Counseling M.S.Ed. program at Penn's Graduate School of Education
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LIZA LAW
"I want to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space where you're heard, and together we can figure out what helps you move forward."
MEET LIZA:
Liza Law, pronounced "Lisa," is a part-time student in the School and Mental Health Counseling M.S.Ed. program at Penn's Graduate School of Education, while continuing to work full-time at Penn. She graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology and spent more than two decades working in that field. Though counseling may seem like a different direction from technology, her years in IT played an important role in leading her here — over time, she became more interested in the people behind the technology, how they respond when things go wrong, and what they need in difficult moments. A pivotal experience helping a distraught PhD student who'd lost her dissertation research reshaped how Liza thought about her work: technology is often the easier problem to fix; people are far more complex and never require fixing.
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As a developing clinician, Liza describes herself as curious, warm, empathetic, practical, and nonjudgmental. She is currently drawn to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and Reality Therapy, and expects her approach to keep evolving with experience. She's especially interested in the practical, pattern-oriented side of CBT, while staying committed to listening first and creating space to be curious together with clients about what may be keeping them stuck. She is particularly interested in working with children, adolescents, and young adults; families and intergenerational relationships; anxiety; depression; postpartum mental health; LGBTQ+ clients; and Chinese, Asian American, immigrant, and multilingual communities. She speaks Cantonese and hopes to help reduce cultural and language barriers to mental healthcare for Chinese families.
Liza's interest in relationships and communication is personal, too — she counts the close, open relationship she built with her daughter through adolescence and into college among her proudest accomplishments, and it has shaped how she thinks about the power of honest communication. Outside of counseling and IT, she enjoys cycling, watching character-driven comedies, and playing pinball. As she continues her clinical training, she is intentionally keeping her interests broad, eager to work with a wide range of clients and concerns before narrowing her focus.
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