LMFT, 15 years of experience
New to Grow
I am a psychotherapist with over 15 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings. I received my psychotherapy training at the San Francisco State University and graduated in 2012. After working at a private counseling center for 6 years, I opened my private practice in 2018 as a licensed marriage and family therapist. I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ adults and Asian adults. My areas of interests include gay/lesbian and gender issues, sexuality, psychotherapy education, and psychotherapeutic technique.
I will typically meet with individuals and couples for 1 to 3 consultation sessions to determine the treatment modality and frequency.
If you want to understand some of your ongoing unwanted patterns of behavior, you may find this approach useful.
I offer psychoanalysis for adults and psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults.
Psychoanalysis is an intensive psychotherapy that typically involves 3 to 4 sessions per week. This model of therapy is based on recognition of the centrality of relationships in human development and of the profound influence of our earliest relationships on our present day functioning. Psychoanalysis also understands that our level of self-awareness is always limited and that our behaviors, choices, interests, and conscious beliefs are influenced by beliefs, desires, and fears that we are not aware of. Through two humans interacting, it will increase self-knowledge, develop emotional skills and activate hidden potential. I aim to identify unconscious patterns of thinking, feeling and relating that reinforce negative emotion and destructive behavior. This approach focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations. Psychoanalytically oriented therapies are characterized by a close working partnership between therapist and patient. Patients learn about themselves by exploring their interactions in the therapeutic relationship. The process of being understood, of learning about the various ways your mind works and of developing a new repertoire of psychological skills will open up new avenues for growth and engagement in your life’s pursuits.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy draws on the same model of human development as psychoanalysis, in a less intensive mode of treatment, typically 1 to 2 sessions per week. This model also looks for things that lie beneath the surface of our everyday awareness.