I am a first-generation Chinese American psychotherapist (she/her). I come with 7 years of combined experience in grief and loss, complex trauma, and medical social work. People have described me as inquisitive, spirited, and present. My love for animals is palpable. I practice yoga, meditation, writing, and rock climbing.
My work combines my experience in interdisciplinary medical spaces, my training as a psychoanalytic therapist, and my ongoing deconstruction of race, gender, and identity.
In private practice, I have worked with insightful and driven individuals who were grappling with a life transition, struggling with dread, processing climate-grief, or facing something deeply painful for the first time. Common threads include imposter syndrome, intersectionality, or overcoming feelings of anxiety, depression, and shame.
In my day-to-day, I am the Clinical Lead with a hospice agency dedicated to Asian, Pacific, Islander (API) individuals and families. I have supported over 300 patients through a medical crisis, including death journey, diagnosis to remission, and bereavement.
I believe in the power of therapy and its ability to hold, heal, and teach. I approach the therapeutic work with inclusion, wonder, creativity, and truth. My style is psychoanalytic, mind-body-earth oriented, and trauma-informed. My training is informed by psychodynamic theory, Internalized Family Systems, Gestalt therapy, Jung psychology, and mindfulness
From our first session, I hope to understand how your journey lead you to where you are today. I believe the most effective therapy comes from a process that is co-created and relational. Therapy is about partnership, safety, and trust.
Sessions with me might look like:
When we have the courage to walk into our story and own it, we get to write the ending. - Brené Brown
