Services
- Individual
- Family
About My Clients
I want to applaud you for your courage in seeking therapy and support for yourself. What a journey you must have had to lead you here. I work with individuals who are experiencing life transitions, major life stressors, issues specific to being or coming from a family of immigrants or refugees and Asian American mental health. Clients who come to me are experiencing immense cultural stress and intergenerational trauma that led to conflicts and lack of positive relationships in their family.
My Background and Approach
My foundation as a social worker has taught me the importance of advocating and empowering my clients through our work together. I practice from a strength-based and empowerment model. As an integrative therapist, I tailor therapy to each client’s unique concerns and specific needs. I am trained in CBT, TF-CBT, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, EMDR and mindfulness. I am culturally affirming, trauma informed and an LGBTQ+ ally. I focus on empowerment, strengths-based, client centered, and collaborative approach during treatment. I am empathetic and compassionate to my client’s lived experiences and identity. I often weave humor into sessions as appropriate, because therapy does not have to be more daunting than it already is.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am a Vietnamese-American licensed clinical social worker. I immigrated to America at a young age and was raised in the Bay Area. I started my clinical training in graduate school and expanded on it during my years at a community mental health agency. What’s special about that is that I was serving the very community I grew up in. During my years there, I served marginalized and low income AAPI communities. I developed a passion for serving my community and built on my ability to provide psychotherapy, clinical case management, and crisis management in Vietnamese and English. I had the honor of walking beside clients who overcame cultural stigma in receiving mental health support, had limited access to mental health services in their language, and lack of resources that other groups have readily at their hands. This has led me to be a strong advocate for cultural destigmatization and increasing awareness to to our most disenfranchised and vulnerable groups.