Lin Chen, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NY · Psychotherapist

  • ADHD

  • Autism

  • Complex Trauma

  • Somatic

  • EMDR

  1. English

  2. Mandarin

Lin is a neurodiversity-affirming psychotherapist based in Brooklyn Heights, offering somatic psychotherapy in English and Mandarin to teens and adults. Her work weaves together Somatic IFS, EMDR, and Psychodynamic (Gestalt) approaches to help patients navigate the long echoes of trauma, the weight of immigrant family dynamics, and the quiet exhaustion of moving through a world that wasn't built for every kind of mind.

Specialties and Areas of Focus

PopulationsADHD teens and adults · Autistic adults · immigrants · couples with different neurotypes and cultural backgroundsClinical AreasADHD · Autism · OCD tendencies · Complex trauma (CPTSD) · Immigrant experiences and cultural identitySpecial InterestsADHD and Autism · OCD · Complex trauma (CPTSD) · Immigrant experiences · Individuals who have had to adapt themselves to fit the world around them

Therapeutic Approach and Modalities

Lin holds as fundamental that every person deserves to feel genuinely met. Her approach to psychotherapy is rooted in presence — the belief that healing unfolds in the quality of the space between therapist and patient. She practices with a deep attunement to the body, drawing on somatic awareness to help patients reconnect with the wisdom held in their nervous systems, not just their narratives.

Unique to her work: Lin brings a profound commitment to deep listening — attending to the subtle rhythms of affect, silence, and sensation that often carry what language cannot. She holds cultural context as an essential lens, recognizing that our histories, identities, and communities shape how we experience ourselves, our pain, and what healing can look like. Whether working across language, culture, or lived experience, she creates a therapeutic relationship that feels genuinely safe, attuned, and affirming of the whole person.

  • Somatic IFS

  • EMDR

  • Psychodynamic-Gestalt

  • DBT

  • Neurodiversity-affirming

Training and Credentials

Degrees & InstitutionsMSW, Social Work — Hunter College, CUNY
Post-graduate Psychodynamic Training — Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy (two-year program)
BS, Information Systems — University of Florida

Certifications & Specialized TrainingSomatic Embodiment & Regulation (SER) Certificate · EMDR — EMDRIA Certified · DBT Skills Training (hospital setting)Relevant Past Experience & PublicationsPrevious career in technology, including roles at Google and IBM (technology consulting) — a background that informs her understanding of how Autistic and ADHD adults navigate high-demand professional environments

Personal Note

My life outside the therapy room is a study in presence — through Vajrayana meditation, which finds liberation within our emotions, and through dance and movement, which finds joy within the body. Both have taught me that the path through is always more alive than the path around.

Work with Lin. Free 20-minute call