Iris Wang

Marriage Family Therapist Trainee in Practicum
Tel: (510) 496 6002 ext. 24

“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
 - Lao Tzu
Growing up and living in different countries and cultures, Iris developed an interest and curiosity in the ways people behave, feel, think and how these experiences are stored in our bodies. As she went through her own journey she realized she wanted to guide others in integrating their experiences and to discover who they are and how to become their authentic selves. 
From her own work, and work with others, Iris realizes that pain is when the old ways of being, that served one for many years, becomes an obstacle to being authentic and present. She believes that the client is the expert and that the relationship between client and therapist is what allows healing to occur. 
Iris brings a calm, empathic and compassionate presence to her relationship with clients. She utilizes collaboration to find and build new individual pathways of healing. She herself brings authenticity and genuineness to engaging with her clients.  As a somatic focused counseling student Iris utilizes a variety of somatic interventions, along with traditional talk and relational approaches to working with clients’ struggles and issues.

Some areas of experience and focus for Iris are:

Working with Individuals from collective cultures
Intergenerational and systemic trauma
Developmental/Complex trauma
LGBTQI+ (identity and sexuality)
Anxiety and Depression
Grief 

Iris Wang is a 3rd year student in the Holistic Counseling Program at JFK University, Pleasant Hill CA. She has a Somatic focus and will begin Somatic Experience Training in March 2020. Iris is trilingual speaking Spanish, Mandarin, and English.
She is currently a MFT Trainee in Practicum and is supervised by Jacquelyn Richards, LMFT License # 94795