Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
You may be here because despite your successes, you feel unhappy, worried, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled in your life. You may be seeking more satisfying relationships with family, friends and intimate partners. Perhaps your life is being touched by major changes and this time, you aren’t able to hold all of the pieces by yourself. Or perhaps you need support with addressing the complexities and emotional strain associated with being a child of immigrant parents or navigating the world as a POC.
My Background and Approach
I'm a licensed psychotherapist practicing in the Bay Area. As a relational psychodynamic therapist, I help people address current challenges by going underneath the surface and beyond the symptoms. While we address what is going on for you presently, I will also be curious about how past experiences, relationships, and the broader socio-cultural context may be impacting the challenges you are experiencing. I offer people a weekly space dedicated to self-discovery and emotional growth where you can develop a greater capacity for intimacy and connection in relationships, address relational anxieties and find meaning, purpose and pleasure in life. As a First Generation woman of color, I have a special interest in working with people of color, children of immigrants and people with muti-cultural identities. I recognize how experiences of marginalization can affect one's sense of self and place in the world, and will be curious with you in your journey to finding your innermost self.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I greatly value the integral role that the therapeutic relationship has to your healing and will work with you to create a strong relationship so that you can bring your full humanity into the work we will do together. I will listen to your concerns with curiosity, compassion and warmth while offering a space for a deep exploration of your self and your relationships. Through this approach, you will develop new insights about yourself and confront negative patterns that seem to have a hold on your life. A practice of reflection and insight building can bring forth new discoveries that may have previously been unconscious or unknown to you. This can help you alleviate the distress you are carrying. You may notice more vulnerability in relationships, a deeper understanding of your fears, wishes and desires, and find more clarity, direction and meaning in your life. If this approach resonates with what you may be seeking, I invite you to reach out to see if we'd be a good fit.