Cindy Tao
MSW, LCSW
Associate Psychotherapist
Pronouns: She/hers
My Clinical Background
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Virtual Only
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-Blue Cross Blue Shield
-Aetna
-United Healthcare (UBH)
-Point32 (Harvard Pilgrim)
-Cigna
-Optum (Oscar/Oxford) -
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Exposure Therapy
- Feminist
- Family Systems Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Liberation Health Model
- Multicultural Counseling Approach
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Social Justice-Oriented Therapy
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused -
- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Caregivers
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Depression
- Family Conflict
- (Inter)Generational Trauma
- Life Transitions
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Racial/Cultural Identity
- Racial Trauma
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women’s Issues -
- AANHPI Communities
- Adult Children of Immigrants and Refugees
- Artists and Creatives
- BIPOC Communities
- Caregivers
- College Students
- Couples
- Immigrants and Refugees
- Individuals
- LGBTQIA+ Individuals
- Parents -
Boston University, School of Social Work
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English
How I Can Support You
Guided by an anti-oppressive framework at the heart of my practice, I support individuals navigating complex layers of identity, pain, and belonging—especially those who have learned to survive in systems that were never designed with them in mind.
Whether you’re managing family expectations, balancing multiples roles, or carrying the quiet grief of intergenerational wounds, our work together will make space for your full story. We’ll explore what’s been inherited, what may be hurting, and what you want to carry forward.
I integrate narrative therapy, trauma-informed care, and person-centered
techniques to foster a therapeutic space that is collaborative, culturally responsive, and grounded in honoring your emotionality, lived experience, and identity.
My Approach
As a social-justice-oriented therapist, I center the historical, systemic, and cultural contexts that shape your experiences. My work is grounded in deep listening, collaborative care, and humility.
I value authenticity, transparency, and yes — humor! I believe that healing can include both serious reflection and moments of levity, with space for tears, laughter, and even a meme or two. Our journey together will encompass both depth and lightness, honoring your full humanity and reminding us that joy still has a place, even in the hard moments.
So, let’s remember who you are, where you come from, and where you’re going—with heart, humor, and everything in between.
Cindy’s Library
About Me
I am a second-generation Vietnamese and Chinese American, a daughter of quiet warriors: refugees and immigrants. Growing up in Dorchester, Boston, I was rooted in a community carrying the resonant weight of war, displacement, and loss. Bearing witness to these stories and feeling their echoes in my own life shaped how I understood pain, strength, and survival. Organizing became my first language of healing, and working alongside others to create spaces of belonging, resistance, and care helped me understand the collective power of storytelling, inter(generational) healing, and trauma-informed support. Today, I bring these values into my work as a clinician who honors the unique, historical, and personal narratives my clients carry.