Chien Liu, Ph.D.

License & Certificate
Licensed Counseling Psychologist registered in Taiwan
​Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (for trauma healing)
Integrative Medicine Education Certificate: Specialization in Guided Imagery and Expressive Arts Therapy
National Guild of Hypnosis (NGH) Certified Hypnotherapist
TESOL Certificate : Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Areas of work
Anxiety / Panic Attack / Trauma & PTSD / Depression / Emotional issues  Relationship issues / Family issues / Adjustment issues / Low self-esteem  Obsessive & compulsive patterns / Self-exploration / Stress management  Grief Counseling / Crisis Intervention / Clinical Hypnotherapy / Expressive Arts Therapy 

Therapist Bio
          Chien is a bilingual counseling psychologist registered in Taiwan, offers counseling and psychotherapy in English and Mandarin. She was born and raised in Taiwan, then studied and practiced psychotherapy in the U.S. for more than 15 years — this has given her a unique way of working; integrating both Eastern and Western philosophies of healing into her practice. She is globally minded, respects each individual’s cultural outlook and upbringing. She understands the challenges of cultural adjustment, language barriers, social isolation, stress, anxiety and disorientation that many expats experience. 
          Chien has practiced extensively with various psychotherapeutic and body-mind healing methods, such as Somatic Experiencing (SE), Gestalt therapy, Jungian psychotherapy, psychodynamics, attachment theory, psychodrama, person-centered psychotherapy, mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), clinical hypnotherapy, yoga psychology, expressive arts therapy, dance movements therapy and more. She specializes in Somatic Experiencing utilizing hypnotherapeutic skills to access and relieves traumatic memories stuck in the nervous system. It’s effective for stress, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and physical symptoms associated with psychological states. 
          Her therapeutic style is gentle yet precise, unconditional acceptance with attentive listening and understanding. She believes that the process of therapy is to assist clients to access their innate capacity of healing within their bodies and to help the psyche to return to its balanced state through trauma healing and psyche transformation. This is done by exploring various aspects of the psyche hidden in the unconscious to  discover and heal any unresolved issues, which could in turn facilitate a return to the authentic self within where one feels most like oneself — coming back home to the core of our beings. 
          Chien offers psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing sessions (trauma healing work), hypnotherapy, as well as expressive arts and body movement workshops. Online sessions are also available globally. 

Clinical Experiences 
Founder of SOMArt FLOW base in Taipei, Taiwan 
California Pacific Medical Centre, San Francisco 
Liberation Institute - Psychotherapy Centre, San Francisco 
Draw Bridge Art Counseling Centre, San Francisco 
Inspiration Hospice, Utah 
Taiwan fund for Children and Families, Taiwan 
Child Welfare League Foundation, Taiwan 
Keelung City Student Guidance and Counseling Center, Taiwan

Clinical Trainings 
Somatic Experiencing beginning, intermediate and advanced training     
Psychodrama Training, from National Taipei University Education, Taiwan
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training (MBSR), from Stress Reduction at Work Center, San Francisco
Drama Therapy Training, from Living Arts Counseling Center, San Francisco
Gestalt Therapy Training, from Church Street Counseling Center, San Francisco
Collaborative Couple Therapy Intensive, from Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D., founder of Collaborative Couple Therapy, Oakland
Group Psychotherapy Core Course, from Northern California Group Psychotherapy Association, San Francisco
Advanced Hypnosis Training, from Stephen G. Gilligan, San Marcos
Neuro–Linguistic Programming Practitioner Training (NLP), from Quantum NLP, Utah

SOMArt FLOW  心流空間 — Psychotherapy, Somatic experiencing, Expressive arts
​Chien, Liu Ph.D. 
TEL : 0936-679-418
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Email : somartflow@gmail.com

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