Canzi Wang, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist PSY30284
Do you long to feel more connected—with yourself, with your partner, and in the relationships that matter most?
Perhaps you find yourself stuck in painful relational patterns: escalating conflict with your partner, emotional distance in your marriage, unresolved family tension, or repeating dynamics you thought you had outgrown.
Perhaps becoming a parent, advancing in your career, or entering a new life stage has surfaced anxiety, burnout, self-doubt, or old wounds you can no longer ignore.
Or perhaps, despite appearing capable and high-functioning on the outside, you feel internally overwhelmed, disconnected, self-critical, or unsure how to access what you truly need.
Therapy can be a place to slow down, make sense of the deeper patterns beneath your distress, and begin relating to yourself and others in new ways.
Healing begins when your story is not only told—but deeply understood.
About Me
Hello, I’m Dr. Canzi, a licensed psychologist based in Arcadia, California (PSY30284), providing therapy to adults and couples throughout California.
With over 18 years of clinical experience across university counseling centers and private practice, I bring a depth-oriented, relational, and culturally attuned approach to my work. Clients often describe me as warm, grounded, insightful, and able to help them access emotions and patterns they have long struggled to put into words.
I believe therapy is most transformative when it offers more than symptom relief—when it becomes a space to understand yourself more deeply, shift longstanding patterns, and experience new ways of relating to yourself and others.
My style is thoughtful, collaborative, and emotionally attuned. I incorporate mindfulness-based and experienc clients slow down, deepen emotional awareness, and make sense of the relational and developmental experiences shaping their present struggles.
As a bilingual Mandarin-English psychologist and first-generation immigrant, I also bring sensitivity to the ways culture, immigration, bicultural identity, and intergenerational expectations shape emotional life, family relationships, and sense of self.
Couples Therapy
Relationships can become painful when couples find themselves stuck in repetitive cycles of conflict, emotional withdrawal, defensiveness, or disconnection.
Often, beneath the surface arguments are deeper longings—to feel understood, valued, prioritized, safe, and emotionally connected.
Using an attachment-based and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) informed approach, I help couples identify the negative cycles keeping them stuck, access the deeper emotions and needs beneath their reactions, and create new patterns of trust, responsiveness, and connection.
Whether you are navigating chronic conflict, emotional distance, betrayal, or the impact of major life transitions, couples therapy can help you better understand one another and rebuild a more secure and fulfilling relationship.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
For many individuals and couples, emotional struggles cannot be understood apart from the cultural and family systems in which they developed.
As a bilingual Mandarin-English psychologist and first-generation immigrant, I bring particular sensitivity to the ways culture, immigration, bicultural identity, intergenerational expectations, and family obligation shape emotional well-being, relationships, parenting, and sense of self.
I offer therapy in both English and Mandarin.
Education and Qualifications
I am currently providing psychological services as a Licensed Psychologist in the State of California, my previous educational and clinical experiences included but not limited to:
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Mandarin-speaking Specialist/Group Therapy Program Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Madison University Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin
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Staff Psychologist, University of Michigan Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan CAPS, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Pre-Doctoral Internship, Colorado State University Health Network, Fort Collins, Colorado
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PhD. in Counseling Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Dissertation:Depression and Suicide Behavior among College Students: Understanding the Moderator Effect of Self-Esteem and Suicide Resilience
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M.A. in Human Services and Community Counseling, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
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M.Ed. in Teaching English as a Second Language, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
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B.A. in English Language, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Identity and Self-Care
I am a married Chinese American woman in my 40s, a mother, and a firm believer that self-awareness and self-care are essential to both healing and sustainable growth.
Outside of therapy, I enjoy meditation, journaling, hiking, reading, traveling, dancing, spending time with loved ones, and finding moments of stillness and joy in everyday life.
