Services
About My Clients
I work with adults and teenagers (16+) on a variety of issues including anxiety, relationship issues, friendship complications, depression, self-esteem, emotional and workplace trauma, life transitions, grief, and career counseling. I am especially passionate about identity work with individuals with marginalized identities, Black and brown folx, queer folx, and 20-somethings. I work with Black and brown folx who are processing racial trauma, and also enjoys working with international students.
My Background and Approach
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate who earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have provided services to teens and adults in nonprofit and private practice settings for over two years. I also hold a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Wellesley, provided college counseling in China, and worked at multiple tech startups for over three years in the Bay Area. Embodying “what works best” for each client, I provide a non-judgmental and warm environment to work collaboratively. I consider each client the expert of their own experience and take a person-centered and decolonized therapy approach. Relying on Black feminist theory, anti-ableism, sex positivity, harm reduction, and fat liberation frameworks, I approach clients’ concerns at both the individual and systemic level. With that lens, Hope incorporates multiple modalities including DBT and ACT to meet the specific needs of each specific needs of each client.