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I believe therapy is one of the few places left where we can be radically honest with ourselves, with another person, and with the life we're trying to build. More often, we arrive carrying stories, wounds, expectations, and survival strategies shaped by our families, relationships, cultures, and the systems we have had to move through.
My work is honest, direct, compassionate, and deeply curious. I offer a sacred holding place where you do not have to perform, minimize your pain, or make your story easier for someone else to understand. Together, we can turn toward the parts of your life that have been hidden, silenced, rejected, or pushed into the shadows, not to judge or erase them, but to understand what they have protected, what they carry, and what they may be asking of you now.
I work with teens, individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, identity, relationship rupture, family conflict, major life transitions, and questions of belonging. I am especially drawn to people who have felt misunderstood, exploited, displaced, or constrained by families, institutions, workplaces, cultural expectations, or the justice system. I understand that suffering does not exist in isolation. What feels deeply personal is often also relational, historical, cultural, and systemic.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than a decade working across global organizations, diversity and inclusion, international community development, and advocacy. My clinical experience includes supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, including people impacted by the justice system and those navigating significant social, cultural, and economic barriers. As the daughter of immigrants who has lived and worked abroad, I bring a personal understanding of migration, cultural identity, contradiction, belonging, and what it means to live between worlds.
My approach is relational and depth-oriented, informed by psychodynamic therapy, depth psychology, attachment theory, family systems, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness. I will not reduce you to a diagnosis or pretend that healing is a straight line. I will meet you with warmth, honesty, humility, and a willingness to stay present when the work becomes uncomfortable, uncertain, or real.
I earned my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Outside the therapy room, you'll usually find me traveling, by the ocean, spending time with friends and community, or practicing yoga. I grew up in the Midwest, have lived in several countries, and now call the Bay Area home.
Whether you're navigating a difficult season or simply feeling ready for something to change, you don't have to do it alone. If you think we might be a good fit, I'd love to hear from you. I offer in-person therapy in Oakland and telehealth sessions for clients throughout California.
