Come as You Are
Hold Yourself Dear
At DEAR Therapy™, we embrace you as you are. We value a holistic, humanistic, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive approach in serving individuals, couples and families from diverse backgrounds.
D.E.A.R. represents Diligent Decision, Emotional Expression, Artistic Articulation, Rejuvenating Reflection — values to empower you to explore your identities, heal from trauma, and develop effective coping strategies in order to elevate your overall quality of life.
We aim to foster a safe and open space for in-depth healing process and to normalize therapy, especially for BIPOC, AAPI, and diverse immigrant communities.
Balancing between the collectivism of the East and the individualism of the West, there is space for harmonious intersectionality and abundant self-love!
Join us to:
Live confidently and unapologetically
Learn gently and authentically
Love freely and intimately
Let's work together to hold you dear.
Our Service Offerings
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COUNSELING
Individual and couples therapy sessions focus on mental health and emotional healing to elevate your overall quality of life
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CONSULTING
Consulting sessions focus on providing case by case clinical expertise support to individual/ group consultation on a specific topic; providing DEI support for organization/community seeking to expand their capacity in fostering culturally sensitive services and work environments
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CLINICAL SUPERVISION
Individual and group supervision sessions focus on providing ongoing general licensing clinical support and topic specific guidance to pre-licensed and licensed mental health providers.
Meet Our Team
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"Come As We Are, Hold Ourselves DEAR"
Just as we encourage our clients to uphold this, we as clinicians also uphold ourselves in being growth-oriented, person-centered, social justice focused.
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Yanyi Weng, LICSW
Clinical Director
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Cindy Tao, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist
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Johnny Xu, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist
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Mylinh Tran, LICSW
Associate Psychotherapist
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Christine Green, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist
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Janet Gu, M.A.
Associate Psychotherapist
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Abigail (Abby) Ware
MSW, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist -
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Delaney Wendland, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist
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Jin Weng, B.A.
Admin & Billing Specialist
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Jennifer Jiang, B.A.
MSW Intern
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Dr. Ronald Mah, M.A., PH.D, LMFT
Consultant
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Han Bertrand, LICSW
Group Clinical Supervisor
Consultant
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