Language Proficiency: English, Mandarin Chinese

Christy is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Mental Health Clinician who works with children, teens, and adults. She has experience assisting clients with depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, ADHD, OCD, LGBTQ+ issues, and conflict in multi-generational immigrant families. She specializes in providing culturally sensitive services for clients with diverse backgrounds.

Christy earned her master’s degree in community counseling at Argosy University and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Governors State University. Prior to joining City Counseling Center, Christy worked as a mental health counselor in an immigrant-focused community agency and as a school counselor in a K-12 school with a diverse student population. Christy has supervised master’s-level counseling students and served as a teaching assistant in classes such as Advanced Counseling Skills, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Diagnostic and Treatment Planning. In addition, she has presented at numerous professional conferences and workshops on topics such as cross-cultural supervision and the relationship between media and trauma. Most recently, she earned a certification in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

Christy works with clients in Illinois who come from all around the world, helping them to make sense of their experiences and to use their existing strengths to thrive in the face of adversity. Christy is passionate about advocating for the mental health community and is eager to help people strengthen their capacity to care for themselves and others.