MINDFUL COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY INSTITUTE
JIA REBECCA LI
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Couples Therapy Specialist (Gottman Method Level III)
CAMFT Certified Clinical Supervisor
婚姻和家庭心理治疗师
(中英文双语、加州执照)
OFFERING BOTH TELETHERAPY AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS
I have come to believe that loving presence is the most important thing we have to learn. This loving intimate connection with each other is the ground and purpose of our living, and the source of the healing that we do.
- Ron Kurtz
If you have butterflies in your stomach, invite them into your heart.
- Cooper Edens
Although I majored in psychology in my undergraduate (Beijing University, China) and graduate program (University of Chicago), I didn't become a psychotherapist until much later in life. In my 20's and 30's, I practiced law with dual license in New York and California, worked in investment banking, advised startups, and started a family. I worked and lived in many high energy but also high stress metropolitan areas, from New York, Chicago and Silicon Valley in the U.S. to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore in Asia. I also navigated through personal ups and downs, grief and loss, and changes and transitions.
These lived experiences have significantly influenced how I view and practice psychotherapy. They have given me a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the demands and uncertainties of today’s competitive work-life dynamics, and of their impact on individuals, relationships, and families.
Most importantly, the range and diversity of my experiences have helped me embrace complexity, appreciate depth, remain curious about tension and conflict, move through upsets and setbacks, value both the intensity and steadiness of emotional life, and explore the opportunities that can emerge from crisis. As a bilingual, bicultural psychotherapist, I am also attentive to the wide array of factors that shape my clients’ lives, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
I'm a member of both CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists) and SCV-CAMFT (Silicon Valley Chapter of CAMFT) and a Clinical Fellow of AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy). I previously served on the Board of SCV-CAMFT and the board committee of CAMFT.
MENTORSHIP; SUPERVISION
In addition to private practice, I mentor and supervise other therapists. As a CAMFT Certified Clinical Supervisor and a couples therapy specialist, I offer advanced clinical supervision to pre-licensed therapy trainees/associates and consultation to licensed therapists. In 2024, I started a monthly support group for the Silicon Valley Chapter of CAMFT (SCV-CAMFT) to support Asian/Pacific Islander therapists, which is continuing with the help of additional facilitators.
LANGUAGE:
I offer psychotherapy sessions in both English and Chinese (Mandarin) languages.
