About Fang-Yi
Fang-Yi Wu is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in California who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and low self-esteem. She works with concerns like depression, grief, intimacy issues, eating struggles, anger, career stress, and the fallout from life changes.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supported. She focuses on clear, respectful conversation.
Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all script. Fang-Yi draws on practical tools and guided reflection to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
Her work often incorporates attachment ideas to look at how past relationships affect current ones. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors.
Mindfulness exercises are introduced when helpful for stress and anxiety. Fang-Yi has six years of professional experience and holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, listed as LMFT.
She speaks English and Mandarin, which can help bridge cultural or language barriers in conversation. People meet her for a mix of short-term goals and longer-term changes.
She balances practical steps with careful listening, and she invites clients to pace work so it feels doable. The focus is on moving toward clearer communication, steadier mood, and better self-understanding.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Fang-Yi often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns shape current connections. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and find gentler ways to relate. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks down how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and unhelpful thinking.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls let people meet face to face; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when camera use is not preferred. Live chat and text messaging provide short check-ins or ongoing written support between sessions. These options let people access care from different locations and schedules while keeping therapy flexible and practical.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Mandarin