Therapist in Washington, Oregon, New York, and Asia
Mental health therapy for high-achieving Asian and Asian American professionals
Therapy that understands the weight of achievement and the invisible pressures that shape it.
I am a licensed psychologist supporting Asian and Asian American professionals and caregivers navigating burnout, overfunctioning, anxiety, and cultural or intergenerational pressure.
Together, we soften the places where your story has grown tight and return to a way of living that feels more spacious and your own.
Shirley Ley, PsyD
Seattle based licensed psychologist
Virtual therapy across Washington, Oregon, New York, and Asia
Therapy for burnout, overfunctioning, anxiety, and cultural or intergenerational pressure.
Work with high achieving Asian and Asian American professionals and caregivers.
Grounded in cultural attunement and sustained, intentional healing.
Do these feel familiar?
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This is about rest feeling unsafe or unearned, where slowing down brings worry instead of comfort.
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This reflects the pressure to stay useful or impressive in order to feel like you matter.
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This is about believing that pushing harder makes you worthy, even when it means neglecting your own needs.
What you’re carrying might look like this.
Every journey is unique. These are just a few of the patterns I often see.
“I didn’t understand my heaviness until I no longer had to hold it alone.”
~ Client reflection
How we start, and what becomes possible
There’s a cost to carrying everything. Therapy can help you imagine other ways to move.
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You have held it together for work, for family, and for your community. But beneath the surface, you may feel numb, irritable, or like you are moving through life on autopilot.
Work keeps you up at night. Your body holds a tension it cannot release.
You miss feeling alive.
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You do not have to keep pushing just because you were taught to endure.
This is a space to slow down and notice what has been buried beneath the striving. To explore new ways of moving that are rooted in your own values, not just what was handed down.
Here, you do not have to be productive or perform.
You are allowed to be human.
Support that fits your journey.
Burnout recovery
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Release & Renewal
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Burnout recovery ◇ Release & Renewal ◇
You’re used to doing the work. I help you do it differently.Hello, I’m
DR. SHIRLEY LEY
I know what it feels like to be the one who holds it all together. I understand the weight of family expectations, the complexity of living between cultures, and the exhaustion that comes from perpetual striving.
My work centers cultural and ancestral experiences because I believe our healing needs space that honors both individual struggle and collective wisdom. We don't need to choose between honoring our families and honoring ourselves.
Explore with ease.
Try therapy before you commit
Not sure if you’re ready for a full experience? The Exploration Session is a one-time, 45-minute appointment where we focus on what feels most pressing right now so you can get a feel for how we might work together.
