HELLO, MY NAME IS

KYLIE WONG

(she/her)

📋 MFT   📍Chicago, IL   💬 English, Cantonese, Mandarin   🌐 Hybrid   📧 [email protected]

How are you doing, really? Have you ever found yourself feeling misunderstood, disempowered, or like an outsider? If any of these sentiments resonate with you, please know that you are not alone. Having lived in three distinct places throughout my life—Hong Kong, the United States, and England—I am intimately familiar with navigating major life transitions in various cultures and embracing the enriching aspects of each.

Beyond English, I also provide therapy in Mandarin and Cantonese if that aligns with your needs.

I identify as a queer and neurodivergent Asian woman. Although I was born in the United States, the first fourteen years of my life were spent in Hong Kong. I completed my Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, underwent clinical training, and earned my Master’s from the Northwestern University Marriage and Family Therapy program.

In our therapeutic space, I am committed to fostering an environment that is anti-racist, anti-ableist, and queer-affirming, grounded in a social justice and systemic perspective. This commitment reflects my awareness and empathy for the complexities of the challenges you may be facing, considering the interconnectedness of systemic issues.

As your therapist, my role is to meet you where you are and assist you in navigating unhelpful communication or behavioral patterns, replacing them with new and effective ones. I approach our work with an open mind, curiosity, authenticity, humanism, empathy, and directness. I firmly believe that the effectiveness of therapy hinges on the client-therapist relationship. If these qualities align with what you value in a therapist, we may be well-suited to work together.

While I have a particular affinity for working with BIPOC adults and couples, specifically within the LGBTQIA+ and Asian/Asian American populations, I am open to collaborating with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Thank you for taking the time to explore my therapist's autobiography. Reaching out for help can be challenging, so credit yourself for taking this initial step. If you haven't already, consider booking an appointment and showing up—I can offer you further guidance from there.

你好，最近怎麼樣？ 人生旅途中你是否有時感到被誤解或孤立無援？ 如果有，你可以找我聊聊，請相信，你並不孤單。 透過在香港、美國和英國三地生活的經歷，我理解不同文化的獨特性和同生活背景下人們的心理想法。

完成了本科心理學理學士學位之後，我於美國西北大學婚姻和家庭治療課程受訓並獲得了碩士學位。 在心理治療領域，我致力於創造一個正義、反種族主義、反殘疾歧視和肯定自我的環境。 作為你的治療師，我的職責是在你面對各種複雜的/具有挑戰性的環境時，幫助你理清不安的情緒問題，並和你探討如何以新的有效的方式來取代困擾你的 行為習慣。 我會用無話不談的開放心態、足夠的同理心和直接的態度來對待我們的諮商。

我樂於與來自不同背景的個人合作，包括 BIPOC 成年人或夫婦、LGBTQIA+ 和亞裔群體。 我深信建立來訪者和治療師間的關係和默契決定了諮商的有效性。

感謝你花時間理解我及理解作為治療師的我的工作特性。 在你有需要時請相信自己，拿出勇氣，踏出具有挑戰性的第一步 - 尋求治療師幫助。 請立刻預約並如約出現——我可以從那一刻開始為你提供進一步的指導。