Therapy Services
I offer depth-oriented psychodynamic therapy for individuals and couples. My work focuses on the emotional and relational patterns that underlie your current struggles and relationships.
I often work with people shaped by family and cultural expectations, including Asian Americans, adult children of immigrants, and those navigating identity questions or people-pleasing patterns.
Sessions provide space to explore how family dynamics, cultural expectations, and early experiences continue to influence your present-day relationships, choices, and internal conflicts. This is reflective, exploratory work aimed at developing greater clarity about who you are and what you want.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy is a space to explore the emotional and relational patterns shaping your daily life. Many people come to therapy noticing that they keep ending up in the same situations, reacting in ways they don’t fully understand, or organizing their lives around expectations rather than personal desire. Our sessions offer the space to slow down and examine what drives these internal pressures.
We focus on both what is happening in your life now and the deeper patterns that influence it. While we work with your current relationships, emotions, and inner world, we also explore how family-of-origin experiences and cultural context continue to shape these present-day dynamics. The goal is to understand how your history informs your current choices and reactions.
This work is reflective and exploratory. It focuses on developing a clear-eyed understanding of your patterns so that change can emerge from insight and self-awareness. Over time, therapy can support greater emotional clarity, self-understanding, and a stronger sense of agency in your life.
Couples therapy
Couples therapy is a space to explore the patterns and dynamics shaping your relationship. Many partners come to therapy noticing they are stuck in the same recurring conflicts or struggling to feel understood despite their efforts. You may deeply care for one another, yet find that this care does not seem to translate when you actually talk. Our sessions offer space to slow down and understand what is happening between you.
In sessions, we pay attention to what is happening between you in real time: how you communicate, how conflicts escalate, and what each of you experiences emotionally when tensions arise. We also explore how each partner’s family-of-origin experiences, cultural context, and early relationship templates continue to shape these present-day dynamics. Often, the ways we learned to manage conflict, express needs, or respond to emotional vulnerability in our earliest relationships become the blueprint for how we relate as adults. Understanding these patterns without blame creates space for both partners to be seen and makes room for new ways of connecting.
This work is reflective and collaborative. It centers on developing a clear-eyed understanding of the patterns organizing your relationship so that change can emerge from insight and emotional understanding rather than control, persuasion, or surface-level communication strategies. The goal is not to decide who is right or wrong, but to understand the logic of the cycle you are caught in together.
This perspective is particularly helpful for interracial or cross-cultural couples navigating different sets of unspoken rules, family expectations, or communication norms. It also supports couples working through life transitions, cultural pressures, and long-standing relationship challenges. Over time, therapy can help you navigate conflict more effectively, communicate in ways that feel more genuine, and build a stronger emotional connection with each other.
Common Patterns in My Work
I work with people navigating interconnected patterns. Here are some of the themes that often emerge in therapy:
Stress & Anxiety
Persistent anxiety, hypervigilance, or a sense that something bad will happen if you let your guard down often reflect deeper patterns of responsibility, uncertainty, or emotional adaptation. Therapy explores what drives the anxiety and where these patterns come from. We work to understand these feelings more deeply so you can develop greater emotional clarity and a more grounded sense of calm.
Depression & Low Mood
Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or a sense of being stuck can be difficult to navigate alone. Therapy helps you understand the roots of low mood and identify recurring emotional patterns that may be tied to loss or unmet needs. We work to understand these feelings so you can re-engage with what brings meaning and energy to your life.
Perfectionism
Many clients achieve external success while feeling internally driven by a fear of failure or a sense of emptiness. We explore where this pressure comes from, as it is often rooted in early family expectations or cultural values around achievement. Therapy helps you recognize patterns of relentless self-criticism and develop a sense of self that exists beyond external accomplishments.
Relationship Patterns & Communication
Recurring dynamics in relationships, such as conflict cycles or emotional distance, often reflect patterns shaped by family history. Therapy provides space to understand these dynamics and improve how you communicate needs and boundaries. The goal is to foster a more authentic connection with partners, family, and friends by understanding the root of your reactions.
Life & Career Transitions
Major changes such as career shifts, relocations, or relationship changes can bring uncertainty and questions about identity and direction. Therapy offers space to navigate these transitions with clarity, reflect on what feels aligned with who you are, and explore how family expectations or cultural messages influence your sense of what’s possible. For those navigating a late ADHD or Autism diagnosis, this work includes processing how this reshapes your sense of self and integrating this understanding into your identity.
Identity & Family of Origin
Your cultural background, family roles, and early experiences shape how you relate to yourself and others. Therapy supports you in exploring these influences and understanding how childhood roles, such as caretaking, people-pleasing, or prioritizing others’ needs, continue to organize your adult life. This work often involves navigating cultural identity, processing intergenerational themes, and understanding how these early templates influence your present-day sense of self.