Wendy Wan Yi Huang

My name is Wendy, a registered clinical counsellor and a professional art therapist. I’m a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, BC Art Therapy Association, International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy, and Taiwan Art Therapy Association.

I work with children between 5 and 14 years old and adults. I help them learn emotional regulation, and use creative ways to experience therapeutic processes. I’m also an approved therapist for ICBC claims, CVAP (crime victim assistance program), accepting autistic funding from AFU autism funding unit, and most extended health insurance benefits.

I’m a Taiwanese Canadian immigrant who speaks fluent Mandarin and English, so I understand how difficult to be a newcomer in Canada and how challenging to face life transition, loss and grief in this process of relocation. 

I like to use puzzles as an analogy or a metaphor to describe our lived experiences. Sometimes it isn't easy to put a puzzle by yourself because there are things you are worried about, fearful to think of, or something you have not discovered yet. I am here to help you put the pieces together to understand yourself better. 

Since the age of 24, I have been serving a wide range of people who needed government assistance. My work experiences in the government public service as an intake worker have helped me understand to put clients first, always pay empathic listening and respect everyone's life stories.

I was once a breast cancer patient and experienced art therapy and counselling. It was a life transition for me to explore and experience the power of art therapy. I am now a mother of two children. I want to introduce this healing method to experience this therapeutic process. In my services, you are the one who controls your own puzzles, but I assist you in finding some pieces you have not explored yet.

I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Simon Fraser University in 2007. In 2021, I completed an internship in direct and indirect counselling practicum at both Moving Forward Family Services and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. In 2022, I obtained a master's degree in counselling (MC) from Athabasca University and a Diploma in Advanced Art Therapy (DVATI) from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute.

Certifications:

• Certification of ASDCS Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Special Training
• Certification of Child Cognition and Art Development
• Certification of Child Art Assessment
• Certification of Psychological Projection and Art Creation
• Certification of Child Assessment on Human Figure Drawing
• Certification of Child Assessment on Bird Nest Drawing
• Certification of Child Assessment on Kinetic Family Drawing
• Certification of Child Assessment on Graphic Family Portrayal
• Certification of Mindfulness-Based Somatic Therapy Level I
• Certification of Sound Therapy

我叫 Wendy，是一名註冊臨床諮商師和專業藝術治療師。我與 5 歲及以上的兒童（無論是否有特殊需求）以及成年人一起工作，幫助他們從創傷經歷中治愈，學習情緒調節，並簡單地使用創造性的方式來體驗治療過程。

我也是一名 ICBC 卑詩省汽車監理站車禍理賠、CVAP 犯罪受害者援助計劃認可的治療師，並接受大多數延長健康保險的福利。我在高貴林港工作，主要為三聯市 (高貴林, 高貴林港, 滿地寶）提供服務，但我也提供線上服務以滿足個案的需求。

我是台灣裔加拿大移民，能說流利的國語和英語。我是加拿大藝術治療協會、卑詩省藝術治療協會、國際創意藝術教育與治療協會和台灣藝術治療協會的會員。

我喜歡用拼圖作為比喻或隱喻來描述我們的生活經驗。有時候，自己拼拼圖並不容易。有些事情您擔心，或害怕想到，或有些內心世界您還沒有探索到。我在這裡是為了幫助您將各拼圖的部分組合起來，以便更好地了解自己。儘管這可能需要一些時間或可能不完美，但您並不孤單。

在過去的十五年裡，我一直為需要政府援助的人們提供廣泛的直接或間接幫助，包括醫院、懲教所、護理中心和醫療機構的個體。身為公眾的服務人員，我在政府公共服務部門的工作經驗幫助我懂得將客戶放在第一位、始終以同理心傾聽並尊重每個人的生活經驗。

我曾經是一名乳癌患者，並經歷過藝術治療和心理諮詢。探索和體驗藝術治療的力量對我來說是一次人生的轉變。我現在是兩個孩子的母親。我想把這種治療方法介紹給需要這種治療過程的人。

在我的服務中，我會優先考慮您的需求，並將以客戶為中心的心理動力學融入藝術治療中。我還會在心理治療過程中使用敘事療法、阿德勒、榮格、薩提爾的理論。最終，您是自己掌控拼圖的人，但我會幫您找到一些您尚未探索過的部分。如果個案喜歡用傳統談話方式探索他們的內心世界，我也可以提供心理談話服務。

我於 2007 年在西門菲莎大學 Simon Fraser University 獲得學士學位。2021年， 在諮商中心 Moving Forward Family Services 以及溫哥華藝術治療學院 Vancouver Art Therapy Institute 完成了直接與間接的諮商個案與團體治療之實習， 並且在2022年於阿薩巴斯卡大學 Athabasca University 取得心理諮商碩士學位 (MC) 以及溫哥華藝術治療學院的進階藝術治療文憑 (DVATI)。

我希望可以透過藝術治療來認識您，幫助您找尋一個可以修復創傷的方式， 透過諮商管道來重新連接您的身心靈，讓藝術治療重新開啟我們的創造力， 一起探尋您的潛意識。