Services
- Individual
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
You may be capable and caring, yet feel exhausted by patterns you can’t seem to change. You may struggle between closeness and distance, family loyalty and your own needs, or wanting connection while needing to protect yourself. I work with adults and families navigating childhood trauma, complicated family relationships, anxiety, cultural expectations, and the experience of being an immigrant or living between cultures.
My Background and Approach
I believe our reactions make more sense when we understand what they learned to protect us from. Ways of coping that once helped you survive a difficult family environment may later leave you feeling anxious, disconnected, overly responsible, or stuck in relationships. My approach looks beyond symptoms to understand the whole picture—your emotions, body, different parts of yourself, family relationships, and cultural experiences. We may notice how your body responds to stress, get curious about the different needs or voices within you, and explore family roles and patterns that have shaped how you relate to others. Therapy with me is collaborative and experiential. Along with talking, I integrate somatic and body-based work, Brainspotting, mindfulness, and other experiential approaches. The goal is not to get rid of parts of yourself, but to understand them, develop new choices, and feel more grounded and connected.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe therapy helps us see differently. What looks like a problem today may have once been an intelligent way of adapting to your family, culture, or relationships. Healing begins with curiosity about why these patterns developed—not judgment about why you haven’t changed them yet. Through insight, we can better understand your emotions, body, and protective patterns, then make more mindful choices about how you respond. I believe safety is more than the absence of danger. It is something we experience in our bodies and relationships: having room to breathe, rest, connect, be curious, and feel like ourselves. For immigrants and people living between cultures, healing does not have to mean rejecting your family or where you come from. We can make space for love, loyalty, grief, anger, cultural values, and your own needs at the same time. Together, we can make sense of the past, become grounded in the present, and move toward the future with great clarity, intention, and choice.