Shing Chin (Alice) Ginkens , LPCC, LPC

Shing Chin (Alice) Ginkens is a licensed counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing family tensions, trauma, mood changes, parenting stress, and relationship conflicts. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and sees clients from California and beyond.

Alice approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She listens first, then tailors a plan that fits each person's situation and goals. Conversations focus on practical steps and clearer ways to cope with strong emotions.

Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, anger, grief, addictions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, blended family stress, caregiver strain, codependency, and communication problems.

Therapy can include techniques from cognitive behavioral work to help shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person's values and goals, and EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate.

Clients can expect a steady, collaborative process. Alice helps people set realistic steps, practice new skills between sessions, and track progress over time. The goal is clearer thinking, calmer responses, and better relationships.

To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit their lives. Plans are adjusted to match changing needs as work moves forward.

Working with ACT, CBT and EMDR online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses values and simple exercises to help people live in ways that matter to them. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and taking steps toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge when that approach is appropriate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to lean more on ACT, CBT, EMDR, or client-centered conversations as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier between scheduled meetings. These options make it simpler to match therapy to a person's schedule and day-to-day needs.