Updated on Dec 2025 Moving to a new country, going through a breakup, losing a job, or living with mental conditions can be very challenging. Yet, there’s no reason to suffer alone when one can choose to join hands with others and let the power of connection and group support encourage and heal us. In the absence of such social support in Beijing, CandleX established the peer support group in October, 2015, with the goal to provide psychosocial support to the Beijing communit
For anyone in need of assistance in times of crisis, or just a listening ear, here are some recommended hotlines. They all offer free, anonymous, confidential support services. Some of them offer it in the form of live chat.
Moving to a new country, going through a breakup, losing a job, or living with mental conditions are very challenging. Yet, there's no reason to suffer alone when one can choose to join hands with others and let the power of connection and group support encourage and heal us.
It’s challenging to navigate your options for self-care and treatment resources in Beijing. In an effort to further support our mental health community, CandleX is pleased to offer one on one consultation sessions for pre-treatment guidance.
Psychotherapist, writer, and guide in the transformative work of change. Here you’ll find technical insights, personal reflections, and anonymized stories of therapy—where theory meets the human journey.
This is a CandleX community project. Since CandleX was founded in 2015, we have seen members of Beijing community within our Mental Health Peer Support group in intimate violent relationships struggle to access help. Our peer‑support groups offered support for this group of people. In 2021, psychotherapist/counsellor Xiaojie Qin co‑launched ProjectA with Megan Purvis from the United States, providing group and individual counselling for people who have left abusive intimate
Individual counselling for grief and loss, and for survivors of post‑abusive relationships are now long-term rolling reduced‑fee programmes, delivered by psychotherapist Xiaojie Qin.
