Vanessa Wu, Ph.D.

SHCS Service Announcement

Due to scheduled union action on 
Tuesday, April 1st, 
there may be a reduction in services at SHCS. 

We are taking necessary precautions to assure your visit to SHCS during that timeframe goes smoothly. 

Anytime, including when SHCS has reduced services, students can call the following resources: 

Medical:  

Medical Advice Nurse at 530-752-2349 

Counseling:  

Counseling Services 24 Hour Consultation Line: 530-752-0871  or

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: at 988

Additional support is available:  LiveHealth Online for SHIP students (virtual medical and mental health care) and UWill (virtual mental health care).

Vanessa Wu

Director of Training and Clinical Education

  • Counseling Services

Education

Ph.D. - California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego

Pre-doctoral Internship – Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center

Post-doctoral Fellowship – Brown Alpert Medical School Clinical Psychology Training Consortium

How I Work With Students

I believe in collaborating with students in therapy work. I take a holistic approach when doing therapy and take care to meet people where they are at, while also considering their backgrounds and other diversity factors. I like to help people to develop skills that tune into the present moment, and work towards what matters most to them in life. Providing therapy in someone's preferred language is important to me, and I can conduct sessions in either English, Mandarin, or "Chinglish", if you will.
 
I work with all students and have specialty interests that include trauma/PTSD, acceptance and mindfulness, acculturation and immigration, identity, multiculturalism, gender and sexuality, depression, anxiety, and stress management.

Languages

English and Mandarin

About Me

I am a psychologist who is a generalist by training but am also specialty trained in treating trauma and PTSD. I have experience in settings ranging from hospitals to outpatient clinics and have worked with a wide range of psychiatric concerns, communities, and backgrounds. I hold a passion for training and education and have supervised psychology trainees throughout my career. I believe in fostering supportive environments in training programs that bolster strengths to help trainees become confident, well-rounded psychologists. Identities I hold include being an immigrant, bicultural Asian American, and a proud dog mom to two fur babies.