Shing Chin (Alice) Ginkens, LPCC, LPC
Calm, practical guidance for anger and family stress
Book with ShingWorks with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Shing works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma, California
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shing
Shing Chin (Alice) Ginkens greets people with calm and direct support. She focuses on helping individuals who are dealing with anger, family conflict, trauma, depression, anxiety, and the stress of major life changes. Alice writes treatment plans with each person’s needs in mind and offers a respectful, compassionate approach.
Alice is a licensed professional counselor in California with experience that began in 2002 and licensure in Oklahoma in 2005. She holds the LPCC and the LPC credentials.
Background and approach
Over two decades of work have given her experience with parenting concerns, relationship problems, grief, addictions, and self-esteem difficulties. In sessions she listens closely and helps people name what is most pressing. She uses strategies that help people notice thoughts and feelings, practice new behaviors, and repair important relationships.
Conversations are practical and aimed at manageable change rather than long lectures. Alice also supports people facing more complex histories, including trauma and abuse. She uses therapy methods that allow processing of difficult memories while teaching ways to cope in daily life.
She pays attention to patterns such as codependency, impulsivity, and struggles with forgiveness. She offers work around career concerns, life purpose, and midlife transitions. Sessions can address communication problems, blended family issues, and caregiver stress.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and stronger steps forward.
What Shing works with
Everything Shing lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shing's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shing lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with strong emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and replacing them with practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) supports processing distressing memories and the emotions tied to them, which can ease trauma-related reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, review what has helped in the past, and recommend methods that fit your needs and comfort. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversation and EMDR-style protocols when appropriate. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter, ongoing contact that can fit into busy days or bridge between longer sessions. These options make it easier to get regular support without major travel or schedule disruption.
Questions people ask about Shing
What concerns does Alice commonly address?
Alice helps people with anger issues, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship struggles, grief, intimacy issues, and work or life transitions.
What is her general approach to therapy?
She listens, helps people name what they are feeling, and works on practical steps to change behavior and repair relationships. Sessions blend talk with skill practice tailored to each person.
How long has she practiced?
She has worked in this field since 2002 and has about 20 years of cumulative experience in counseling and related professional roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from California while maintaining licensure history that includes Oklahoma.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and she is able to work with international clients.
How are sessions delivered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.