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Background & Credentials
I am a licensed psychologist in Washington State (PSYPACT), working in Mandarin, English, and Taiwanese. My training brings together three disciplines, Jungian analysis, Hakomi, and neuropsychology, so that the mind, the body, and the brain each have a place in our work.
These perspectives are often kept apart. Here, there is room for how the brain works as well as for dreams, meaning, and what the body carries, in the language and culture most natural to you. I hope to help you understand what is happening within and find a way forward that feels like your own.
Ways I can help: Psychotherapy · Brain health · Executives · Clinicians · Organizations
20+ years
From academic medical centers and neurorehabilitation to private practice, with clients from students to older adults
Trained at
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Barrow Neurological Institute
National Taiwan University Hospital
Boards & speaking
Board member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, and the Hakomi Institute
Speaker for NVIDIA teams in the US and Asia-Pacific
Three disciplines, one practice
MIND
Jungian analysis
A depth psychotherapy founded by C.G. Jung. Dreams, symbols, and the therapy relationship help us understand what is moving beneath the surface of a life.
IAAP-certified Jungian analyst (2022)
BODY
Hakomi
A mindfulness-based, body-centered psychotherapy. Gentle, present-moment awareness helps us notice the beliefs and patterns we carry in the body.
Certified Hakomi therapist & teacher (2024)
Long-time Vipassana meditator
BRAIN
Neuropsychology
How the brain shapes memory, attention, mood, and behavior, and how to support people through illness, injury, or changes with age.
Former Faculty Neuropsychologist, Barrow Neurological Institute
Asia-Pacific Scientist, Cogstate (clinical trials)
See how the three disciplines meet in practice in my article, Mindful Imagination. New to Jungian analysis? Start with What Is Jungian Analysis, and Is It Right for Me?
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION
Licensed Psychologist, Washington · PSYPACT
Licensed Psychologist, Taiwan
Jungian Analyst, IAAP
Certified Hakomi Therapist & Teacher
Certified MBTI® Practitioner
EDUCATION
Psy.D., The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA
M.A., Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA
M.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei
CLINICAL TRAINING
2018–21
Postdoctoral residency, neuropsychology & neurorehabilitation
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ · APPCN
2017–18
Pre-doctoral internship, rehabilitation neuropsychology
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY · APA-accredited
2015–17
Neuropsychology externship; built a Chinese-language assessment protocol
2011–16
International scholar & fellow, bilingual long-term psychotherapy
2003–04
Clinical psychology internship, Department of Psychiatry
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023–
Asia-Pacific Scientist (from 2024); Neuropsychology Consultant (2023–24)
Cogstate · clinical trials
2021–23
Faculty Neuropsychologist: evaluations, psychotherapy, cognitive rehabilitation, and supervision of postdoctoral fellows
Barrow Neurological Institute, Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation
2011–
Private practice, psychotherapy and consultation
Dr. Wen-Yu Cheng, PLLC
2008–11
Psychologist and Director of R&D (EAP, telepsychology, and training programs)
Taiwan Institute of Psychotherapy · Taipei
2008–11
Psychologist: spinal cord injury rehabilitation, community mental health, and trauma services for adults, children, and adolescents
Rehabilitation Center for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury · Taipei Mental Rehabilitation Association · Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault · Holy Word Children’s Home
2004–07
Psychologist: inpatient and outpatient psychiatry (assessment, psychotherapy, and consultation-liaison); student counseling
Tri-Service General Hospital (Department of Psychiatry) · National Taiwan University Student Counseling Center · Neihu High School · Taipei
RECENT TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2026
“Mindful Imagination: Active Imagination, Buddhist Meditation & the Hakomi Bridge” (workshop)
C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
2026
Jungian psychological types, lecture for master’s students
Shih Chien University, Taipei
2025
Jung, neuropsychology, and dignity in cognitive decline (with Dr. George Prigatano)
22nd IAAP Congress, Zurich
2024
“Mindful Imagination: Active Imagination and Buddhist Meditation” (workshop)
C.G. Jung Foundation of New York
2023
Asian neuropsychology in the US (symposium)
International Neuropsychological Society, Taipei
2022
“Coping with Stress during COVID-19: A Neuroscience Perspective,” talk (in Mandarin)
NVIDIA · China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
2026
“The Neuroembodiment of the Psyche,” public talk
Shanghai Jungian Developing Group
2025–26
“Well-being Matters: Redefining Success in High-Performance Cultures”
NVIDIA · US & APAC
2024
Webinar: “Navigating the CNS Clinical Trial Landscape in Asia-Pacific”
Cogstate
2023
Mindfulness-based interventions for adults with acquired brain injury
American Psychological Association Annual Convention
2022
Active imagination through the lens of Buddhism and Hinduism (with Dr. John Beebe and colleagues)
IAAP Congress, Buenos Aires
2022
“The Benefits of Mindfulness Practice from the Neuroscience Perspective,” talk (in Mandarin)
NVIDIA · China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024
Components of self-awareness affecting caregiver burden
Brain Injury
2024
Cultural dynamics in WAIS-IV performance: Taiwanese and US cohorts
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology