Online Therapy for Therapists and Helping Professionals in Orange County, California.

Trauma-informed relationship therapy for therapists and helping professionals who may understand their patterns but still struggle with dating, attachment wounds, marital conflict, boundaries, or losing themselves in relationships.

Hi! I’m Dr. Yani Chu, PsyD LMFT 145959.

I’m a California LMFT with 8 years of experience helping therapists, counselors, and helping professionals who may know the psychology but still feel stuck in painful relationship patterns build the self-trust, boundaries, and emotional safety needed to create healthier relationships without losing themselves. I provide HIPAA-compliant telehealth services statewide.

Maybe You’re Here Because...

You understand attachment, boundaries, and relationship patterns—but it feels very different when you are the one inside the relationship.

You may find yourself overthinking texts or conversations, questioning whether you are asking for too much, staying too long trying to understand someone else’s behavior, or feeling responsible for keeping the relationship together.

You may know the pattern and still feel pulled into it.

You may even think, “I’m a therapist. I should be better at this.”

What You Want Instead

You want to trust yourself in relationships.

To know what you feel and need without immediately second-guessing it.

To set boundaries without fearing disconnection.

To experience closeness without losing yourself.

To recognize what is yours to work on—and what is not yours to carry.

You want relationships that feel mutual, emotionally safe, connected, and aligned with who you are.

This Is What Our Work Together Can Support

Through trauma-informed relationship therapy, we can explore the attachment wounds, protective patterns, and past experiences that continue to shape how you connect, protect yourself, and respond in relationships.

Using approaches such as EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, and experiential therapy, our work can support greater self-trust, emotional safety, healthier boundaries, and the ability to stay connected to yourself while staying connected to someone else. You do not have to choose between connection and yourself.

You already know how to hold space for others. Here, you do not have to be the therapist.

Sunlight streaming through a forest of tall trees, illuminating the greenery and creating a peaceful atmosphere.

A Different Kind of Space for Therapists

  • You do not need to impress me with how self-aware you are.

  • You do not need to explain everything perfectly

  • You do not need to know the clinical formulation.

  • You can simply arrive as yourself.

Endorsements

  • “Yani brings a deeply affirming presence to her work. Her calm. grounded energy is paired with a powerful ability to hold space for both the meaningful parts of the healing journey, with empathy, insight and a gentle yet steady hand."

    Dr. Kipenzi M. Herron

    Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT

    Colleague

  • “An exceptionally skilled therapist who creates a safe, grounded space for a deep sense of healing. Their thoughtful, client-centered approach to EMDR helps individuals process trauma effectively and building lasting resilience. I highly recommend Yani!"

    Ron McCaslin

    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP

    Colleague

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