Yaoying Qu – M.A, LGPC

Yaoying has a M.A in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University. She is a resident in counseling with the State of Virginia and a licensed graduate professional counselor with Maryland.  She has experience working with couples with relationship issues, school-age children/adolescents and their families, and adults with depression/anxiety/anger management/relationship/adjustment issues. During the past 3 years, she has led workshops/groups in churches around great DC area focusing on parenting, communication, and emotion regulation. Prior to entering into the counseling field, Yaoying had worked as a financial analyst, project controller, and Engineer. With her diverse educational background and working experience in different cultures, Yaoying is more able to understand clients from their perspectives. Her interests include cross-cultural marriage issues, parenting, relationship issues, adjustment issues, career change, depression, anxiety. She is bilingual in English and Mandarin. She loves traveling, lived in four different countries and visited more than ten before.