Chia-Ying Chou, PhD

465 California Street, Suite 660, San Francisco, California 94112, USA

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Overview

Dr. Chou is the founder and director of the San Francisco Center for Compassion Focused Therapies, a group psychotherapy practice in California. Her CFT training started in 2014, and has been supervised by Drs. Paul Gilbert, Dennis Tirch, and Tobyn Bell over the years.

As a therapist, Dr. Chou applies CFT as the main therapy approach in her work with clients experiencing different psychological challenges related to trauma, such as hoarding, PTSD/C-PTSD, and interpersonal and attachment difficulties.

As a CFT supervisor, Dr. Chou provides individual and group CFT supervision to licensed and pre-licensed clinicians globally. Her practice hosts an online CFT peer consultation group, CFT Open Home, which supports CFT clinicians from different parts of the world.

As a CFT trainer, Dr. Chou provides training on CFT, as well as CFT for hoarding. She has given a 3-day CFT introduction training, and a 6-week CFT for hoarding training through the Compassionate Mind Foundation. She has also been invited to offer the 3-day CFT introduction and one-day CFT for hoarding workshops through the Taiwanese Clinical Psychology Association.

Finally, as a researcher and hoarding expert, Dr. Chou has developed a CFT for hoarding group therapy protocol (Chou and DuFrene, 2022). Her group practice incorporates practice-based research, and has been a hub for hoarding and CFT research.

Therapist information

English and Mandarin

PhD in Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychologist licensed in California and in Taiwan

Individuals, Groups

Specialist areas: Trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD, Hoarding Disorder, General Anxiety Disorder

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As a CFT supervisor, Dr. Chou provides individual and group CFT supervision to licensed and pre-licensed clinicians globally. Her practice hosts an online CFT peer consultation group, CFT Open Home, which supports CFT clinicians from different parts of the world.

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As a therapist, Dr. Chou applies CFT as the main therapy approach in her work with clients experiencing different psychological challenges related to trauma, such as hoarding, PTSD/C-PTSD, and interpersonal and attachment difficulties.

As a CFT supervisor, Dr. Chou provides individual and group CFT supervision to licensed and pre-licensed clinicians globally. Her practice hosts an online CFT peer consultation group, CFT Open Home, which supports CFT clinicians from different parts of the world.

As a CFT trainer, Dr. Chou provides training on CFT, as well as CFT for hoarding. She has given a 3-day CFT introduction training, and a 6-week CFT for hoarding training through the Compassionate Mind Foundation. She has also been invited to offer the 3-day CFT introduction and one-day CFT for hoarding workshops through the Taiwanese Clinical Psychology Association.

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