Will Wang

Therapy should be a space where you can show up as you are: messy thoughts, big feelings, unanswered questions, and all. I work with individuals and couples navigating the complexity of identity and relationship, whether that means untangling learned expectations, figuring out what being yourself really looks like, or learning how to love someone well even when it’s hard. I grew up holding many different versions of myself at once, shaped by family, culture, and the quiet pressure of other people’s hopes. That experience taught me something I bring into every room I work in: that the stories we tell ourselves have enormous power, and that understanding them is often where the most meaningful change begins. I have deep experience working with BIPOC and queer individuals and couples, and I’m particularly drawn to the questions that emerge in the space where intimacy, identity, and belonging intersect. I also co-teach at the University of Chicago, and this work grounds how I think about belonging, the self, and the ways the past lives inside our closest relationships. My therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and guided by genuine curiosity. I draw primarily from relational-cultural theory and psychodynamic therapy, with tools from ACT and DBT woven in. In practice, this often means we begin by building the capacity to stay with difficult emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them. From there, we can dig deeper, exploring the stories and patterns you’ve inherited and the ways they continue to shape how you see yourself and relate to others. For couples, this often means discovering that conflict isn’t a detour from intimacy, but one of the roads that leads there. Change doesn’t begin with fixing what’s wrong. It begins with understanding what’s there.