About Yen-Pei
Yen-Pei Huang is a licensed professional counselor with 14 years of experience. She approaches sessions with a practical, down-to-earth style and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, and questions about identity. Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin to match clients' comfort level.
Yen-Pei centers conversations on each person's goals. She listens first, then works with people to choose steps that feel manageable. She believes people can find their own routes to change, and therapy is a place to try new ways of thinking and acting.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered ideas and cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. She also uses mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people calm intense feelings and reframe personal stories. Sessions focus on small, practical adjustments as well as deeper meaning when that matters to the client.
Yen-Pei trained in clinical psychology and completed a CACREP-accredited graduate counseling program. She has used that background across a range of concerns including trauma, mood disorders, addictions, parenting strain, immigration-related stress, and culturally rooted issues. Her experience includes work with people facing domestic violence and sexual assault, and with those coping with major life changes.
In therapy she aims to be flexible and collaborative. People who prefer a straightforward, respectful approach may find her style helpful. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches and Online Options for Practical Change
Yen-Pei often combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered work means the session follows the person's concerns and priorities, while the counselor reflects, asks questions, and helps clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce anxiety or mood symptoms.She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice and calm intense feelings, and narrative techniques to rewrite how difficult events fit into a larger life story. These approaches are useful for anxiety, trauma-related reactions, grief, and relationship stress. Deciding which mix to use is a team effort - the therapist and client review what feels helpful and adjust over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style work, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English, Mandarin