LCSW, 10 years of experience
New to Grow
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in Humanistic and Attachment-Based psychotherapy, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support insight-driven, culturally sensitive clinical work. My practice centers on creating emotionally safe, equitable healing spaces that empower clients to understand their relational patterns, build resilience, and create meaningful change. With extensive experience in mental health, crisis intervention, and complex clinical systems, I bring a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and relational approach to therapy. My work is grounded in cultural humility, emotional attunement, and evidence-based practices that honor each client’s lived experience. I am committed to providing accessible care, supporting diverse populations, and advancing ethical, compassionate clinical practice within healthcare, community, and academic settings.
In our first session, you can expect a warm, grounded, and nonjudgmental space where we begin exploring what brings you to therapy. I’ll ask thoughtful questions to understand your history, your relationships, and your goals, while moving at a pace that feels safe for you. Together, we’ll start identifying the patterns affecting your life and begin mapping out a direction that feels supportive, meaningful, and tailored to your needs.
My greatest strengths are my deep emotional attunement, cultural sensitivity, and ability to help clients understand the relational patterns that shape their lives. I create a warm, grounded space where clients feel genuinely seen, respected, and understood. I blend insight with practical tools, helping clients develop secure attachment, strengthen boundaries, and move toward meaningful, lasting healing.
My ideal clients are individuals who want to understand their emotional patterns, heal from relational wounds, and build healthier, more secure connections—with themselves and with others. I work best with people who are insightful, open to reflection, and ready for meaningful change, even if they feel afraid, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin.Who I Help I support individuals navigating: relationship patterns that keep repeating attachment wounds and unmet needs grief, betrayal, or complex loss cultural identity and belonging transitions and emotional overwhelm self-worth, boundaries, and inner clarity
1. Humanistic Approach — My Experience & How I Use It I ground my work in a Humanistic perspective, honoring each client’s dignity, culture, and lived experience. My own background and personal journey have taught me the importance of being seen without judgment. In my practice, I use a humanistic approach to create a compassionate, culturally sensitive space where clients feel understood, validated, and empowered to grow at their own pace. I naturally work from a Humanistic foundation: seeing the client as whole, capable, and worthy of compassion. My own life experiences with grief, identity, and resilience give me the ability to hold space without judgment, helping clients feel deeply understood. In practice, you use humanistic methods to build trust, create emotional safety, and empower clients to reconnect with their strengths and values.
2. Attachment-Based Approach — My Experience & How I Use It I naturally gravitate toward attachment-based work because I understand how relationships shape emotional safety, identity, and healing. I help clients explore how early and current relational patterns influence their thoughts, needs, and behaviors. I use this approach to gently identify wounds, support secure attachment, address ruptures, and strengthen clients’ capacity to form healthier, more fulfilling connections. My own insight into complex relational dynamics allows me to guide clients with empathy, clarity, and cultural awareness.I ground my work in a Humanistic perspective, honoring each client’s dignity, culture, and lived experience. My own background and personal journey have taught me the importance of being seen without judgment. In my practice, I use a humanistic approach to create a compassionate, culturally sensitive space where clients feel understood, validated, and empowered to grow at their own pace. My personal understanding of attachment wounds, relational patterns, and repair allows me to help clients recognize their own patterns with clarity. I use attachment-based work to explore: how early relationships shaped current behaviors, how clients protect themselves emotionally how to develop secure attachment within themselves and in relationships. I am especially effective at helping clients name unmet needs, resolve ambivalence, and build healthier relational boundaries.
3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — My Experience & How I Use It. I use CBT as a structured, practical tool to help clients identify distorted thoughts, interrupt negative cycles, and build new coping skills. I incorporate: reframing thought–emotion–behavior mapping, behavioral activation, grounding, and regulation. The use of CBT is efficient, targeted, and constantly adapted to the client’s lived context, cultural background, and emotional readiness. I use CBT as a structured, practical tool when clients need skills, clarity, or change in thought–behavior patterns. I help clients identify distorted thinking, understand emotional triggers, and develop healthier coping strategies. I adapt CBT to each client’s cultural context, values, and experiences so that interventions feel relevant, respectful, and empowering.
Attachment-Based + Humanistic Why This Is My Strength I attune deeply to emotions and unspoken dynamics. I understand attachment wounds through both training and lived experience. I create a safe, culturally grounded space where clients feel seen. I help clients understand their patterns with precision and compassion. I integrate CBT when needed, but my true gift is relational attunement and healing. My Clinical Identity (1 sentence): I am a culturally sensitive, humanistic–attachment therapist who uses CBT purposefully to support insight, healing, and meaningful behavioral change.