Tina Liu, LMHC

Therapy that is warm, honest, and real.

We all want to be seen, understood, and accepted. You may be coming into therapy feeling stuck, burnt out, or like something just isn't working anymore. That's okay. You don't need to have it all figured out before we start, and it would be my honor to explore that alongside you.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York. I work with adults going through anxiety, life transitions, relationship struggles, and questions of identity. I tend to work in a way that's warm and direct. I will ask you questions to promote insight, sit with you in the hard stuff, and also gently challenge you when it may be useful.

I believe who you are outside the therapy room matters just as much as what happens inside it. As a child of immigrants, I know firsthand what it means to move between worlds and how much it matters to be understood in the fullness of who you are. Your culture, your history, your relationships - all of it is welcome here. If something here resonates, please reach out. I would love to hear from you.

  • Sometimes you just need a space where you can say the thing out loud without filtering, performing, or managing how it lands. Talk therapy will be the foundation of our work together. Through honest conversation, I help you slow down, make sense of what you're carrying, and start to understand the patterns that keep showing up in your life. This isn't about getting advice or being told what to do, rather we will collaboratively build insight, find language for things that feel hard to name, and figure out what you actually want.

  • Some experiences don't respond to talking alone. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help you process distressing memories and experiences that feel stuck — the ones that still show up in your body, your reactions, or your relationships even when you think you've "moved on." It's particularly effective for trauma, anxiety, and overwhelming stress. You don't have to relive everything to heal from it. EMDR helps your nervous system do what it was always trying to do: process, integrate, and move forward.

  • Pregnancy and the postpartum period can bring up feelings that don't always match what you expected — or what anyone around you seems to be talking about. Anxiety, grief, identity shifts, relationship strain, or just a quiet sense that something feels off. These experiences are more common than you think, and they deserve real support. I provide specialized care for people navigating the emotional landscape of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood — including perinatal anxiety, depression, pregnancy loss, and the complex transition into a new version of yourself.

  • The relationships in our lives can be some of our greatest sources of meaning and some of our greatest sources of pain. Whether you're navigating conflict with a partner, struggling with family dynamics, feeling disconnected from people you love, or repeating patterns you can't seem to break, therapy can help. We will look at what's showing up in your relationships, where it comes from, and what you might want to do differently. This is individual therapy, so we won't be working on the relationship itself - but we will be working on you, which often changes everything.

  • Who are you when you're not performing, managing, or holding it together for everyone else? Questions of identity can feel especially layered when you're navigating multiple cultures, family expectations, or a sense that the version of yourself you've been presenting to the world isn't quite the whole picture. Whether you're working through questions of culture, sexuality, gender, career, or just a quiet feeling that you've lost touch with yourself, this is a space to explore that without judgment. You're allowed to not have it figured out yet.

  • Transitions have a way of surfacing everything. A new job, a move, a breakup, graduation, a loss - even the changes you chose can leave you feeling unsteady. Life transitions often bring up deeper questions about who you are, what you want, and whether the life you're building actually fits. Therapy during a transition isn't just about getting through it. It's about using the disruption as an opening to understand yourself more clearly and move forward with more intention.

  • Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and it doesn't always look the way people expect. It can be loud and consuming, or quiet and confusing. It can show up years after a loss, or in response to things that don't get counted as losses — a relationship, a version of yourself, a life you thought you'd have. Whatever you're grieving, you don't have to justify it or rush through it. This is a space to let grief be what it actually is and to find your way through it at your own pace.

Areas of Focus

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Our partnership

You bring all parts of yourself. I'll bring:

Training & Credentials

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, New York State (License #017700)

  • Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling, Columbia University

  • Master of Art in Psychological Counseling, Columbia University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Rutgers University

Ongoing Commitment to Professional Development

  • EMDR Basic Training Part I - completed April 2026

  • Certification in Perinatal Mental Health

  • OCD in Adults: Symptoms, Assessment, and the Introduction to Firstline Treatment - NOCD

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

Reach out whenever you’re ready.