About Dr. Arthur Chen, PsyD, CCTP, Licensed Psycholoigst & Trauma Professional

Meet Dr. Arthur Chen, Psy.D, CCTP-II

Licensed Psychologist | Trauma Specialist | Your Compassionate Guide to Well-being

Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply not like yourself? Life’s challenges can be immense, whether you’re navigating past trauma, struggling with anxiety or depression, or trying to make sense of everyday demands. If you’re searching for effective therapy and a supportive space, Dr. Arthur Chen is here to help you find clarity and healing.

Dr. Arthur is a highly experienced Licensed Psychologist offering individual therapy in Boca Raton, Florida, providing a safe and confidential environment for your personal growth. For residents across the nation, he also offers convenient and secure telehealth therapy services, ensuring that quality mental health support is accessible wherever you are. With over a decade of dedicated experience, Dr. Chen helps individuals of all ages address a wide range of emotional challenges. His expertise includes:

Trauma Therapy & PTSD Treatment: As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level II), Dr. Arthur provides advanced, evidence-based trauma-informed therapy to help you heal from past experiences and regain a sense of safety and balance.
Anxiety Treatment & Stress Management: Learn effective strategies to manage overwhelming anxiety, chronic stress, panic attacks, and phobias.
Depression Therapy: Find support and guidance to overcome feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and lack of motivation, fostering renewed energy and joy.
Eating Disorder Treatment: Compassionate support for individuals struggling with various eating disorders and disordered eating patterns.
Substance Use Counseling: Guidance and therapeutic interventions for individuals seeking to address substance use challenges.
Life Transitions & Personal Growth: Navigating significant life changes, improving self-esteem, enhancing relationships, and fostering overall well-being.

Why Choose Dr. Arthur Chen for Your Therapy Journey?

What truly distinguishes Dr. Arthur is his unique blend of a warm, down-to-earth approach and deep clinical expertise. He holds two Master’s degrees in Psychology and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, underpinning his comprehensive understanding of the human mind. His advanced training as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level II) means you’ll receive specialized care for complex emotional wounds.

Throughout his extensive career, Dr. Arthur has provided mental health support to clients from all walks of life, including teenage, adults, veterans, and professionals. Whether you’re seeking therapy for a specific diagnosis or simply trying to navigate a difficult season, he offers a therapeutic space grounded in compassion, trust, and proven therapeutic methods.

Beyond his private practice, Dr. Arthur’s commitment to mental health is evident in his diverse professional roles. He has served as a Primary Therapist and Clinical Director at leading treatment centers and currently guides other clinicians as an Associate Professor of Psychology. His contributions extend to crisis response teams, national conference presentations, and multiple honors for his impact on the mental health community in South Florida.

Dr. Arthur has served as a Primary Therapist and Clinical Director at leading treatment centers, and currently helps guide other clinicians as an Associate Professor of Psychology. He’s worked with crisis response teams, presented at national conferences, and received multiple honors for his contributions to mental health in the South Florida community.

Outside the therapy room, Dr. Arthur is passionate about the outdoors, adventure travel, and giving back. He’s volunteered for nearly two decades as a mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters and has been recognized for his heartfelt service.

Fluent in both English and Mandarin, Dr. Arthur welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds. If you’re ready to take the first step toward healing or simply need someone to talk to, he’s here to walk that journey with you.

DR. ARTHUR’S APPROACH TO THERAPY

At the heart of Dr. Arthur’s therapeutic approach is a simple yet powerful goal: to deeply understand what’s causing your emotional struggle—and to help you build lasting strength and resilience. He believes therapy should be more than just a conversation; it should be a meaningful investment in your emotional well-being, personal growth, and sense of purpose.

Dr. Arthur works collaboratively with each client to develop practical tools for navigating life’s challenges. His focus is on making therapy directly applicable to your real-life situations—so you can experience tangible, lasting change. Whether you’re seeking support for anxiety, depression, trauma, or life transitions, Dr. Arthur tailors each session to your goals and unique pace, offering both guidance and thoughtful challenges along the way.

Growth often comes with discomfort, but it also leads to transformation. Together, you and Dr. Arthur will work through each stage of personal development—especially in areas like self-confidence, relationship skills, and emotional regulation—ensuring that you feel supported, empowered, and ready for what’s next.

Evidence-Based, Flexible Treatment Models

Dr. Arthur draws from a range of proven, research-backed therapeutic approaches to meet each client’s unique needs. His clinical work is informed by:

Unified Protocol (UP) for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

The Unified Protocol (UP) is a cutting-edge, evidence-based framework that treats a wide range of emotional disorders—such as anxiety, depression, and mood dysregulation—by targeting common underlying factors. This flexible model has been shown to be highly effective across diverse populations and presenting issues.

As an integrative therapist, I draw upon evidence-based practices from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and Exposure Therapy to help clients understand and reshape the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that may be contributing to emotional distress. My approach is collaborative, empathic, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change happens when clients feel supported, respected, and actively engaged in their own growth.

Central to my work is the understanding that thoughts influence emotions and behaviors. Using CBT and REBT principles, I help clients identify unhelpful or irrational thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced, realistic perspectives. Together, we examine how core beliefs and internal dialogue impact daily functioning, mood, and self-worth. I guide clients in challenging these beliefs with curiosity rather than judgment, encouraging cognitive flexibility and emotional resilience.

Exposure Therapy is incorporated when clients are struggling with anxiety, phobias, or trauma-related symptoms. In a structured and supportive manner, I help clients gradually face feared situations or memories, empowering them to regain a sense of control and reduce avoidance behaviors that limit their lives. This process is always paced according to the client’s readiness and comfort, with a strong emphasis on safety and trust.

At the heart of my therapeutic approach is a foundation of empathy and unconditional positive regard. I strive to create a space where clients feel heard, accepted, and free from judgment. I believe that healing is not only about changing thoughts and behaviors but also about being seen and understood as a whole person.

I am an active therapist—engaged, responsive, and intentional in my feedback. Rather than passively listening, I offer insights, ask meaningful questions, and provide practical tools that clients can use outside of sessions. I view therapy as a partnership, where your goals and experiences guide our work together.

Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, self-doubt, or past trauma, I aim to support you in building self-awareness, reclaiming agency, and fostering long-term emotional well-being. Through this integrative and collaborative process, we work toward lasting change—one step at a time, together.

HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY CAN HELP

There are many myths and general misconceptions when it comes to psychotherapy. The most prevalent is the idea that one has to have a mental health disorder in order to need to come into therapy. To start, there are three general purposes of therapy.

The first purpose is to help a person excel and improve their already “good performance.” You can think of this in strength or cardio training for an athlete. Athletes train, not because they are “out of shape,” instead they train to improve upon their abilities and sharpen their skills. Therapy in this form is design to help a person improve stress management, raise a person’s emotional resiliency, increase their ability to have more moments of “peak performance,” and expand their sense of satisfaction and happiness in life.

The second purpose of therapy is to reduce or mitigate problems in the early stages. These can be things like a loss of a loved one, a set back in one’s career, or a major breakup. These situations, while universal to most people, can be the seed to additional struggles and hardships in life (i.e. loneliness, sense of inadequacy, etc…), and therapy is designed to help a person bounce back from these emotionally difficult situations. An analogy can be made to having a dental cavity that needs to be filled. Left untreated, the cavity can progress to something worse, and getting help now for the cavity prevents further problems later.

The third purpose is the on-going treatment and maintenance of any issues or struggles. This is often the type of therapy people think of when thinking of psychotherapy. This type of therapy can take months, if not years, and often require a significant amount of time and energy. An analogy can be made to having high blood pressure or diabetes. In both cases, treatment and is minimize the effects will have on a person’s life and prevent the issue(s) from getting worse. In therapy, the goal is ultimately to try to prevent additional long term struggles from arising and/or prevent any struggles from getting worse. In this stage, hope that things will change may be hard to maintain, but with treatment and effort, a person is often able to have a fulfilling and satisfying life.

HAD A NEGATIVE THERAPY EXPERIENCE?

Finding a therapist who you can truly connect with and grow from is difficult. Dr. Arthur often makes the analogy of finding a close mentor, a coach, or a best friend. It’s hard to know from the “get-go” if two people are going to click. Just like with a mentor, a coach, or a best friend it might take a few meetings to figure out that you two are just not “clicking.”

However, just because one mentor, coach, or friend didn’t work out, it does not mean that the activity (i.e. the sport, the work, or friendships) are not “for you.”

The same can be said about therapy. If you have had a negative experience with therapy, Dr. Arthur will work with you to understand what didn’t work, what did work, and what you would like to be different about your new therapist. The processes of therapy and its related growth is still something that is worth exploring, despite a negative therapy experience. In fact, he encourages all of his clients to be open about their experience of what is, and is not, working for them. This way they can get the most effective and efficient therapy for their money.

Therapy is simply a restart and offers a refresh on parts of, or all of, life. It’s a way to clear out the old, recycling the life lessons, and create a new version of one’s life. Like to painter reusing a canvas, therapy allows us to draw and create a new purpose and meaning, regardless of what is underneath.

If you have any questions or hesitations about therapy, feel free to contact Dr. Arthur for a free phone or secure video consultation. A phone call is a great way to have your questions answered. It is also a simple way for you to get a feel for what Dr. Arthur’s therapy style is like. There is absolutely no obligation to start therapy after the call.

MORE INFO ABOUT THE PRACTICE:

Dr. Arthur’s practice is located just south of Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Florida. The office has plenty of well-lit parking, including handicapped spaces. Sessions available in the day, evening, and weekend hours. For the convenience and confidentiality of some clients, Dr. Chen offers both in-home and secure video sessions. Dr. Chen is also licensed in most states in the nation and has the ability to practice across state lines. Check with Dr. Chen about the specific state that you are going to be located for sessions to ensure state licensure.