Terence Ching, PhD

Chimera Pathways is a psychotherapy telepractice, where clinical science meets whole-person transformation, a virtual haven for science-backed mental health recovery. Here, mental health problems are reframed as opportunities for self-compassion, self-empowerment, values-oriented behavioral change, and personal growth. Chimera Pathways was founded in 2025 by Terence Ching, PhD, and is the culmination of over 15 years of cutting-edge research personally conducted by Dr. Ching. Chimera Pathways offers services to individuals in PSYPACT-participating states. Terence Ching, PhD (he/him) is a Yale-, Dartmouth-, and UConn-trained clinical psychologist licensed in CT, and a member of several psychology professional organizations and scientific journal editorial boards. Dr. Ching has vast academic and clinical expertise in mood, anxiety, and trauma-based disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has published extensively on these topics, and interweaves his academic knowledge into his clinical work in accordance to the scientist-practitioner model. At Chimera Pathways, Dr. Ching specializes in evidence-based, integrative, culturally attuned, and queer- and trans-affirming cognitive-behavior therapies (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in his work with clients. In the psychedelic therapy space, Dr. Ching is an extensively published global leader in culturally attuned, queer- and trans-affirming, and ethically rigorous care of individuals experiencing altered states of consciousness, primarily through psychedelic experiences. Dr. Ching lends this expertise to integration services at Chimera Pathways for clients seeking to collaboratively process previous profound psychedelic/ketamine experiences, in service of meaningful integration of these experiences into their lives moving forward.