About

About mE

Clear Xu

(by the updated date 2022/4/7)

Clear/KK颗粒 is from Suzhou, China. She loves to watch comedy and drama shows, travel, connect with people, explore different cultures, and study astrology and tarot.

Professionally, she is a drama therapist, a tarot reader, and a language teacher. Personally, she is a creative writer, a soul writer, and a lifetime learner. 

Since 19, she has discovered her lifetime career goal: to become a life coach. The end goal is clear (pun intended); however, she decides not to rush the process. Enjoy the journey, savor each moment. Clear is currently in NLP somatic coaching training. 

 

Clear

Healing疗愈

MA in Drama Therapy at New York University

Enlightening启迪

Golden Dawn Tarot Certificate at School of Oracle

Communicating沟通

BBA in Marketing at The University of Texas at Austin

My Background

Before Becoming a Helping Professional

I was creative, bold, and full of spirit as a child. However, adolescent years were tough for me. I couldn’t understand my oversensitivity, felt lonely and diffident all the time, and suppressed my inner authentic voices to adhere to social rules and family expectations. 

I was a science/math major entering college because that’s school taught me to be. After researching almost every degree plan, taking every personality/career test I could find, and having tons of tearful conversations with my parents, I ended with a marketing degree and directly apply for graduate schools to study drama therapy. 

Right now, I am practicing as a drama therapist in NYC, not a life coach. Because whatever career you choose, you are always providing and serving the same thing you value for. For me, it’s about empowering and connecting. It’s about trusting clients have abilities to help themselves and witnessing the process of making peace and achieving growths. 

Drama, Therapy and Coaching

-MA in drama therapy at New York University. My 98-page thesis focused on Chinese international students' bi-cultural identities in Covid-19
- Performed in educational theatre "I like, LIKE you" at the University of Texas; collaborated on therapeutic theatre "The Funeral of 2020" at New York University; co-directed "The Other Shore" at Collideoscope Repertory Theatre Company (CRTC)
- Enrolled in an NLP coach training program

Spirituality, Creativity, and Tarot

- A 12-month in-depth tarot course at School of Oracle
- Completed Julia Cameron's 12-week "The Artist's Way" exercises
- Having been journaling for six years, creating arts and writing essays/poems at my free time, and continuing deepening my meditation/spiritual practices

Teaching, Culture, and Language

- Having been tutoring middle-school students in Mandarin language and English writing for 2 years
- Studied abroad in Kenya, Japan, Greece, Italy, Puerto Rico (of course, before March, 2020. Wish to travel more!)

Marketing, Business, Strategy

- BBA in Marketing with minors in communication and psychology at UT Austin
- Focused mainly on project analysis (business reports), social media (social media guidebook), and research (school digital engagement profile using SPSS, independent psychological film text analysis using R&LIRC) (Thank you for training me to be tech-savvy, futurist, and organized!)