Dr. Iris Hsiao-Jung Lin is a clinical psychologist from Taiwan. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium and her master’s degree in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University. During her graduate career, she completed her doctoral internship at Stanford University Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Kaiser Permanente Eating Disorders track. Throughout her clinical training, she gained extensive experience across diverse medical and mental health settings, including the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, the psychiatric inpatient unit at Stanford Medical Center, the Palo Alto VA Medical Center, and Santa Clara University Counseling Services.

Dr. Lin’s clinical expertise centers on working with individuals across the lifespan, with a particular focus on eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and complex relationship issues. She is especially interested in supporting clients navigating cross-cultural challenges, identity development, and the adjustments that accompany major life transitions.

While working with clients, Dr. Lin takes an integrative and relational approach and incorporates various modalities, including a psychodynamic framework, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), and evidence-based modalities such as Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness-based approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Dr. Lin views therapy through an integrative and relational lens, recognizing the importance of both internal resilience and external resources. By fostering self-insight and utilizing a strength-based perspective, she helps clients build meaningful tools to navigate life’s complexities. In therapy, she balances behavioral strategies with deep self-exploration, creating a supportive and validating environment where clients feel empowered to grow.