Meet Venus
Venus Cheng BSW, MA, RSW (she/her)
With a Bachelor in Social Work and a Master’s in Psychology, and over 10 years of experience in psychotherapy, Venus brings both academic depth and extensive clinical experience to her work. Her background across hospital, community, and specialized settings has shaped a thoughtful, grounded, and compassionate approach to supporting young adults.
Services available in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin
What can she help with?
Venus works with kids, teens, and adults who feel overwhelmed by their emotions, struggle to find their footing when feelings become intense or are unsure of who they are becoming. She supports people experiencing emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders and body image concerns, often alongside life stress, identity exploration, relationship difficulties, questions of belonging, and struggles with self-worth.
Therapeutic Approach
Venus offers a steady, compassionate space for clients who may feel overwhelmed by the intensity of their emotions or unsure how to manage them. She understands emotional dysregulation not simply as something to eliminate, but as a signal that something important may be happening beneath the surface.
Her work focuses on building emotional awareness and regulation, distress tolerance, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of safety within oneself. For clients experiencing eating or body image concerns, this work also includes developing a safer and more trusting relationship with food, the body, and emotions.
Drawing from evidence-based approaches including DBT, CBT, FBT, and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, Venus combines structure with curiosity and compassion. She helps clients better understand and regulate their emotions, build self-trust, and develop practical skills to navigate difficult moments with greater stability and self-compassion. Her approach is affirming, culturally responsive, and stigma-free.
Direct Billing Available:
Venus provides direct billing with Greenshield, WSIB, Sunlife, Telus, Canada Life, Manulife, Desjardins, and belairDirect
Specialized Trainings
- Specialized Advanced Training For Mental Health Providers, Autism Ontario, 2023
- 2 Day Cognitive Behavior Training, 2023
- 2 Day Advanced Cognitive Behavior Training, 2023
- 5 Day Comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training, 2023
- Family-Based Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, 2023
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) For Eating Disorders: Level 2, 2024
- Professional Development Workshop: Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, 2024
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Diagnosis, Assessment And Treatment With Exposure And Response Prevention, 2024
- Family-Based Treatment Of Bulimia Nervosa, 2024
- Trauma- Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinical Training, 2025