Evon (Yi-Fang) Chiu is a cross-cultural psychotherapist, educator, and clinical supervisor with extensive experience supporting clients and mental health professionals from diverse countries, cultures, and intersecting identities. Her clinical and teaching work is grounded in attachment-based, experiential, and culturally responsive approaches, with a particular focus on relational safety, emotional integration, and the ways in which cultural and historical contexts shape inner experience and relationship patterns.

She completed her professional psychotherapy training at the University of San Francisco and spent several years practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing individual life coaching for college students, international students, and expatriates to help them navigate academic, professional, and cross-cultural challenges. She also worked as a clinical support specialist for neurodivergent children, gaining deep insight into the daily challenges and emotional needs of families with diverse developmental profiles, and building extensive experience with clients of different ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.

After returning to Taiwan, Evon founded a counseling program at an experimental Indigenous primary and secondary school in eastern Taiwan, providing long-term support to students and families in rural communities and addressing the intersections of culture, education, and mental health. Her work uniquely integrates Taiwanese cultural understanding with internationally recognized therapeutic approaches, offering tailored support for clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, including expatriates and international residents in Taiwan. She is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Women of Color Leadership Program and received a scholarship from the AEDP Institute, becoming the first psychotherapist from Taiwan to complete the full training and receive certification, bringing Asian clinical experience to the forefront of international psychotherapy.

Evon’s professional formation spans both the humanities and psychology. She studied History at National Taiwan University and Psychology/Sociology at California State University, which provided her with a deep understanding of the relationship between collective histories, cultural contexts, and psychological processes. Her clinical approach integrates Western psychotherapy theories with local cultural wisdom, developing a distinctive style that emphasizes cultural awareness, clinical depth, and practical integration.

As the founding chair of the Taiwan Multicultural Counseling Association, Evon has been a pioneer in Asia in advancing intergenerational trauma-informed approaches, culturally grounded psychotherapy, and the integration of historical, familial, and social factors into clinical practice.

She has been invited to present at major professional conferences in the United States, including the American Counseling Association Annual Conference, the National Multicultural Conference & Summit, and the American Mental Health Counseling Association Conference. Her presentations focus on cross-cultural psychotherapy, intergenerational trauma, and applying attachment-based and experiential perspectives to clinical work within Asian and postcolonial contexts.

In her clinical practice, Evon pays particular attention to how historical oppression and cultural marginalization affect emotional regulation, bodily experience, and attachment patterns, with a sensitive understanding of the emotional expressions of culturally silenced populations. Her recent article, “Culturally Attuned AEDP for Attachment Integration: Four Internal Working Models of a Taiwanese Adopted Migrant Boy,” was published in the latest issue of Transformance Journal. Her clinical work demonstrates a pioneering integration of Taiwanese cultural experience with cutting-edge international psychotherapy, establishing a platform for Asian perspectives to be recognized and heard on the global stage.

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