Wendy Chuan Wen Chao is a clinical psychologist and Jungian candidate analyst based in Shanghai, China, where she practices at the Body and Soul Medical Clinics. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business, and a Doctor of Education in Analytical Psychology from South China Normal University. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist under the national certification of the Republic of China and serves as a Mediator at the Jiangsu Provincial Taiwan Arbitration Center.

Before entering the field of depth psychology, Chao had an eighteen-year career as a corporate executive spanning New York, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Bangkok. She transitioned to mental health practice in Shanghai in 2012, bringing her cross-cultural professional experience to bear on her clinical work with business professionals and adults navigating life transitions. Her training encompasses Jungian analytical psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and expressive arts therapy, including dream work, myth, fairy tale analysis, sandplay, drawing, and story writing.

Chao's clinical specializations include self-esteem and communication difficulties, life transition and change, work-related stress, and expatriate adjustment issues. She practices in English and Mandarin, offering sessions at the Body and Soul Downtown Clinic and the Minhang Clinic in Shanghai.

Training & lineage

  • BA, Economics and Psychology University of California, Berkeley
  • MBA, Finance New York University Stern School of Business
  • EdD, Analytical Psychology South China Normal University

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