigrant background helps me attune with immigrants and their families, and Asian-Americans, to work through depression, anxiety, trauma, cross-cultural adjustment, codependency, and/or perfectionist tendency. 

I have a great experience with developmental trauma, relational challenges, and cross-generational differentiation with couples and families. We all have the desire to be heard and seen in a relationship but sometimes our own insecurity and miscommunication can be a block. I facilitate a compassionate and collaborative space for couples and families to enhance assertive communication and to embrace the difference and similarity in a relationship. 

I speak Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English.