- Guilt and shame
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-esteem work
About Xiaoning
Xiaoning Yang is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, and major life changes. She also addresses compassion fatigue and guilt and shame in her practice.
She helps people who feel isolated or who are navigating immigration-related challenges. She also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric issues and mood-related concerns. Sessions include practical steps to manage overwhelming feelings and reduce everyday stressors.
Xiaoning pays attention to cultural context and how identity can shape emotional experience. She integrates discussion of multicultural concerns and the particular pressures that come from moving between cultural norms. Mandarin and English are both available for sessions.
Her work is focused on building coping skills and strengthening self-esteem through steady, concrete practices. She talks through sources of guilt and shame and helps clients notice patterns that keep those feelings active. The goal is clearer thinking and more manageable responses to hard emotions.
People who choose her can expect direct, conversational sessions that mix reflection with practical exercises. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Two evidence-based therapeutic techniques that often help with guilt, shame, and mood concerns are cognitive-focused work and skills-based coping. Cognitive-focused work looks at the thoughts that keep painful feelings active and helps people test and change unhelpful thinking. Skills-based coping teaches straightforward tools for managing anxiety, low mood, and overwhelming grief moment to moment.Another useful approach is culturally informed discussion that places feelings in the context of family expectations, immigration experience, or aging. This helps connect emotional patterns to life circumstances and clarifies where change might be helpful.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs during early sessions and adjust techniques as work progresses. Clients and therapist decide together which methods feel most useful for day-to-day life.
Confirm current session options before booking. When arranging online work, many people find video or phone sessions let them fit therapy into a busy schedule, require less travel, or make shorter check-ins easier on a lunch break. Because formats were not specified in the biography, check the listed options when you select See online therapy options and the short matching questionnaire.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Mandarin
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, and also focuses on guilt and shame.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based techniques and practical exercises, combining conversation with concrete coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience as a practicing LCSW in California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LCSW and practices in California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.