LCSW, 7 years of experience
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Starting therapy or returning to therapy can be a difficult decision for many people. However, after practicing for many years, I have learned that this work is deeply sacred and important, not just for you but for all the people you interact with around you. If you are having any hesitations to starting therapy, start with asking yourself why you want to seek therapy and what you are hoping to get out of it. If you don’t know the answer to those questions yet, try to find a therapist who is deeply compassionate and can guide you to those answers skillfully without making you feel judged. I am a licensed clinical social worker who serves clients in CA, WA, OR and helps clients to identify underlying causes of challenges and assists processes to find suitable solutions for each situation or conflicts. Four words I would describe my clinical practice with clients are: authentic, holistic, compassionate, and collaborative.
In your first session with me, you can expect me to provide you with clear communication of treatment expectations including ethical and legal boundaries I uphold as a licensed provider. We discuss your relevant history, current concerns, and find initial treatment recommendations by end of session.
My clients generally appreciate me for my intuition, clarity in understanding their issues, compassionate yet honest approach to my clinical practice, and my unique understanding and experiences related to cultural adaptive challenges, immigrant life experiences and associated trauma wounds, parenting and general human to human relational conflicts.
"When the student is ready, the teacher appears." When my clients are ready to do their own deep inner healing work, they experience genuine emotional healing and freedom that keep them coming back to me sometimes for years. I take my clinical practice seriously and don't give cookie-cutter treatment recommendations. Each client brings a unique gift / challenge to me and I provide a client-centered unique treatment plan. Most of my clients generally appreciate this individualized service.
I use an integrative approach of a variety of evidence-based therapeutic modalities to inform my practice. A few of these include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialetic behavior therapy (DBT), Trauma-Informed CBT, mindfulness based therapies, acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), and Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT).