Ling Jin, LCMHCA
Ling Jin (she/her) is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Associate with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies from Duke University, with a focus in cultural studies and anthropology. Prior to transitioning into the mental health field, Ling spent over eight years working in nonprofit and higher education settings, where she developed a strong passion for supporting and advocating for international students, immigrants, and other historically marginalized communities.
As a first-generation immigrant from China, Ling understands the grief, loss, and loneliness that often accompany the immigration experience, along with the quiet pressure to hide parts of oneself in order to feel safe in social spaces. As a parent, she has also experienced firsthand the complexities of raising a child biculturally when family support is limited. Through her work with international students, Ling was honored to hold stories of anxiety, homesickness, and heartbreak, alongside joy, growth, and reclamation. During this time, she became deeply aware of the shortage of bilingual therapists who truly understand the lived experiences of historically marginalized communities. These experiences shaped her path into the mental health field and continue to guide her commitment to supporting immigrants, international students, and their families.
Ling approaches counseling from an integrative perspective, drawing from mindfulness, relational therapy, family systems theory, existential-humanistic theory, and acceptance-based approaches. Grounded in the belief that healing happens through meaningful connections, Ling views the therapeutic relationship as a space where clients can feel safe, seen, and supported as they explore and practice new ways of relating to themselves and to others. With the understanding that many of the challenges we face are shaped by the families, cultures, and systems we are part of, she works collaboratively with clients to name and explore these influences, clarify values, and move toward meaningful and sustainable changes.
Ling offers therapy in Mandarin Chinese and English. She is passionate about supporting individuals, couples, and families as they navigate neurodivergence, disabilities, parenting concerns, immigration-related experiences, life transitions, trauma, grief, and loss—not as a clinical specialist, but as a fellow traveler walking alongside them on their journey through this world.
你好，我是金玲，很高兴与你在这里相遇。我来自中国上海，拥有北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校临床心理咨询硕士学位，以及杜克大学东亚研究硕士学位。转行进入心理咨询行业之前，我曾长期在非营利机构和国际教育领域工作。
作为初代移民，我深刻理解移民生活中可能带来的孤独、失落、压力，以及身份认同的拉扯。身为家长，我也明白在跨文化环境中养育孩子的艰辛与复杂。因此，我希望在咨询过程中为你提供一个安全、温暖的空间，聆听你的故事，陪伴你寻找并澄清自身的价值与人生意义，同时一起探索家庭、文化和社会环境对你的影响，慢慢走向疗愈，并为你的生活带来积极、可持续的改变。
我的咨询方式整合了正念、家庭系统理论、存在主义和人本主义取向，以及接纳承诺疗法（ACT）。对我来说，咨询不是把你“治好”，而是在这段人生旅程中，与你并肩同行。
