Home / Team / Vera Shao
Accepting new clients portrait · 4:5 · soft natural light
Director · Telehealth NY & NJ

Vera Shao(She / Her)

“A first session is a conversation, not a commitment.”

LMHC LPC EMDR-trained Trauma · C-PTSD Anxiety Identity & belonging
Sees clients
Teens, young adults & adults
Session length
50 minutes · weekly
Typical copay
$0 - $40 in-network
Book a free 15-min consult → Read my philosophy
Philosophy

Most symptoms are survival strategies that outlived the situation they were built for.

You're the expert on your own life. I bring training, structure, and an honest second set of eyes — then we figure out what's worth putting down.

Style

How sessions feel.

i
Warm and direct
ii
Collaborative
iii
Paced to the work
Expertise

Where I go deepest.

01
Trauma & C-PTSD
02
Anxiety & perfectionism
03
Adolescents (13-18)
04
Emerging adulthood
05
Identity & belonging
06
Life transitions
Strengths

What clients say.

✓
Names the unspoken thing
✓
Holds pace without rushing
✓
Translates between worlds
✓
Makes structure feel safe
✓
Works with teens, not at them
✓
Ends therapy cleanly when it's time
In their words

Endorsements.

The things that used to wake me up at 3am have become things I can think about on purpose.

— Client, 2 years Verified · Zocdoc

First therapist who didn't make me explain my whole family before we could get to the actual problem.

— Client, 14 months Verified · Zocdoc

A clinician's clinician — thoughtful, well-trained, genuinely curious. I refer without hesitation.

— Dr. M. Reyes, psychiatrist Professional endorsement
Shared with written client permission, anonymized per APA & NY OPD guidelines.