What is SIMHA

SIMHA is a multidisciplinary professional association of therapists who provide mental health services to the international communities in Shanghai.

How to Choose a Therapist

Seeking mental health support in a foreign country can be more difficult than it would be in your home country. Where do you go for help?

Want to join SIMHA?

Want to join the SIMHA counselor team? Membership with SIMHA can bring many benefits and opportunities for qualified therapists.

What Is Mental Health?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

Over the course of your life, if you experience mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:

  • Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry
  • Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
  • Family history of mental health problems

Mental health problems are common but help is available. People with mental health problems can get better and many recover completely.

Mental Health Specialists and Therapist's Languages

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Get the help you need with a SIMHA professional therapist

42

SIMHA Therapists

12

Languages Spoken

13

Countries Represented

75

Services / Specialties Offered

SIMHA News

Dec 2023
20th Dec 2023

SIMHA Christmas 2023

We wish you joy, love, and mental resilience during this magical season.
Your mental health matters, so take the time to unwind, reflect, and recharge.
May your Christmas be filled with inner peace and positivity.
Nov 2023
1st Nov 2023

November SIMHA Newsletter





SIMHA Training Day 2023

The event was held on Sunday, the 22nd of October and was open to all mental health professionals.

The topic of this year’s training was Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). Attendees enjoyed a one-day training session with Dr. Joyce Chen, who was a certified EFT supervisor and trainer in China. She had been promoting EFT for individual therapy since 2013 and had written a book about working with EFT for Chinese readers.

EFT was an empirically informed approach to the practice of psychotherapy, effective with individuals and couples.

This was an immersive and transformative training event in EFT, designed to introduce aspects of EFT to clinicians who were interested in incorporating this approach into their therapeutic practice. The major skill set of EFT required therapists to be available, present, and develop empathic attunement. Therapists were trained to observe facial expressions, body language, and breathing patterns to assess emotional shifts in the therapeutic encounter. The second part of the training was presented with a video. Here, participants watched Professor Leslie Greenberg’s interventions in a session working with anger and shame, and how this could foster healing and emotional growth. Professor Greenberg was the primary developer of Emotion Focused Therapy.






Sep 2023

To Make an Appointment

1) Chose a therapist from “Our Therapists” (see above) or SIMHA Therapists

2) Review their contact information on their profile.

3) Email/Phone/Wechat them directly for appointmentsm (and other information).

Appointments with therapists cannot be made directly through the SIMHA website.

Looking for a Mental Health Group/Service in Shanghai?

Group Examples

  1. Mindfulness
  2. Grief and Loss
  3. Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs
  4. Early Loss
  5. Encounter Group
  6. The Psychology of Eating

Shanghai International Mental Health Association (SIMHA)