- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Sixuan
Sixuan Bao is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people build skills that fit their lives.
She uses methods from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people change patterns that feel stuck. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when strong emotions or self-management skills get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Sixuan also draws on existential and Jungian perspectives to help clients reflect on values, meaning, and personal strengths. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward. She helps people set achievable goals, try new strategies between meetings, and notice what works.
That practical focus makes therapy feel useful from the start. Sixuan has helped people with relationship worries, trauma and abuse, career and motivation challenges, grief, addictions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports clients dealing with sleep or eating struggles, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.
She offers sessions in English and Mandarin and works remotely with people in New York. To begin, a simple matching process connects clients to a schedule that fits them. Sixuan values courage and small steps and aims to make therapy a steady, manageable process.
What Sixuan works with
Everything Sixuan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sixuan helps people with.
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy starts by placing the person and their experience at the center. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what matters, and helps clients make choices that match their values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts and behaviors influence mood and stress. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns and improve day-to-day functioning. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and reducing self-directed harm. It is helpful when emotion regulation and interpersonal stress feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This shared process keeps therapy practical and relevant to real life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls recreate a face-to-face meeting when deeper conversation or visual cues are useful. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter updates, ongoing coaching between sessions, or a different way to communicate when typing feels easier. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels.
Questions people ask about Sixuan
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in therapy?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, career challenges, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, self-esteem struggles, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Therapy is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on listening, identifying strengths, and trying strategies that fit daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices with clients in that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
What session formats does she provide?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through 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 schedule according to therapist availability.
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