Yaojia Sun

Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Pronouns: She/her/hers

Hi! I am Yaojia. As a therapist, I firmly believe in human strengths and potentials. I believe clients - instead of therapists hold the ultimate key to their struggles, and my goal in therapy is thus, to support, assist and empower my clients to connect to themselves and find their inner voices, which will lead to personal growth and resilience.

I have experience working with life transitions, anxiety, depression, and experiences of bullying and racism. I work with teenagers and adults, with a specific interest in emerging adults. Spending majority of my life in China and having studied in the US as a graduate student, I understand the unique experiences coming from an east Asian/Chinese background and navigating US society. However, I value the uniqueness within every narrative, and use the therapeutic space as a holding environment for each of my clients to tell their stories.

I am an integrative therapist influenced by humanistic, relational and CBT directed approaches. I also draw from mindfulness, Gestalt therapy and drama therapy to creatively address issues. I do not think therapy is a “one for all” thing. Working together, we will collaborate and design our own map for healing.

Sometimes life can feel out of control and sometimes it can be a bit “challenging”. But I will provide you with a safe space where you can feel free to face your true self and find out the lost voices.

If you are willing to start an amazing adventure of self-exploration, please know that you are in the right place.

Professional & Clinical Experience

• Therapeutic Modalities

  Relational

  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  Humanistic

  Gestalt Therapy

  Drama Therapy

  Mindfulness

• Clinical Expertise

  Anxiety

  Depression

  Academic stress

  Life transitions

  Acculturation stress

  The immigrant experience

• Client Focus

  Emerging adults

  Adults

  Students

  Immigrants

  International students

• Education

  New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, MA of Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness Services,

  Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Peking University, Yuanpei College, Beijing, China

• Certifications and Training

  Licensed Mental Health Counselor Limited Permit

  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Intensive Certification Training Course

  Clinical Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Trauma Treatment with Stephen Porges & Deb Dana

  Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing, Step by Step

  4-Day Intensive Workshop: Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD by CBI