Yu Tsun Tseng-Brown, LMFT

Yu Tsun Tseng-Brown is a California-licensed therapist with 26 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger, and relationship challenges. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), she combines extensive training with a practical, compassionate orientation to help clients navigate complex emotional experiences and build more resilient coping skills.

She holds certifications in areas that inform her work with both adults and children, including child abuse and home violence, parenting education, and play therapy for young clients. Her training also includes Seek Safety, an intervention focused on addressing trauma alongside substance use concerns, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people process traumatic memories and reduce related symptoms. Additional certifications include the Managing and Adapting Program for treatment of depression, trauma, anxiety, and disruptive behavior, and CORES crisis intervention for responding to acute situations.

Yu Tsun Tseng-Brown emphasizes culturally responsive, evidence-based care delivered in a collaborative manner that honors each person’s story and strengths. She aims to create a supportive therapeutic space where clients and families can explore practical strategies, work toward emotional healing, and pursue meaningful personal growth.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Yu Tsun Tseng-Brown commonly draws on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and Seek Safety in her clinical work. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy is a structured approach that helps people process traumatic memories, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and reduce symptoms related to trauma. Seek Safety is an intervention that addresses both trauma and substance use by teaching coping skills and strategies to stabilize reactions and improve everyday functioning. She also uses play therapy methods when working with children, employing developmentally appropriate techniques to help young clients express feelings and build skills.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Yu Tsun Tseng-Brown works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She partners with clients to adjust techniques over time so care remains aligned with progress and changing circumstances.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to receive support from different locations. These formats offer flexibility in how people connect with licensed professionals and therapists, allowing consistent access to care while accommodating individual routines and comfort levels.