Chloe Yu
GMBPsS, MBACP

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Hi, I'm Chloe
Welcome!
I’m a third-year Counselling Psychologist in training, enrolled on a doctoral programme and a fully accredited, BACP and NCPS registered counsellor/therapist. I have always been fascinated by people and what drives human behaviour and feel incredibly lucky to have been able to retrain extensively in psychology and counselling, following an initial career in compliance in the financial services industry. Although psychology is officially my second career, I have long held a latent interest in human psyche, symbolism and mythology for as long as I can remember so you can say I have had the benefit of starting my "training" early from childhood!
Why counselling may help you?
Alongside a keen interest in academic psychology, I am particularly drawn to counselling psychology as a practical discipline that combines psychological knowledge with human insight and problem-solving. I believe the power of counselling can extend to areas of a person’s life that are not ordinarily reached by other means. The human psyche is both the most fascinating and the hardest to reach part of a person, yet it holds the answer to who we are and why we do the things we do. My keen interests in counselling are relational trauma, obsessions, high intensity and sensitivity, existential crisis and questioning & neurodiversity.
As a psychologist and an experienced counsellor, I recognise people come to counselling for a wide range of reasons, be it to nurse a broken heart, relieve workplace stress, navigate an acute life crisis or maintain a sense of emotional wellbeing. I see counselling as a highly collaborative journey, and my role in the process is to offer an open, contained and compassionate space where all your worries and concerns can be safely explored and reflected upon, which will hopefully lead to deeper insights and positive resolutions.
Through my own life experience and study, I have come to realise that the many problems we face in life, although seemingly unrelated, often lead to the same root cause and we often carry on reacting to events unconsciously in a familiar pattern that may no longer serve us. Counselling offers an unique opportunity for us to come together to explore and reflect on your unique life events past and present, so we can uncover all these underlying emotions and buried memories and in the process lessening their impact on us so we can carry on living life more freely.
Benefits of Counselling with Me
Therapy is fundamentally a conversation with a purpose and my conversational style is warm, intuitive and insightful. Whilst my main role is to listen attentively, I do ask thoughtful questions that will prompt deeper thinking and reflection. I believe insights emerge through active dialoguing and our conversation will be guided by the following three key objectives:
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Clarity - I will support and guide our conversation in such a way that you will gain more clarity in your speech and thought patterns. The renewed clarity will also help you to become more aware of your automatic/reactive thoughts and behaviour patterns and prompt you to re-evaluate them and act more intentionally going forward.
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Purpose - Through our conversation, I will help you to identify and unveil you core values and what matters to you most so you can go on living a more meaningful life; guided and anchored by your core values and beliefs.
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Transformation - Our conversation is just a starting point and I am interested in supporting you translating the insights gleaned from therapy into real, tangible benefits outside the therapy room. I see real change in your life outside the therapy room being the ultimate marker of the success of therapy.
Professional Doctorate in counselling and psychotherapy 2023-2027 - New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling/Middlesex University
MSc in Psychology Conversion, 2022, BPP University
MSc in Corporate Governance, 2011, Birkbeck College, University of London
LLB Law, Durham University
BACP – Registered Member Member Number: 01020700
British Psychological Society – Graduate Membership 562732
SEA (Society of Existential Analysis) - Student Member
NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) - Accredited registrant NCPS637





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The way I work
Although I am highly trained professionally, my practice is fundamentally underscored by key humanistic values such as compassion, fairness and deep respect for dignity and human suffering. I believe the most important ingredients in a successful therapeutic outcome are trust and equality, coming from both sides, and I strive to promote trust, compassion and equality in my practice. I have experience working with both adults and adolescents.
My training equips me to deal with a wide range of life issues such as relationship breakdowns, workplace stress, life and career transitions and fertility and parenting struggles. I am particularly interested in working with clients from highly pressurised work environments, those who are dealing with relationship breakdowns, facing fertility struggles or encountering challenges navigating major life transitions. Given my own ethnic background, I am also keen to work with clients from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds who are keen to explore their racial identity, cultural heritage and the challenges associated with these differences. Last but not least, I am very interested in working with clients who self-identify as highly sensitive and/or highly intelligent who may be having difficulty understanding and making most of their sensitivity and intensity.
My professional training is predominantly in Humanistic-Existential therapy, although I am also heavily influenced by psychodynamic thinking and CBT constructs. Essentially, I practice eclectically, drawing on a wide range of therapeutic interventions, psychological knowledge and life experience to tailor the therapy to meet your needs.
Key areas of expertise
I support adults facing a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges, including:
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Relational Trauma
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Chronic Depression, treatment resistance depression
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Unexplained somatic symptoms or medically unexplained symptoms
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Work stress, burnout, and career pressure
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Life transitions, middle-life crises, and identity confusion
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Relationship breakdowns, separation, and divorce
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Fertility issues and parenting struggles
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Bereavement, loss, and grief
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Social anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and emotional overwhelm
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Navigating race, racial identity, and the impact of migration
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Self-esteem and confidence issues
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Neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism
Client groups I specialise in:
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People living with chronic health conditions
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People loving for love but struggle to find the right partner
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People in high pressured jobs and occupations
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People from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds
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Those who identify as highly intelligent and/or highly sensitive
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Individuals experiencing fertility challenges
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International students, expats and highly mobile professionals
你好, 我是一名在中国出生长大,在英国完整接受心理学教育和培训的心理咨询师. 我可以用普通话和英文进行心理咨询.我旅英多年,对英国文化系统有非常深刻的了解,可以提供对留学生/新移民/第二代移民有针对性的咨询.我深刻体会到华人群体有很大困难接受心理辅导和帮助,我希望可以近我最大可能服务这个群体.
我是英国心理咨询及心理治疗协会职业会员.
I am also a native Mandarin speaker due to spending my formative years growing up in China. I am a BACP registered, Mandarin speaking therapist/Counselling Psychologist in Training, based in Greenwich, London with a substantial clientele of Asian and immigrant clients.
Counselling sessions
Taking place in calm and professional therapy rooms in Southeast London
£70 per session
Sessions last 50 minutes
Greenwich & London Bridge, London (SE10 & SE1)
Flexible, confidential support wherever you are, open to worldwide clients
£65 per session
Sessions last 50 minutes
Available on Microsoft Teams
Available to students, trainees, low-income clients, and marginalised groups (limited availability)
£55 per session for a maximum of one year.
Available in person or online via Microsoft Teams
Teaching, Writing & Mentoring
I am open to teaching and speaking opportunities in psychology and psychotherapy, on a freelance basis. I am also interested in mentoring students who are looking to further their studies in psychology or undertaking training as a practitioner psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist. Please feel free to contact me for more details.
Alongside my therapeutic work, I am also a published author. Please see below a selection of my work on psychology and mental well-being.
Hidden objects of the Freud Museum | BPS

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