A Certified Therapist & Registered Social Worker

Life can feel overwhelming when we find ourselves repeating the same exhausting cycles—feeling stuck in patterns of anxiety, painful relationship dynamics, parenting struggles, or lingering past wounds. In intimate relationships, this often manifests as a deep sense of hopelessness and emotional fatigue: constantly seeking love, validation, or reassurance from a partner, or searching for an elusive antidote to wounds rooted in the family of origin. Many wonder why the same misunderstandings, reactive arguments, or emotional walls keep recurring—leaving them feeling powerless and trapped.

Yufen believes that while the challenges we face are deeply complex, you are the true expert of your own life. Real and lasting transformation does not come from waiting for others to change or surrendering emotional security to external validation. It begins with your own willingness to take that first step—that spark of readiness is the most powerful turning point. When we recognize our own capacity for change and reclaim our personal agency, our entire relational world shifts. True change starts from within: when we shift how we respond, our relationships transform, and our children naturally begin to change too.

Working together, Yufen creates a safe, compassionate space to:

• Uncover underlying patterns: Understand the emotional, behavioral, and generational loops—including unresolved family-of-origin wounds—that keep you trapped in cycles of seeking validation, emotional withdrawal, or reactivity in your romantic life and parenting.

• Break the cycle: Untangle repetitive relational conflicts, let go of conditional approval-seeking, and build grounded, secure ways to connect with yourself and your partner.

• Distinguish control from acceptance: Clarify what is truly within your power to change, reclaim the inner agency you may have given away, and gently shift your perspective on what you cannot control.

• Cultivate your life: Align your choices with healthy boundaries, self-worth, emotional safety, and the authentic warmth you desire for yourself and your family.

With over a decade of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through relationship distress, parenting hurdles, trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions across community agencies, school systems, health setting, and employee assistance programs (EFAP), Yufen meets every client with deep empathy and none-judgment. Currently, she also practices at St. John's Health and Wellness Professional Centre in Port Moody.

If you are ready to make a meaningful shift, Yufen is here to walk alongside you. Together, you can break the cycle and rediscover clarity, emotional sovereignty, and lasting peace.

Area of Focuses

Modalities

• Internal Family Systems (IFS): Exploring and unburdening inner "parts" (protective mechanisms, inner critics, and wounded parts) to restore inner leadership, self-compassion, and internal harmony.

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trained: Utilizing bilateral stimulation to process and resolve distressing memories, lingering emotional pain, and traumatic life experiences.

• Trauma-Informed Therapy: Establishing safety, transparency, and collaboration to address traumatic impacts without re-traumatization, honoring each client's pace and personal boundaries.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Identifying and reshaping automatic negative thought patterns, reframing unhelpful core beliefs, and connecting shifts in cognition to behavioral and emotional change.

• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Identifying personal strengths, resources, and exceptions to problems to build actionable, realistic solutions focused on the desired future.

Session Format 

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Insurance Coverage

• Services available in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese.

• Modality: Sessions are available both in-person (at St. John's Health and Wellness Professional Centre in Port Moody) and virtually via secure video.

• Insurance Coverage: Many Extended Health Benefits plans cover clinical counselling and therapy services. As a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with a Master's degree (MSW), services are widely recognized and covered under most extended health plans in British Columbia. Please check with your insurance provider prior to your appointment to confirm your specific plan details and annual limits.

• Medical Expense Tax Credit (METC): In Canada, Registered Social Workers are recognized as authorized medical practitioners under the Income Tax Act. For official government details on eligible practitioners and medical expenses, visit the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Authorized Medical Practitioners Directory. 

• Payment & Receipts: An official receipt containing all necessary professional credentials, regulatory licensing numbers (RSW), and provider details will be issued upon payment for insurance reimbursement and tax purposes.