Therapy for immigrant & multicultural families
When love, sacrifice, expectations, and independence pull a family in different directions.
Culturally responsive therapy for immigrant and multicultural adults, couples, and families across Ontario, available in English and Mandarin.
Culturally responsive therapy for immigrant and multicultural adults, couples, and families across Ontario. Sessions are virtual, available in English and Mandarin, and start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Free 15-minute consultation
Individual sessions $50 · Couple sessions $75
Direct billing is not offered. Insurance-friendly receipts are provided after each session. Sliding scale may be available if fees are a barrier.
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO · English and Mandarin · Virtual across Ontario
Does this feel familiar?
You may recognize
- Parents and adult children growing further apart
- Conflict about education, careers, partners, parenting, or money
- Love expressed through sacrifice, advice, responsibility, or financial support
- Guilt about disappointing family or setting boundaries
- Different ideas about respect, duty, independence, and a good life
Looking beneath the surface
More than a communication problem
Immigrant-family conflict can involve culture, migration, grief, sacrifice, belonging, money, power, and autonomy at the same time. Therapy makes room for the whole story.
How therapy may help
A place for both connection and change
The work can help family members name what they are trying to protect, understand how care is being expressed and received, and develop ways of relating that honour connection without erasing individuality.
What we may explore
What we may explore
Open a theme to read how therapy may help.
Who is this therapy for?
Culturally responsive therapy for immigrant and multicultural adults, couples, and families across Ontario, available in English and Mandarin.
Do you work with immigrant and multicultural families?
Yes. Culturally responsive therapy is available in English and Mandarin for immigrant and multicultural adults, couples, and families across Ontario.
How can therapy help?
The work can help family members name what they are trying to protect, understand how care is being expressed and received, and develop ways of relating that honour connection without erasing individuality.
How do I start therapy with Yvonne Zhu?
Book a free 15-minute consultation online. Sessions are virtual for clients located in Ontario and are available in English and Mandarin.
Next step
You do not need to figure everything out first.
A free 15-minute consultation can help us see whether working together may be a good fit.