About

Qingyang has worked in the mental health field since 2013. She became a licensed psychotherapist after graduating from the Advanced Clinical Practice Track at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She treated clients with both criminal histories and severe mental disorders at the City University of New York; provided therapy services to clients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, social phobia, and PTSD at Gouverneur Hospital’s behavioral health department; was trained at the neurologic department at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and provided talk therapy to people with a wide range of mental health issues; accompanied victims of human trafficking and abuse to court hearings and provided individual and group therapy to them with a focus on PTSD and trauma; maintained a caseload of 50 at the Ingham County 30th Judicial Circuit Court and helped juveniles who were placed in probation by providing counseling and legal assistance. Besides being a therapist, she managed clinical programs for different companies, worked as a research assistant at the Personality and Wellbeing lab at Michigan State University, and worked as a case manager for Aetna’s medical cases. Although she is now a program manager at Columbia University with a macro focus on clinical programs, she still maintains a strong interest in psychotherapy and continues providing online therapy. She specializes in CBT and DBT for international students, immigrants, highly sensitive people, and teens.