Sixuan Bao, LCSW

Sixuan Bao is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. She uses a practical, client-centered style to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma, and life transitions. Sixuan speaks English and Mandarin and draws on nine years of professional experience in her work.

She favors clear, goal-oriented approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that cause distress and testing new ways of responding. She also uses client-centered techniques to listen closely and shape treatment around each person's goals.

For people struggling with emotion regulation or intense distress, she incorporates skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach grounding, emotion management, and interpersonal effectiveness. Jungian and existential ideas sometimes appear in conversation when exploring meaning, values, or identity.

Sixuan helps people with a wide range of concerns, including career coaching, grief, addictions, body image, parenting stress, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those coping with chronic health issues, attachment or personality-related difficulties, and compassion fatigue.

Therapy typically happens through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Practical steps to begin are selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability. Sixuan aims to work collaboratively to find useful strategies and build clearer next steps.

Using CBT and Client-Centered Work Online

Sixuan commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered techniques when offering online therapy. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing new ways to respond, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client's pace to clarify goals and strengths.

She may also draw on dialectical behavior therapy for people who need structure around emotion regulation and interpersonal skills. DBT skills teach steps for grounding, reducing reactivity, and improving communication in stressful moments. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process and will depend on a person's goals, preferences, and what they want to change.r>
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, and people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and offer flexibility while the therapist and client work together to find effective strategies.