Immigration, culture & belonging
A place to explore cultural adjustment, identity, family expectations, and the experience of living across cultures.
Clinical Associate Therapist
Yiying Xiong
Warm, bilingual therapy for adults navigating anxiety, loss, health concerns, relationships, identity, immigration, and change.
PhD, LGPC
About Yiying
A collaborative space for life between cultures.
Yiying’s experience as an immigrant, counselor educator, and mental health researcher shapes a practice that is both culturally attentive and deeply personal. She helps adults explore belonging, identity, family expectations, academic or career pressure, parenting, relationships, and major transitions with curiosity and compassion.
Professional profiles: Psychology Today ↗ · LinkedIn ↗
Areas of focus
Support for change, connection, and belonging.
Anxiety, grief & life transitions
Support for worry, panic, depression, loss, health concerns, career stress, and meaningful change.
Mindfulness, parenting & relationships
Practical, reflective work informed by mindfulness, person-centered care, CBT, and emotionally focused approaches.
Academic work & leadership
Research that connects culture, family, and wellbeing.
Yiying brings active scholarship and counselor education into her clinical perspective, with a particular commitment to Asian American, immigrant, and international-student mental health.
Johns Hopkins faculty
Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, with work spanning counseling, parenting, and culturally responsive mental health.
Research & publication
Published research on Asian international students’ mental health and help-seeking, cultural adjustment, mindfulness-based wellbeing, counselor education, and ethical AI in mental health.
Mindful parenting
A trained Mindful Parenting Program Certified Facilitator whose teaching and research examine parent wellbeing and parent-child connection.
At a glance
Clinical Associate Therapist
- Clients
- Adults seeking individual therapy
- Format
- Secure telehealth appointments
- Languages
- English and Mandarin
- Approach
- Mindfulness-based, person-centered, CBT, and emotionally focused
A thoughtful first step
Find a supportive place to begin.
Choose an appointment time with Yiying through our secure scheduling portal.