Chian Hsu, LCSW

Chian Hsu is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people regain balance and clarity during hard seasons. She centers sessions on practical steps that reduce stress and increase confidence. Chian speaks English and Mandarin and works with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Chian combines talk-based methods with skills practice to tackle anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She uses tools to notice and shift thought patterns, build emotion regulation skills, and increase present-moment awareness. Sessions also include strategies for coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and aging concerns.

Her background brings together clinical social work with an understanding of workplace and career stress. That blend helps when life changes or job demands add pressure to daily routines. Chian aims to help clients find manageable steps that fit their real lives.

Therapy with Chian emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person’s pace. She draws on acceptance-focused and cognitive techniques alongside client-centered listening. Hypnotherapy and dialectical behavior skills are also available when they match what a client needs.

People meeting with Chian can expect clear, down-to-earth guidance and concrete skills to try between sessions. Her work often looks at relationships, feelings of emptiness or control issues, and questions about life purpose. She encourages gentle self-compassion while helping people move toward practical change.

How Chian’s approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that matter despite difficult feelings. It can help when worry or loss gets in the way of living the life someone values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills focus on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal skills for managing intense emotions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what works in everyday life.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, allow brief check-ins during the day, or reduce the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, behavioral experiments, and homework to an online setting so the work continues between sessions.