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Meiyang Liu Kadaba, PsyD (she/her)

刘眉扬 博士 (她）

San Francisco, CA

I center my work around building a warm, trusting relationship with my clients. I strive to meet each person where they are and create a relationship that's uniquely suited to their needs and goals. My grounding values are respect, authenticity, collaboration, and compassion.

As a bicultural and bilingual "third-culture kid," I've engaged in a personal search for home and belonging ever since childhood. As a result, I pay particular attention to the profound way that our histories and cultural contexts shape our sense of self and our experiences in the world.

Before become a mental health provider, I had a background in medicine and technology. These experiences taught me to find the connections between individuals and the larger, systemic structures and processes that surround us.

I completed my graduate and post-graduate training at the Wright Institute in Berkley, CA, where I received my Psy.D. in 2018. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of age, race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, immigration status, national origin, and other aspects of personal identity. My practice draws primarily from psychodynamic/psychoanalytic ideas rooted in liberation and justice. I also flexibly incorporate trauma- and attachment-informed interventions, mindful compassion, creative expression, and somatic experience.

Beyond the therapy room, I’m passionate about advancing mental health through leadership, teaching, and supervision. I have taught, mentored, and supervised psychology graduate students at the Wright Institute and California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), and was a staff member at the Wright’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). For my graduate work in supporting minority psychology, I was recognized by the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). I'm also a past Chair of the Division on Practice in the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA).