Licensed to practice in Illinois and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD and 7 more.
(she/her)
New to Grow
I’m a trauma-informed therapist whose work is shaped by both lived and professional experience. As an immigrant and former refugee, I understand that healing does not happen outside of context. My work is relational, culturally responsive, and grounded in helping clients make sense of what they have carried, understand repeating patterns, and move with more clarity and self-trust. I bring warmth, honesty, curiosity, and directness into the room while honoring the culture, identity, relationships, and systems that shape each client’s story.
In our first session, we will move at a pace that feels respectful and manageable. You do not need to have everything figured out before you arrive, and there is no pressure to share your whole story all at once. We will talk about what brought you to therapy, what has been feeling difficult or heavy, and what you are hoping will feel different over time. I will ask questions to better understand your history, relationships, current stressors, strengths, and the patterns you have been noticing. My goal is for the first session to feel grounding, not overwhelming. You can expect warmth, curiosity, honesty, and a space where your full context matters. By the end, we will begin to identify what working together may look like and whether the fit feels right.
I bring warmth, honesty, directness, and deep presence into sessions. I am not a passive therapist who only sits back and nods. I listen closely, notice patterns, reflect what may be hard to say out loud, and ask thoughtful questions that help us get beneath the surface. My style is compassionate, but I will also challenge you when something important needs attention. What makes my work unique is the way I hold complexity. I consider trauma, attachment, culture, identity, family systems, migration, substance use, relationships, and systemic stress as part of the clinical picture. I do not believe people heal by being reduced to symptoms. I believe healing happens when people feel understood in context, supported with care, and invited to move differently with more clarity and self-trust.
My ideal clients are people who are ready to understand themselves more deeply, even if they do not have everything figured out yet. I work well with clients navigating trauma, relational wounds, identity questions, family roles, cultural or migration-related stress, grief, anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep repeating despite insight. Many of my clients are thoughtful and self-aware, but feel stuck in relationships, decision-making, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, self-doubt, or difficulty trusting themselves. I am especially well positioned to support clients who want a therapist who is warm, direct, culturally responsive, and willing to help name what may be difficult to say out loud. My work is a good fit for clients who want more than surface-level coping skills. I help clients make sense of what shaped them, understand how survival patterns developed, reconnect with their emotions and body, and move toward greater clarity, self-trust, and more honest relationships.
Other specialties
I identify as
Attachment-based
I use attachment-based therapy to help clients understand how early relationships and past relational experiences shape current patterns. This may include exploring fears of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, people-pleasing, emotional withdrawal, avoidance, or feeling responsible for maintaining connection.
Integrative
I use interpersonal therapy to explore how clients experience themselves in relationship with others. This includes looking at communication patterns, relational roles, conflict cycles, emotional withdrawal, over-functioning, and the ways current relationships may reflect earlier experiences.
Relational
I use a relational approach by paying attention to what happens in relationships, including the therapeutic relationship. I help clients notice patterns such as over-explaining, withdrawing, minimizing, caretaking, protecting others, or repeating familiar dynamics so they can build more honest and grounded relationships.
Narrative
I use narrative therapy to help clients examine the stories they have been given about themselves and begin making meaning in a way that feels more honest. This is especially helpful for clients navigating trauma, migration, family pressure, shame, identity-based wounds, or experiences that have been minimized or misunderstood.
Mind-body approach
I use a mind-body approach to help clients notice how stress, trauma, grief, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm show up physically. This may include exploring tension, shutdown, activation, numbness, panic, or body cues that signal distress, with the goal of supporting regulation and emotional awareness