About Shing
Shing Chin (Alice) Ginkens is a licensed therapist with 20 years of experience helping people manage anxiety and other life stresses. She offers calm, respectful care and focuses on practical steps families and individuals can use right away. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented to make progress feel clear and manageable.
She draws on several approaches to meet different needs, including cognitive behavioral techniques that change unhelpful thinking patterns and emotion-focused work that helps people reconnect after painful events.
Background and approach
Alice also uses methods aimed at processing traumatic memories when trauma is part of the problem. Treatment plans are tailored to each person’s situation rather than a one-size-fits-all method. Alice has worked across clinical settings since 2002 and holds licensure as an LPCC and an LPC.
She is licensed in California and previously held Oklahoma licensure, which gives her a broad background in common family and mood concerns. That experience informs how she structures sessions and homework. Her practical focus includes help with parenting stress, communication problems, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions.
She also addresses addictions, anger, and issues tied to family of origin or blended family dynamics. Many clients find the combination of skills training and emotion-focused conversation useful. Sessions are available in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and she accepts international clients.
The first step is a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling, after which work begins on goals that matter to the client.
Therapeutic approaches available online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. This approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger by teaching new coping skills.Alice works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She will discuss different techniques and tailor a plan based on the client’s goals and preferences. Deciding which methods to use is an ongoing conversation rather than a fixed prescription.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps the work. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a shorter, focused check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief updates or questions into a busy week and can support between-session work. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit into daily life while still using the same therapeutic approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, California
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
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