Elaine Man Keung Cheung
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
24 yrs experience
Updated August 19, 2026 How we verify
About
Elaine Cheung is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who has practiced since 2002, based in Bellevue, WA. She provides evidence-based, collaborative, strengths-based treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, and OCD, drawing on CBT, DBT, EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). She is a Linehan Board DBT-certified clinician (2017) and IOCDF Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) trained, with roughly half her practice devoted to OCD and related disorders. She has experience in community mental health centers, hospital-based care, and in-home family therapy, and works with children (12+), teens, adults, and families.
Services
- Anxiety
- Depression
- OCD and OC-related disorders
- Trauma
- Child and family issues
- Mood disorders
- OCD
- PTSD/Trauma
- Emotional disturbance
- Family conflict
- Grief
- Parenting
- Peer relationships
- Relationship issues
- School issues
- Stress
- Academic concerns
- Immigration/acculturation
- Life transitions
- Personal growth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety
- Suicidal ideation
- Work-life balance
- CBT
- DBT
- EMDR
- Prolonged Exposure (PE)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- MBCT
- Strength-based
- Skills Training
State licenses
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Washington · License #LW60566229 · Social Worker Independent Clinical License (LICSW) Active
expires 2027-01-05
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California · License #136729 · LCSW Active
expires 2028-01-31
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 7 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity anchor: name, credentials, practice name, Bellevue WA address, phone, WA license number LW60566229, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, years in practice since 2002, education (University of Kansas, 2002), DBT certification (2017), profile photo (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (Wix)
- Practice approach, bio summary, alternate contact (612-229-1438, emkcheung@gmail.com), work history in community mental health/hospital/in-home settings (emkcheung.wixsite.com)
International OCD Foundation directory
- 50% of practice devoted to OCD/OC-related disorders, ERP/CBT modalities, scrupulosity/perfectionism specialties, insurance/sliding-scale/self-pay, teletherapy in MN and WA, BTTI training since 2017, language fluency in Spanish/Cantonese/Mandarin (iocdf.org)
MiResource directory
- WA license LW60566229 and CA LCSW license 136729, Seattle and Bellevue locations, out-of-pocket-only payment, specialties list including immigration/acculturation, headshot photo (miresource.com)
WA Department of Health provider credential data (data.wa.gov)
- Primary-source license verification: Elaine Man Keung Cheung, Social Worker Independent Clinical License SWI.LW.60566229, status Active, first issued 2015-07-06, last issued 2026-01-05, expires 2027-01-05, no disciplinary action on record (data.wa.gov)
NPPES NPI registry
- No NPI record found matching this identity (Elaine Cheung, LICSW, Bellevue/Seattle WA) under name search or WA-state Cheung surname search; two unrelated 'Elaine Cheung' NPI records exist (Salt Lake City UT LICSW, Orange CA MD student) and do not match this provider's location/credential combination (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
OpenSanctions aggregator (OIG LEIE / SAM.gov coverage)
- No sanctions, exclusion, or watchlist records found for Elaine Cheung (opensanctions.org)