About Irina Wen

Irina Wen, PhD, Founder

As a licensed clinical psychologist, Irina specializes in relationships, couples therapy, and trauma-focused therapy. Helping people heal from trauma and find their way to a vibrant life and meaningful relationships is her true calling. Irina’s role is to help you become more effective in navigating your life experiences and relationships, creating the life you want.

Irina founded Touchstone Psychology with the mission of helping people thrive and enjoy lasting relationships with themselves and others.

Her stance is authentic, collaborative, empathetic, and holistic, creating a dynamic therapeutic conversation that fosters healing and growth. Irina listens deeply for your strengths and helps you identify the factors that keep you stuck. With a strong focus on authenticity in therapy, she honors the diversity of identities and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, striving to provide a safe and inclusive space for you to feel seen and understood.

Irina has extensive experience in psychotherapy, with her primary foundation in the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model. A certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor, she also serves as an Executive Director of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. Her interventions are rooted in EFT, attachment science, evidence-based methods, and somatic practices.