Tsering Yangkey is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a lifelong commitment to community mental health, shaped by her experience growing up as a Tibetan refugee in India. She brings deep cultural sensitivity and insight into the mental health stigma faced by immigrants and refugee communities, creating safe, healing spaces for individuals and families.

Tsering holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University and a Master’s in Ecology from Penn State University. She integrates nature-based practices and trauma-informed care into her work, drawing from her studies with Deep Ecology pioneers Joanna Macy and John Seed.

Her therapeutic approach blends existential-humanistic principles with creative and mindfulness-based techniques. At the Child Therapy Institute, Tsering supports children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, behavioral challenges, and social-emotional difficulties. She uses play therapy and sand tray therapy to help children explore, express, and grow.

In addition to her work with youth, Tsering has supported adults and elders through intergenerational trauma, historical trauma, immigration stress, grief, and life transitions. Her work is grounded in compassion, cultural humility, and a deep belief in each person’s capacity for healing and resilience.

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