Xinyuan (Clara) Tang

I received my master’s degree in Counseling and Mental Health Services from the University of Pennsylvania. I previously worked as a full-time university counselor and am currently in private practice in Shanghai.

My clinical training includes:

• 2020–2021 Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training with Shari Manning, Ph.D.
• 2021 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) training with Felicia Neubauer
• 2022–2024 Two-year psychodynamic psychotherapy training program at the Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (PCOP)
• 2025–2026 CIC “Toward 1000 Hours” Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program
• 2026-Present China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA), Basic Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program

I have accumulated over 2,500 clinical hours and more than 200 hours of supervision experience. I continue to engage in ongoing supervision and personal therapy.

My work is grounded in a psychodynamic approach while integrating techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness-based practices. I believe that deep and lasting change often comes not only from intellectual understanding, but also from safely experiencing one’s emotions and inner world and gradually developing safer relationships with others.