Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
I especially enjoy working with those interested in exploring: masculinity and sexuality (e.g. regulating sexual behavior / I am OCSB-informed, desire discrepancy, body image, values and beliefs...), the specific interaction of faith/spirituality and sexuality (e.g. shame, trauma...), intersectional identity work (i.e. our complex and interacting layers as people), surviving dating, navigating life transitions, and living with anxiety (e.g. social, highly sensitive person...) and depression.
My Background and Approach
Antioch University, Seattle (2020); MA in Couple's and Family Therapy; Sex Therapy Certificate. I believe the safer and more familiar we are with ourselves and our relationships, the more inclined and better equipped we will be toward desired and lasting change. For this reason, I emphasize approachability and collaboration within the therapeutic process and relationship. What this means to me is sharing a space where we practice (in all its vulnerability, humor, and profundity) what it means to be who we are and who we want to be. My therapeutic approach is further informed by General Systems Theory and the integration of Sex Therapy. From a systems perspective, I invite awareness and dialogue around the numerous and often conflicting messages and experiences that contribute to our identities and human development. As a sex therapist, I also emphasize the role sexuality plays in our lives as an opportunity to experience our humanity and the humanity of others more deeply.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Growing up Hmong-American (second generation), gay, and Christian (nondenominational, pastor’s kid), I can appreciate the intersectional experience of navigating multiple and competing identities. My hope is to support those desiring to venture deeper into what it means to live authentically and with purpose.