About Yangyang
Yangyang Xie is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She brings six years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Yangyang speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and works with individuals who want clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
She uses straightforward, collaborative methods in sessions. Conversations focus on practical skills for emotion regulation, handling panic or mood changes, and improving self-esteem.
How Yangyang works
She also helps people sort through parenting strain, communication problems, and the fallout from divorce or separation. Yangyang draws from several evidence-informed approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts, dialectical behavior therapy for managing intense emotions and impulsivity, and attachment-based ideas to address relationship patterns.
She tailors these methods to each person’s situation and goals rather than applying a fixed formula. Sessions often include skill practice, gentle reflection, and steps to test new behaviors between meetings. She aims to make each session useful and focused on what a person can try next.
The work combines short-term strategies for relief with longer-term steps toward self-love and forgiveness. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who live in or outside the United States may work with her, and the process begins by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
Yangyang lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Yangyang works with
The areas below are the ones Yangyang selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while identifying valued life directions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing out different behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic and mood swings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and managing impulsivity and intense reactions.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, concerns, and preferences. Sessions can mix elements from ACT, CBT, or DBT depending on what proves most helpful in practice.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and real-time skill coaching. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions and quick adjustments to coping strategies. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or busy schedules while keeping focus on practical change.
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