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About My Clients
My clients identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Many of the people I work with identity as AAPI, and/or experience the intersection of their identities as being both BIPOC and Queer. My clients want to have more fulfilling and meaningful relationships with themselves, their partner, friends, and/or family. They have a desire to know and share their needs and boundaries, want to to heal from patterns established in childhood, live authentically, and be more vulnerable.
My Background and Approach
I am a systemic therapist - I see who you are as a person, in the context and systems you live in, with your identities, relationships, culture, society, etc. versus seeing you as just your problems or concerns. Your context helps me understand you, and what's impacting you. I focus on experiences, emotions, insight, and self understanding, rather than behavior (for individual therapy). I believe change and growth comes from experiencing yourself, and/or your partner(s) differently, rewriting the stories you have, and an increased understanding of your self, inner world, and emotions.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am deeply relational and believe that some of the best therapy comes from a strong relationship between clients and therapist. I don't believe that therapy should feel removed, or impersonal. I work hard to create a space with you where you can feel comfortable to engage in therapy, and where you show up fully as your authentic self. I'm more interested in your growth, and your humanity, than pathologizing you. I believe you are already whole, and not broken. The full context of who you are as a person, and how you experience the world, is important. I strive to take an egalitarian approach to therapy - I am collaborative and seek to make it as equal as possible between us. I rarely fully "lead" a session. I believe that you best know how to live your life, and that you have inner wisdom within yourself. I value collaboration, and community. I believe that healing is relational.