About Ying
Ying Kam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. She practices in California and speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Her work focuses on clear, practical steps people can use to feel steadier day to day.
She has worked in outpatient clinics, hospitals, community programs, in-home settings, and schools. That range means she has experience with different ways problems appear and how they affect daily life.
Background and approach
She draws on tools from several evidence-based approaches to match the moment and the person sitting across from her. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Ying helps clients look at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and figure out small changes that make life easier.
She uses empathetic support while also offering concrete strategies to reduce stress and improve coping. Many people come to her for help with anxiety, grief, addictions, sleep or eating struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, anger, and career concerns. She has experience with mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and with trauma and abuse recovery.
People who prefer a mix of talking and skill practice do well with her approach. Ying emphasizes motivation, practical problem solving, and steps that clients can try between sessions. She invites clients to shape the focus so therapy fits their life and goals.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Ying draws from commonly used evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; these methods are often used for anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns. Motivational techniques help people work through ambivalence about change and find personal reasons to try new habits, which can be useful for addictions, lifestyle changes, and health-related goals.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will discuss options, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust based on what helps you meet your goals. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to use and how to pace the work.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when screen time fits your schedule. Phone sessions or live chat can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Text-based messaging supports brief reflections, ongoing check-ins, and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to get care around work, family, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
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