About Me and My Approach
Relational and
Contemplative Approach
I am a Buddhist and relational psychotherapist and care provider who believes that healing arises through genuine presence, curiosity, and connection.
I view my role as a holder of space and believe in the power of relationships. I support individuals navigating grief and post traumatic stress disorder that arises through varied life experiences such as loss of a loved one, shifting relationship dynamics, generational trauma, lived marginalized identity, and cultural dislocation. I work well with people who are not afraid to be seen in their full humanity and can have hard conversations with their therapist, even when it is scary. During our time together I will aim to create a container of trust and care so that you can reflect, feel and be with intense or challenging emotions in a safe and supportive relationship. Therapy can sometimes require being and tending to challenging emotions, and it is also about reclaiming joy and resilience.
Throughout my life I have maintained a long-standing commitment to contemplative practice and study of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation and compassion practices. This path influences the way I show up with clients, offering an approach that is attentive, steady, and attuned to the emotional and existential dimensions of suffering with care and compassion.
Having a bicultural background has given me a nuanced understanding of belonging, transition, and the inner negotiations we make to feel at home with ourselves and in the world. This lived experience shapes the way that I accompany others — especially those navigating cultural complexity due to history of immigrant ancestry and identity.
I have a decade of varied clinical experience in the social work field, including mobile mental health crisis response and working with individuals with persistent mental health illness and addiction. I am licensed in the state of New York and Oregon.
Look at patterns of thoughts, behavior, and emotions that create suffering or disconnection
In our work together, we might:
Cultivate mindfulness and awareness of body and thoughts, to build capacity for resilience
Explore early relationship experiences through attachment-focused work
Look at the way the lived experience outside of dominant groups shapes self understanding and belonging
To me, therapy is not only about healing wounds, but about reclaiming our full humanity — our capacity for presence, love, and freedom from struggle.
My clinical foundations include social work practice, psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment theory, parts work, body-centered awareness, and Buddhist Psychology. I also work with individuals who are interested in exploring expanded states of consciousness not only through meditation but also through working with psychedelic medicines.