Nicky Cheng

Have you ever left a therapy session feeling lighter, only to return the next week feeling right back where you started?

You’ve done the work. You’ve learned the tools and the language to describe your thoughts, feelings, and patterns. Yet the relief often feels short-lived. Insights help in the moment, but they don’t always translate into lasting change in your day-to-day life.

It can feel incredibly frustrating or even hopeless. You might start wondering if therapy is even worth it.

Deep down, you just want to feel less anxious... less stressed... less burned out. You want to feel like yourself again. You want to feel truly connected to others. And you want to stop feeling like a hamster stuck on a wheel, running endlessly with no off-ramp.

If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. With nearly 20 years of working with caregivers, helping professionals, and many others seeking relief. I have witnessed these same struggles time after time. The frustration, the exhaustion, and for many, a deep and unshakable pain that feels like it never ends. The work doesn’t stop, and yet, things go nowhere.

Through my clients, I’ve learned that what usually brings people to therapy is often just the surface symptom of deeply held core beliefs and personal stories that once served them well but now keep them stuck and, at times, repeating a vicious cycle.

Therapy should feel safe, even when it stretches you beyond your comfort zone. If you’re tired of taking three steps forward only to slide two steps back, and you’re ready to step off the hamster wheel, I would be honored to walk alongside you on your journey toward genuine healing and self-discovery.

My approach is all about listening to your personal stories that have shaped who you are. I immerse myself in those moments with you to experience them as closely as you did. I reflect back on what I heard to check that I got them right. We would then use a CBT framework to explore how those experiences molded your beliefs, how you’ve navigated your life through them, and identify what has worked as well as what hasn’t. Then we collaborate on what changes we want to make.

In our first session, you can expect a warm, welcoming environment where we'll focus on understanding what brings you to therapy and what you hope to achieve. I'll take time to learn about your stories, your beliefs about them, how the stories have impacted your life, what has worked and what hasn't. We'll work together to create a therapeutic relationship that feels right and progress at your pace. You can expect a therapist who listens deeply and respects your perspective. My goal is for you to leave our first session feeling heard, understood, and hopeful about the work we'll do together.