Dear Therapy®

Come as You Are
Hold Yourself Dear

Rooted in community and care, our team of BIPOC and AAPI therapists offers multilingual online therapy across Massachusetts, including Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, and Springfield. We support you through identity exploration, trauma healing, and life transitions, with a focus on queer, neurodivergent, and culturally diverse communities.

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  • Verified by Psychology Today
  • The Asian American Mental Health Coalition
  • Asian Mental Health Collective
  • Thriving Campus

Therapy That Honors Complexity, Culture, and Collective Healing

At Dear Therapy®, we practice therapy that sees the full picture. Our care is not only trauma-informed, it is rooted in anti-oppressive values, critical of harmful systems, and shaped by a deep understanding of how culture, race, queerness, neurodivergence, and intergenerational dynamics affect your mental health.

We do not ask you to leave parts of yourself at the door. Whether you’re processing identity, navigating power dynamics in your relationships, or unpacking internalized narratives, you’ll be met with therapists who hold space for nuance and context.

Our team believes that healing is not a solo task. It happens in relationship, in resistance, and in community. We’re here to support you in making meaning, building clarity, and finding new ways of relating to yourself and others.

The Dear Therapy® Approach

Culturally Responsive Therapy for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Neurodivergent Communities

At Dear Therapy®, we offer a space that centers your lived experience, whether you’re navigating cultural expectations, queer identity, neurodivergence, or the ongoing impact of trauma.

Our therapists are trained in trauma-informed and culturally responsive care. We understand how systems of oppression shape mental health and how important it is to feel seen without having to explain every part of yourself.

Whether you're a queer person of color processing identity, a neurodivergent adult navigating relationships, or a parent trying to unlearn patterns, our work together is grounded in curiosity, care, and respect.

We’re here for:

  • Asian American, Black, Brown, Latine, and immigrant clients

  • Queer, trans, and gender-expansive communities

  • Neurodivergent adults, including ADHD and autism

  • People exploring faith, intergenerational trauma, and belonging

Online Therapy in Massachusetts for BIPOC, Queer, and Neurodivergent Communities

Therapy with us is relational and collaborative. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. Instead, we co-create a space where you can reflect, untangle survival patterns, and move toward what feels most aligned.

Whether you’re processing racial trauma, navigating queer identity, or unlearning patterns shaped by family or culture, we’re here to support you with care that truly sees you.

Yanyi Weng, LICSW – Clinical Director and Online Therapist in Massachusetts

Meet Our Founder

Yanyi Weng, MSW, LICSW

Multilingual, immigrant-rooted, and deeply community-led, Yanyi is a Chinese-speaking mental health clinician and educator with years of experience supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander clients.

Her approach blends narrative therapy, somatic healing, and anti-oppressive frameworks. A former youth advocate in Boston Chinatown and a two-time Boston College graduate who is an avid world-traveler, she leads Dear Therapy with clarity, care, and commitment to restorative, healing justice.

Meet Our Online Therapy Team in Massachusetts

  • "Come As We Are, Hold Ourselves DEAR"

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  • Yanyi Weng, LICSW

    Clinical Director
    Psychotherapist
    (Toishanese, Cantonese, Mandarin)

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  • Huey Tyan (HT) Chong

    LMHC
    Supervisor
    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Cantonese, Mandarin)

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  • Blessing Egbuogu

    MSW, LCSW
    Associate Psychotherapist

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  • shannon-kang

    Shannon Kang, M.A.

    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Mandarin)

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  • Cindy Tao, LCSW

    Associate Psychotherapist

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  • Johnny Xu, LCSW

    Associate Psychotherapist

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  • Kala Spellen, LCSW

    Associate Psychotherapist

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  • Saleha Mian, M.A.

    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Urdu)

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  • Haerim Ma, LCSW

    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Korean)

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  • Chinese-speaking therapists in Boston

    Janet Gu, M.A.

    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Mandarin)

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  • Cathy Zhou, LCSW

    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Mandarin)

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  • Pragati Jaiswal

    Pragati Jaiswal

    M.A.
    Associate Psychotherapist
    (Hindi, Bengali)

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Areas of Expertise

Our team of highly trained clinicians specializes in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and culturally responsive online therapy. All sessions are conducted virtually, making it easier to connect with therapists who understand your story, no matter where you are in Massachusetts.

Many of us identify as Asian American or immigrants, bringing lived experience and clinical expertise to support you across cultures, generations, and identities. We work with racial identity, intergenerational tension, and mental health within Asian and BIPOC communities, drawing from EMDR, somatic approaches, and psychodynamic therapy.

Intergenerational

and Family Therapy

Our Process, What to Expect

All sessions at Dear Therapy® are offered online, making culturally responsive mental health care more accessible to Asian, AAPI, immigrant, and BIPOC communities across Massachusetts.

Preparation

We begin by building trust. Your first few sessions will focus on creating a safe space, identifying your needs, and co-creating goals with your therapist. You’ll be equipped with tools and resources to help manage symptoms and begin your self-reflective journey.

Exploration

Together, we’ll explore your story. This includes your emotional experiences, family patterns, generational trauma, and cultural identity. Whether you’re unpacking grief, anxiety, or the pressures of being a model minority, we’ll move at your pace.

You’ll be invited to embrace your full self without judgment.

Integration

We’ll work toward clarity, balance, and meaningful transformation. This may look like setting boundaries with compassion, rediscovering joy, or reclaiming the parts of yourself that were once silenced.

This is where healing becomes sustainable, and change becomes embodied.

What Our Clients Say

  • I am a second-generation Taiwanese American in my mid-twenties. For a long time, I did not understand what therapy was, although the stigma around mental health in my community was evident to me, and even after it became more normalized as I grew older, I always believed that this was only relevant to other people. This all changed several years ago when I experienced a sudden period of deep personal challenges which pushed me to a breaking point. It was then that I first reached out to my therapist and found Dear Therapy. My journey has been long and winding but going to therapy has truly changed my life. I have felt safe and seen in my sessions, and being in a space with a care provider who speaks the same cultural language as me has greatly contributed to my healing. In addition to processing past trauma, I have developed a better understanding of who I am and how I relate to others, which has opened the door for my imagining a future that I am excited to create for myself. For all of this and more, I am beyond grateful to my therapist.

    A.L.

  • I worked with my therapist for a little over two years and experienced a tremendous improvement to my mental well-being. With their guidance, I was able to dramatically improve my skill of self-reflection, remove a lot of negative thinking patterns, and clear out other mental roadblocks that were holding me back. Therapy was the first domino that allowed me to make some other positive changes in my life as well, such as embarking on a new career path and taking my physical fitness and health more seriously. My friends and family have commented that I seem like a totally new person today compared to a few years ago. My therapist was always attentive, kind, and compassionate, while also being willing to nudge me in the right direction by telling me what I needed to hear rather than what I wanted to hear. I definitely recommend working with a therapist if you want to see some positive changes in your life.

    D.B.

  • "I found Dear Therapy a year and a half ago and I'm so glad I did. As a multi-racial second gen Chinese and Puerto-Rican American woman in my late 20s who was born and raised in Oklahoma, I was very intentionally looking for a therapist who could understand the cultural and gender aspect of my experience. I found that and much more. The team has been essential for my growth and healing with practical tools and cross-cultural understanding of my needs and health."

    C.B.

Let’s begin. Together, we’ll hold you dear.

You don’t have to figure it all out alone. Whether you’re looking for a compassionate Asian American online therapist, a Chinese-speaking virtual clinician, or identity-affirming BIPOC therapy online, we’re here to support you.

Resources and Blogs

We believe therapy is not just what happens in the room. It is also the learning, reflection, and conversations we carry with us.

Here, you can explore more about the modalities we use, the therapists on our team, and the questions that often come up in the therapy journey. These resources are part of the community we are building together, growing slowly and with care.