Chao Zhao is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT 126562), and Registered Art Therapist-Provisional, supervised by Yasuno Yoshizawa (LMFT112040, ATR-BC) in Los Angeles, California. She is a former financial planner, client relationship, and product manager in Beijing. Driven by her passion for art and human lived experiences, she obtained her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with Specialized Training in Art Therapy in the US. Currently, her work focuses on Asian-American and immigrant experiences, anxiety, and burnout, for individuals, inter-racial couples, and their families to reconnect to their inner strengths in life.
Accomplishments:
A research article Connecting in New Ways: Art Therapy Trainees’ Experiences of Telehealth During COVID-19, has been published in the Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.
Chao Zhao is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT 126562), and Registered Art Therapist-Provisional, supervised by Yasuno Yoshizawa (LMFT112040, ATR-BC) in Los Angeles, California. She is a former financial planner, client relationship, and product manager in Beijing. Driven by her passion for art and human lived experiences, she obtained her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with Specialized Training in Art Therapy in the US. Currently, her work focuses on Asian-American and immigrant experiences, anxiety, and burnout, for individuals, inter-racial couples, and their families to reconnect to their inner strengths in life.
Accomplishments:
A research article Connecting in New Ways: Art Therapy Trainees’ Experiences of Telehealth During COVID-19, has been published in the Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07421656.2022.2030190Interviewed by LA Times and collaborated with mental health professionals and enthusiasts on Phi Do’s Asian American mental health and language project that started as part of The Times’ For Your Mind initiative with guidance from Jaclyn Cosgrove, Maneeza Iqbal, Lila Seidman, and Laura Newberry. The guide, Mental Health in Mandarin Chinese: A Starter Kit for Dialogue, was published in the LA Times.
https://www.latimes.com/projects/mental-health-mandarin-chinese-how-to/赵超是一名美国加州注册婚姻家庭咨询师和艺术心理咨询师。她曾经在中国是一名银行的理财师,客户经理和产品经理。由于对艺术和探究人们生**验的热情,她在美国加州完成了婚姻家庭和艺术心理咨询培训并取得了硕士学位。现今,她的工作主要帮助个人和家庭解决面对美国亚裔(华裔)生活和移民经历,社会融入,压力和焦虑,以及职业和学业倦怠等问题,帮助他们重拾自己的内心力量。
成就:
对于疫情期间如何在新的模式下保持链接感,发表了研究文献在美国艺术心理咨询协会周刊上,分享了人们提供面对挑战时找到属于自己的社区和保持链接感的新发现。
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07421656.2022.203019曾被洛杉矶时报采访,与其他心理咨询师和热衷人士一起完成调研项目,发表文章“如何用中文开始关于心理健康的对话”在洛杉矶时报上,做为洛杉矶时报记者Phi Do带领的“美国亚裔心理健康与语言”的项目一部分。
https://www.latimes.com/projects/mental-health-mandarin-chinese-how-to/