Suzie ShihShin Wu, LCSW

I am a licensed LCSW psychotherapist working with individuals, couples & families with two decades of clinical experiences. I am flutently in Mandarin Chinese/English & provide culturally competent psychotherapy. My practice located in Berkeley in San Francisco Bay Area while I also provide virtual therapy in California & New York two states since 2004.

Identified as an Asian American and raising an immigrant family myself, I specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, emotional regulation, parenting, life transitions, relationship issues, self esteem and immigration/identity. I am trained and practice in Attachment Focused-EMDR, psychodynamic psychotherapy, emotional focus couple & family therapy (EFCT; EFFT), attachment-based therapy, Internal Family System (IFS), mindfulness, and acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT).

I am a LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) with experiences in psychotherapy. I am fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese. I am licensed in California and New York two states, and can provide telehealth therapy in FL. My clinical experiences accumulate from mental health inpatient and outpatient clinics, Asian mental health community program, school based clinic with adolescents, and various practice working with children and families. As a 0.5 generation Asian American psychotherapist, I naturally connect with immigration and acculturation issues that Asian American encounter. And as a parent, I understand the challenge of modern parenting and can provide professional advices.

I provide a non-judgmental, culturally sensitive, confidential, and supportive environment to work with people, My clinical experiences emphasized on "Person in Environment" and "Psycho-physiological Perspective". Throughout the treatment, I continue to assess the adjust interventions for better result, and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments.

My therapeutic approaches:
Attachment Focused EMDR
Resource Tapping for Emotional Healing
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Parts Work & Internal Family System (IFS)
Emotional Focus Couple & Family Therapy (EFCT & EFFT)
Mindfulness Based Practice (MBSR)​
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY 個人心理治療​
Mood Regulation: Depression & Anxiety
Trauma: immigration trauma, PTSD, developmental trauma, acute trauma desensitizing
Relationship: parental-child dyad, family, partner, and friendship issues
Acculturation: Asian American identity, immigrant parents, immigration/relocation challenges
Aging/Caretaking: adult children and aging parents
Career and personal goals
Grief and lost
Self-esteem
Chronic illness and disability

COUPLE & FAMILY THERAPY 伴侶以及家庭心理治療
Incompetent communication
Pre-commitment counseling
Conflict resolution
Cross-cultural marriage
Parenting differences
Family life cycle issues
Immigrant family challenges
Crisis Intervention

My practice integrates therapeutic interventions that tailor clients strengths, needs and their preferences are my emphasis. The best result often is a collaborative effort. I am familiar with using the trauma framework (PTSD or complex trauma, developmental, & generational pain), somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory, attachment injury, and psychodynamic work. We work on our parts, trauma responses, brain function and nervous system in relation to mental health, emotions and behaviors.
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​In couple and family relationship, we start with issues, create insight on deeper need and insecurity that create conflicts. We help each other to see the vulnerability and acceptance. We practice communication that speaks for the true self longing for secured attachment and independency.
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I enjoy working with people in these groups,
Asian Americans and immigrants
Parents and adolescents
Medical professionals
Mothers and pregnant women
Folks in tech industry
College & Graduate students
New parents & Pregnant women
Through my devotion in making a change of people' life, I have helped clients including different generation of Asian Americans, immigrant and parents raising children with acculturation challenges, and caretaking burden as a sandwich generation. We work on developmental injury to complex trauma, grief and lost in various life stages, and struggles in different type of relationships which we ultimately are longing for a safe attachment with our partner, parents, children, and our inner self.

Therapeutic relationship is a key to set for the success of treatment. It is a collaborated work with trust and sense of safety. We discover various aspects of your parts, discover relationship and behavior patterns, look into issues from new perspectives to promote a better quality of life. I am respectful to everyone I treat and can easily connect with you. Together, we create treatment goals that settled in your needs and best results.

Are you feeling not being seen or heard? Are you encounter challenges as immigrant parents or adult children with aging parents? Do you want to improve mood and relationship? Could you reduce the burden from traumas and recover from an attachment injury from the past? Simply give me a call for free consultation today and start the change.