The Visitior is a freshman called Xiao A (assumed name), who felt pale and had no motivation to do things. She was worried about whether she had mental illness and came to seek counseling. Xiao A had consulted seven times. The consultant mainly based on the perspective of self psychology, through understanding and reflecting the self-object needs of Xiao A, infused positive motivation into Xiao A’s self growth, restored Xiao A’s self-esteem and self-cohesion, and finally alleviated the psychological symptoms of Xiao A. To some extent, the change of Xiao A shows that the theory of self psychology has guiding implication for psychological counseling in Chinese universities.