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Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC)

Group practice
Accepting clients Last Updated 1 days ago

Provider Types

This is a group practice with multiple providers, including:

  • Licensed Professional Counselors

Yihhsing Liu (中文: 劉懿馨; Pronouns: she/her/hers), Ph.D., LPC., NCC
My clinical practice is informed by principles of humanistic psychology with the following focuses: psychodynamics, cultural relational theory, and trauma-focused framework. I believe in the power of therapeutic discourses that facilitate clients to discover unspoken thoughts and emotions related to their issues. I help clients to make meaningful connections and integrate thoughts, feelings, and actions given a situated culture and context. Additionally, I help clients explore meanings and patterns from a variety of roles they may identify with while developing creative mechanisms to respond to contextual and systematic stressors. My overarching treatment direction is to promote insight and adaptability for clients in each unique healing journey.
I have practiced psychotherapy and clinical mental health counseling in various types of treatment facilities in the United States since 2010. I offered individual as well as group counseling in the areas of mood disturbances, maladaptive behaviors, crisis & trauma, relationship issues, identity issues, and substance abuse. I practiced psychiatric nursing as a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Registered Professional Nurse (RPN) in both child & adolescent and adult in-patient units at the designated psychiatric treatment center in the city of Taipei, aka Taipei City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Taiwan from 1999 to 2004. Additionally, I served as a clinical faculty in the program of Counselor Education at Duquesne University (2015-2024). I provided teaching, training, and clinical supervision for counselors-in-training and supervisors-in-training on a regular basis throughout my academic appointments.
I offer services for a variety of mental health issues from short term, brief interventions to long term psychotherapy.
I am a native speaker of Mandarin and offer bilingual mental health counseling.


Specialties

ADHD Adoption related issues Alcohol Misuse or Abuse Anger management Anxiety Athletic Performance Behavioral Issues Bias and Discrimination Body Image Career Concerns College adjustment Cultural Adjustment Depression Divorce Dual diagnosis Eating Disorders Emotional Regulation Existential Challenges / Crises Family Conflict Gender Identity Grief and Loss Identity Development Immigration Stress Life Transitions Marital and Premarital counseling Perfectionism Race Based Trauma Racial Identity Relationship Issues Self-esteem Sexual Abuse Sexual Assault Sexual Health Sexuality Sexual Orientation Sleep Social Anxiety Social Isolation Stress Stress from Academics Trauma & PTSD

In-Network Insurance Plans

Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC) is in network for the following plans:

Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Choice Select PPO Cigna and Evernorth Optum UnitedHealthcare UPMC

NPI Number

1326875303

Rates

Rates not provided
Sliding Scale Offered: A sliding scale fee "slides" to try to meet the needs of clients who are unable to pay the full fee. Details can be discussed upon consultation.

Locations

5541 Walnut Street, Third Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
(412) 385-7295
ADA Accessible
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Practice Hours

Monday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 12:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday --
Sunday --

Treatment Approaches

Attachment-based Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Culturally Sensitive Depth Therapy Emotionally Focused Therapy Existential Family Systems Holistic Humanistic Lifespan Integration Multicultural Narrative Person-Centered Psychodynamic Relational Strength-Based Trauma Focused

Modalities

Couples Groups Individuals

Age Groups

Young Adults (18-25) Adults (26-64)

Communities

First-Gen Immigrants International LGBQ+ People of Color Polyamorous STEM

Meeting Options

Video sessions available
In-person sessions available

Qualifications

  • License(s): PA-PC017568

More About Us

  • Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin
  • Race(s): Asian or Asian American
  • Gender(s): Non-binary

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