🔴 Ask a Therapist - Answering Your Posted Questions FT. Y. Bonnie Chi
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2021-06-26

Thanks to our channel members for the extra support! This allows us to create more valuable information and give back to the community such as live stream. Knowledge is wealth and we will be sharing that with you all! 

Psych2Go welcomes Y. Bonnie Chi! Y. Bonnie Chi is a queer Taiwanese Canadian (they/them, she/her) Clinical Counsellor (also known as a Therapist) working on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations of Turtle Island, otherwise known as the Vancouver Lower Mainland, in British Columbia, North America. They have been practicing since 2014, and enjoys working with the young adult, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ population. Bonnie’s mission is to motivate, guide, and advocate, and to help people who need support by empowering them to make informed decisions in their community.

https://ybonniechi.com/ - If you are located in British Columbia, Canada and am interested in starting therapy with Bonnie, here is their website

https://twitter.com/ybonniechi - Not equivalent to therapy, Bonnie also shares resources via their Twitter account

TIMESTAMPS: 
2:33 - 6 million subs - thank you! 
4:03 - Cindy Cheong's Introduction
7:01 - Bonnie Chi's Introduction
8:44 - How does a typical therapy session go? How long or often is therapy? 
9:27 - When you start Therapy for the first time, how many sessions does it normally take for a person to be comfortable with the therapist they are talking to?
11:17 - How to become a therapist? Due to technical advancement will there be no need for the therapist in 10-20 years.  
14:17 - Technical advancement in 10-20 years, will there be no need for therapist? 
16:00 - How do I know it’s time to get therapy? How do you know you need to see a therapist?  18:02 - How do you know you have the right therapist for you? 
19:51 - Therapy can be complex. Can you explain to us what types of therapy are out there? 
22:42 - Most mentioned that they think they have anxiety and depression. They want to bring up the concern to their parents. What are your advice to do this? 
25:28 - They know they need help, but unsure how to ask for help. What are your advice on this? 
29:13 - Toxic Relationships - Family, Friends and/or Co-workers
29:21 - How to deal with toxic parents or family members? 
29:28 - Do we have 3 hours? (haha) 
31:44 - Boundary describes as...
33:48 - How to deal with a distrust towards oneself after you've ruined your relationships (pushing away, cheating)?
36:46 How to  protect your mind against negative people around you?
38:54 - What do i do when having a panic attack? How to overcome panic attacks? Any advice on how I can calm down when Im not home or alone?
41:46 - How to deal with social anxiety? Overthinking and being embarrassed in everything even by talking.
42:23 - Using Driving a Car as an Analogy to Describe Therapy 
45:00 - How to stop overthinking? It may lower self-confidence.
45:43 - Thinking Traps - resources are listed below to learn more!
48:26 - How to start living my life after past trauma? How do you learn to trust again after trauma?

OTHER RESOURCES

https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ - Crisis Service for Canada

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention Lifeline for USA

https://www.crisistextline.org/ - Crisis Text Line

https://centrumlumina.tumblr.com/post/155170656459/heres-a-thought-i-had-about-how-therapy - Original source of what therapy is like (car analogy)

https://www.instagram.com/millennial.therapist/?hl=en - Daily Reminders from Sara Kuburic (Millennial Therapist), existential therapist who writes columnist for @usatoday

https://www.heroncounselling.com/ - Feminist Counselling for People of Colour in BC, Canada 

https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/other-peoples-problems1 - Podcast by Dr. Hillary L. McBride, R.Psych, RCC providing an insight on how therapy is like

https://www.my.thrive-life.ca/behind-the-line - A podcast created for First Responders and Front Line Workers to tackle the challenges of working on the front lines, hosted by Lindsay Faas, MA, RCC, CCC

https://brenebrown.com/podcast/introducing-unlocking-us/ - Podcast by researcher and #1 New York Times best-selling author Dr. Brené Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cJb1QeMIQ - Video from renowned speaker, and bestselling author Dr. Gabor Maté

https://drgabormate.com/resources/ - Great resources from renowned speaker, and bestselling author Dr. Gabor Maté

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score - A book that was briefly mentioned in the live stream: The Body Keeps Score by Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk

https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/ThinkingTraps.pdf - One of the first steps to changing is knowing... be aware of how our thinking is in order to change it

https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/Challenging_Negative_Thinking.pdf - Once we know that we're having thinking tracks, we can then begin to challenge our negative thinking