Sarah Chen_
Psychology. Cognitive-behavioural therapist in Vancouver, Canada.
I am Sarah Chen_, a cognitive-behavioural therapist in Vancouver, and I work with adults caught in loops they cannot think their way out of: anxiety that narrows what seems possible, depression that flattens meaning, perfectionism that leaves people exhausted and alone.
I came to this work through one question that still drives me: what actually helps? Not what sounds elegant in theory, but what produces change that survives outside the conversation. I draw on the cognitive model and, when useful, on acceptance, compassion-focused work and behavioural activation.
I treat thoughts, emotions and behaviour as patterns that can be mapped, examined and tested with small, concrete experiments. I am interested in agency, not only insight.
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