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About My Clients
I believe that the counseling relationship should be honest, encouraging, nonjudgemental, and collaborative. I know you are capable of navigating these obstacles, whether you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, or trauma. In addition to the previous list, I also specialize working with transracial adult adoptees and marginalized people through trauma and identity work.My goal is to help you build your own skyway to connect all the parts of you together.
My Background and Approach
I am a psychodynamic therapist. Psychodynamic therapists operate from the belief that unresolved conflicts from our past, usually childhood, affect our present and future selves. Using this framework, I help clients understand the origins of their present issues in hopes of resolving past conflicts. While I mainly use a psychodynamic lens, I also incorporate other techniques and skills like attachment and trauma work, and EMDR. I also operate from a multicultural, feminist, and social justice lens to acknowledge how the the U.S systems play a role in everyday mental health. I will also incorporate neuroscience psychoeducation as needed.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I became a therapist for many reasons but mostly due to my own therapy and how much it has helped me learn about myself. I know first hand how much a great therapist match can help and how a terrible therapy experience can cause harm. I also know how much of a struggle it is to find a BIPOC therapist can be, so I wanted to be able to add to the future diversity of the counseling field. As an international transracial adoptee, I also know how impossible it was to find therapists who fully understood the unique issues associate with adoption-related trauma so I wanted to be the therapist I wish I had.