Vion He, M. Phil. Ed., MS Ed.
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Yaqi (Vion) He joined Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates (CICA) as a pre-licensed psychotherapist in September 2025.
Vion approaches therapy with warmth, curiosity, and a deep respect for each person’s unique story. She believes that meaningful change begins with understanding ourselves more fully, which include our emotions, relationships, identities, and the experiences that have shaped us over time. In therapy, she strives to create a collaborative and affirming space where clients can explore challenges, patterns, and possibilities with honesty and compassion.
Vion works with adolescents and adults facing concerns related to anxiety, depression, trauma, high-achieving, career exploration, life transitions, and self-worth. Many of her clients are thoughtful people who are balancing multiple responsibilities while navigating perfectionism, self-doubt, burnout, or relationship challenges. Others may be navigating academic pressures, family expectations, cultural conflicts, or questions about who they are and who they want to become. Together, she helps clients better understand the patterns that keep them feeling stuck and move toward lives that feel more authentic, connected, and sustainable.
After moving to the U.S. from Fujian, China at age 17, Vion knows what it’s like to navigate cultural transitions, identity development, and the experience of living between worlds. As a queer person, her lived experiences inform her passion for working with Asian and Asian American communities, immigrants, international students, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and others who find themselves navigating multiple worlds, expectations, and versions of themselves. Fluent in both English and Mandarin, she welcomes the richness and nuance that culture and language bring into the therapy process.
““You don’t have to have it figured out to begin. I’m here to support you in exploring what healing can look like—for you, in your language, and on your terms.””
Vion’s work is grounded in relational, multicultural, and feminist perspectives. Depending on each client’s needs, she integrates approaches including Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), psychodynamic, and attachment-based work. She also enjoys incorporating writing, art, play, and other expressive tools.
Prior to joining CICA, Vion gained experience across diverse settings, including conducting research on LGBTQIA+ mental health, providing counseling services within a culturally and ethnically diverse K-12 school community, and delivering outpatient therapy at a community clinic in Penn Medicine. These experiences reinforced her belief that our emotional wellbeing is deeply connected to the relationships, communities, cultures, and systems that shape our lives. They also strengthened her commitment to providing care that is culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and grounded in social justice.
Vion attended New York University and earned her B.S. in Applied Psychology. She then went on to earn her M.S. Ed. in Counseling and Mental Health Services, as well as her M. Phil. Ed. in Professional Counseling from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Fun fact: Vion enjoys creative writing (short fiction) and collage as her favorite ways to wind down. She also collects beautiful mugs but somehow always ends up using the same one.
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