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Claire J. Y. Lin

Canada
Senior Psychotherapist, Director of SinoUnited Counseling Wellness Center for Children and Families

Ms. Claire J.Y. Lin is currently a senior psychotherapist at SinoUnited Health. She is also the Director of SinoUnited Counseling Wellness Center for Children & Families. Claire is a Senior Psychologist specializing in adolescent issues, marriage and family relationships. Her expertise is psychoanalysis, and cognitive-emotional behavioral therapy. She has over 30 years of experience in clinical counseling, student supervision, and community family counseling, both in China and Canada. She holds a dual degree in counseling and education as well as a diploma in adolescent developmental psychology. Besides, she has completed 30,000 hours of clinical counseling, along with 3,700 hours of group counseling and training in corporate employee assistance programs (EAP). She has also helped Fortune 500 companies, international schools, and social groups with counseling and training.

She has substantial clinical experience including more than 70,000 pictures of emotions recorded in her studies of sand tray analysis and integrative family therapy. She is an expert at treating patients with PTSD, family problems, parental conflict, career changes, and midlife crises. She also helps adolescents with insomnia, anorexia, study motivation, internet addiction, transient tic disorders, ADHD, ADD, Asperger's syndrome, autism, dyslexia, emotional outbursts, behavioral problems, and parent-child conflicts.

In 2019, she published a book titled "Mental Wellbeing for Study Overseas". She released her podcast "Study Abroad Mental Wellbeing for Study Overseas" on Qingting FM in 2021. With her features and values of multiculturalism and adjustment integration. She is welcome among kids and referred by parents and counselors as one of the recognized bilingual psychologists.

Languages

English, Chinese

Experience

  • Senior Psychotherapist, Director of SinoUnited Counseling Wellness Center for Children and Families, SinoUnited Health
  • Occupational Health Management Counselor (Licensed Expat)
  • National Psychological Consultant Level 2 Certificate (Licensed Expat)
  • Senior Psychologist, international medical clinic in Shanghai, China
  • Chief Counselor, international private school in Shanghai, China
  • Xuhui Family Counseling Center Volunteer (Expert)
  • Director of Counseling, private business college in Toronto, Canada
  • Family Marriage and Settlement Counseling for Immigrants’ Families, Community Center in Toronto, Canada
  • Member, American Psychology Association
  • Board member, Canadian Professionals’ Mental Health Development Center
  • Psychotherapist Level II (Licensed Expat) - Shanghai Human Resource and Social Security Bureau License of China
  • Certification of Early Childhood Special Education in Canada
  • Certification of Expressive Art Therapy Advanced Level in Canada
  • Certification of Psychoanalysis and Projective Assessment and Testing in Canada
  • Certification of Family and Marriage Counseling in Canada
  • Certification of APA ADHD Assessments and Treatment for Children
  • Certification of APA Hypnosis Treatment in the Clinics
  • APA Autism Assessment and Treatment Certificate

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