Selah Therapy|Silicon Valley Mandarin & English Mental Health Therapy

The Meaning of Selah

A gentle rest

Originating from ancient scripture, Selah is a musical mark indicating a deliberate pause. It is a gentle reminder to stop, breathe, and reflect. At Selah Therapy, it represents a sacred interruption to life's relentless rhythm, offering an intentional space to soften your pace, steady your heart, and settle into a grounding stillness.

Ganlin Chen, LMFT — bilingual therapist in Cupertino, California

Educational Background:
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology,
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Economy,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Trainings:
EMDR Basic Training
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training
Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1 Training
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Santa Clara County Co-Occurring Disorders
Informed Training
California State-mandated 40-hour Domestic
Violence Advocacy Training

Your Companion on this Path

Ganlin Chen

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT 152626

It feels like the world is constantly demanding something from you. Between expectations from work, family, and the pressure you put on yourself, it’s easy to lose your own voice in all that noise. Here at Selah Therapy, you can drop all that and just be. We’ll hit pause, explore what’s really going on beneath the surface, find real clarity, and build practical tools to help you move forward. No judgment, just a safe place to breathe, reflect, and recalibrate.

Before becoming a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I spent over nine years serving as a bilingual survivor advocate, crisis hotline counselor, and confidential domestic violence shelter manager at a local community organization. Walking alongside individuals and families through trauma, crisis, and healing, deepened my appreciation for human resilience. This background continues to shape my practice and the way I approach therapy today: with compassion, cultural humility, and a commitment to ensuring clients feel safe, heard, and empowered.

I specialize in supporting clients navigating depression, anxiety, PTSD, complex trauma and attachment wounds. Using evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and other therapeutic modalities, we will safely process past hurts, break unhelpful patterns, and restore harmony to your life and relationships.

Outside the clinic, I enjoy spending time with my husband, our daughter, and two energetic golden retrievers. We love tending to our plants, experimenting with baking, and finding new places to explore.

Explore Services

Interactive Comfort Space

The Selah Pause

Type out a heavy thought. When you are ready, press release and watch it beautifully dissolve into thin air.

Specialized Support

Services

Individual Therapy

A highly personalized space for you to explore thoughts and emotions, process trauma, boost self-esteem, and cultivate a deeper, joyful alignment with your core identity.

Couples Therapy

To help couples improve communication, understand defensive loops, repair trust, and restore intimacy.

EMDR Therapy

Use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) technique to improve connection with your body, reduce negative impact of trauma, and develop a new relationship with past memories.

Specialties & areas of Focus

Trauma and PTSD
Depression
Anxiety
Domestic violence
Self-Esteem & Identity Development
Immigration, cultural difference
Religious Trauma
Social Anxiety
Women’s Issues
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Life Transitions
Grief & Loss

Treatment Modalities

CBT | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
EMDR | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
DBT | Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Christian Counseling
Motivational Interviewing
Strength-Based Therapy
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
SFBT | Solution Focused Brief Therapy
IFS | Internal Family System
EFT | Emotionally Focused Therapy

Coverage & Reimbursement

Fees and Insurance

Individual sessions

50 mins

$220/session

Couples sessions

50 mins

$270/session

In-network insurance:

Aetna Lyra

Currently I am in-network with Aetna and Lyra. If you have an Aetna or Lyra plan, I can bill them directly, and you are typically responsible for your copay or coinsurance.

For Aetna, please call the number on the back of your insurance card to verify telehealth coverage and any deductible before we begin.

For Lyra, please contact Lyra’s Care Navigator Team by emailing care@lyrahealth.com or calling (877) 505-7147 for assistance with scheduling your initial intake appointment on my calendar.

Out-of-network:

Superbill

Many PPO plans reimburse a portion of out-of-network mental health care. If you’d like to use those benefits, we’ll provide a monthly superbill — an itemized statement you can submit to your insurer for partial reimbursement.

You may want to ask your insurer these questions:

What percentage of the session fee is reimbursed?
Do I need pre-authorization?
Do I have out-of-network mental health benefits?
Is telehealth covered?
What’s my out-of-network deductible? Have I met it?

Good Faith Estimate

On January 1, 2022, a federal law “The No Surprises Act” went into effect. It applies to most types of health insurance, and protects you from unexpected out-of-network medical bills from emergency room visits, non-emergency care related to a visit to an in-network hospital, hospital outpatient department, or ambulatory surgical center, and air ambulance services.

Usually, if you don’t have or use health insurance, providers must give you a “Good Faith Estimate” of what your care will cost. You get the estimate when you schedule care in advance or if you ask for one. You may be able to dispute your bill if it’s at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate or No Surprises Act, please visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Pause. Reflect. Renew.