After obtaining her M.D. and having
completed her psychiatric residency training in 1986, Dr. Terri
Yu practiced psychotherapy, taught and conducted research at
Capital Institute of Medicine in Beijing, China, until July
1989, at which time she resigned from her teaching and research
position due to the political conflicts with the government’s policy towards Tiananmen
Square “June 4th Democratic Movement”.
Terri continued practicing psychotherapy in private practice
until she came to work at the Jewish General Hospital, a McGill
University Teaching Hospital, in Montreal Canada, in 1991 to
further her academic research in transcultural psychiatry and
psychotherapy.
One of the major research projects she participated has
been a long-term psychotherapy study where factors such as types
of therapy, coping/defense mechanisms, self-defeating patterns
and therapists factors were measured and examined, among others,
in order to determine the efficacy of long term psychotherapy,
compared to other forms of therapies.
At the same time Terri established her psychotherapy practice in
Montreal and her clinical interests in psychotherapy include:
- Discovering and overcoming Self-Defeating Patterns;
- Self-harming behaviors of sufferers of Borderline Personality
Disorder (BPD) and the way(s) to healing;
- Helping people change their “Mal-coping” methods
by creating and rebuilding a “true self”;
- Providing new perspectives (a
fresh look at an old “problem”)
and insights….
Terri is a firm believer in self-examination
and the resilience of our spirits; no matter how much one has
suffered in early childhood, young or late adulthood, and despite
one’s psychic fragility.
Throughout the years, her severely disturbed patients’ journeys
have been the proof of this spiritual and psychical resilience,
as long as they persevere towards achieving mental health and psychic
growth.
Dr. Terri Yu is currently a member of OACCPP (http://www.oaccpp.ca) and a verified member of GoodTherapy (http://www.goodtherapy.org/terri-yu-therapist.php).
