HOw do i work?

When I think about my approach to therapy, I think of several things. I consider the question what is therapy? What are we working with? Therapy is a process of connecting with ourselves, our soul, and our psyche. This can sometimes feel strange, nonlinear, confusing, and overwhelming. What I hope for is to partner with you on this process so that the therapy journey feels intentional and manageable to you, whatever that may be. 

I recognize the importance of interventions, therapeutic acronyms, and textbook theories. I also see how they can be limiting when working with the psyche. The psyche is not concrete. These theories and interventions want us to fit into a box so that there is a clean solution. While there is a time and place for solutions, I also believe that being in the depths of our psyche lead us to richer outcomes and deeper understanding of ourselves and what we want with our lives.

living with ourselves and existentiaL THERAPY

One way that I integrate this philosophy as a therapist is working with the existential. Sometimes large and overwhelming questions and dilemmas emerge in our lives. While they are deeply meaningful, they can be difficult to grasp. Instead of throwing jargon or cookie cutter interventions at you, my approach works to embrace the existential dilemmas and the difficulties as it is often in the complexities that show us a way through. They may provide a perspective that has been hidden all along, leading to profound change.

culturally competent therapy

Another important consideration in my therapeutic practice is my strive towards cultural competence. Growing up Chinese American, queer, and with immigrant parents, I had to recognize and learn the nuances of growing up with differing cultures. I had to confront systemic racism, microaggressions, and cultural biases on a daily basis. I had to become aware of how my identity as Asian American shapes my life and impacts the world around me. Part of my approach as a therapist will be to integrate these factors into the work as they are just as important as many of the other factors that the therapy field tends to highlight.