Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
How Sixuan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sixuan
Sixuan Bao is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She centers sessions on what matters to each individual and helps people find clearer ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. Sixuan speaks English and Mandarin and practices from New York.
She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and build goals with each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when strong emotions or impulsive reactions make daily life harder, including challenges with anger. Sixuan draws on nine years of experience to match methods to real-life problems. Her work covers trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, career challenges, and addiction-related concerns.
She also addresses issues like body image, attachment difficulties, and coping with major life changes. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on identifying small, doable steps and building routines that reduce stress and improve sleep and eating patterns.
She supports people working through intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. Her approach treats the person, not just the problem. Sixuan encourages clients to notice their strengths and use them toward change.
She helps people plan concrete actions and track progress between meetings.
What Sixuan works with
Everything Sixuan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sixuan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sixuan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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.
Approaches to Emotion and Behavior in Online Therapy
Sixuan commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on active listening, reflecting what you say, and helping you set goals that feel right. This approach helps people who need a supportive space to clarify priorities and build confidence.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change thought patterns that increase anxiety or anger. CBT breaks problems into small steps and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or impulsive behaviors are getting in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This is a shared process that can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when a fuller conversation is needed. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into work breaks. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions and try new skills in daily life.
Questions people ask about Sixuan
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, career and coaching concerns, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, depression, and related challenges.
What style of therapy does she use?
Sessions are built around client-centered care, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to change unhelpful thoughts and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when intense emotions are involved.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with people on a range of concerns including trauma, relationship strain, and motivation for change.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with the credential listed as NY LCSW.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.