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In our first session together, here's what you can expect

Individual therapy only! First session: In our work together, we create a space to honor both the pain and the resilience of where you come from. Whether you're navigating life transitions, cultural disconnection or unhealed trauma, you are welcomed here. Therapy with me is a space where you don't have to explain "where you're coming from" you can just come as you are. Healing intergenerational trauma isn't about blaming your family or reliving the past. It is about recognizing the patterns, grieving what was lost, and gently choosing a new way forward. You don't have to carry it all on your own. You may be carrying pain that did NOT start with you, but lives in you. Life can feel overwhelming and reaching out for support takes courage, but it is also a powerful step toward healing and growth. Although therapy is out of our cultural norm and we have been taught to "keep it within the family", well you are now being empowered to be the first person in your family to take that first step in healing from intergenerational trauma.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

You do NOT need to explain why you feel unsafe, unseen, or unheard. You do NOT have to justify your fear. Therapy with me is a space where you can breathe, process and begin to unlearn the survival mode you have been forced to live in for far too long. Through EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), a trauma informed therapy, we gently help your brain and body release these stuck survival responses, work to process stuck stories and inherited emotions you may be holding. Intergenerational trauma can live in your body, your emotions, and your nervous system, whether or not the original events were ever talked about. You may not know your grandparents' full stories. Maybe your parents never talked about what they went through. But you feel it: the fear, the emotional distance, the need to stay small, stay safe, stay quiet. I am currently offering EMDR-informed trauma therapy under supervision while completing EMDRIA-approved training. Together we can create a space where you feel seen, supported, and empowered to reclaim your voice and your story. You can start living from a place of choice and not just reaction.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I work with adults who are ready to heal from trauma, whether it's rooted in childhood, culture, lived experiences or deep wounds from family and culture. Survivors of emotional neglect and abuse, adult and childhood trauma, attachment wounds or unresolved PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). For those individuals who are carrying pain that often isn't visible, yet runs deep. Pain shaped by trauma, culture, family, and the systems we move through daily. Those attempting to navigate living in a society that profiles, polices, and dehumanizes People of Color and immigrant bodies. Individuals who are being racially profiled and targeted in public spaces, anxiety tied to immigration status, racial/cultural trauma, emotional impact of racism/deportation fears, shame/guilt, hypervigilance, depression, emotional numbness, family pressure, people pleasing, perfectionism, not feeling "good enough", feeling responsible for everyone's emotions, cultural identity, internalized shame or silence around your culture/identity/or needs, family expectations, or intergenerational trauma. You may feel torn between cultures, exhausted by the need to explain yourself or burdened by stories and silence that were passed down to you. You are NOT broken, you have been surviving utilizing survival responses, passed down out of love, pain and necessity.

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