There are different parts of us that are hidden from others, wounded, and eager to be validated. I acknowledge, aim to understand, and work towards healing those parts. Opening up in therapy can be liberating and help us move forward but that doesn’t mean there won’t first be sadness as we say it aloud in another person’s presence. I offer a safe and empathetic space for my clients to be authentic and vulnerable, with the goal of practicing healthy boundaries, relationships, and behaviors outside of therapy. I provide trauma-informed care using a multicultural and psychodynamic framework. I work with individuals with a variety of sociocultural backgrounds who would like to address family conflict and distress, life transitions, bi/multicultural identity, interpersonal difficulties, and sexual abuse. I have a particular expertise working with trauma, and IPV (intimate partner violence). Therapy with me is relational, collaborative, and non-judgemental. I grew up with messages stating emotion is a sign of weakness. Through my journey and graduate studies I have come to understand that my immigrant parents were not provided the opportunity to access emotions because they had to sacrifice parts of themselves to survive. Because of their dedication, hard work and sacrifice, I am able to access those parts. My mission is to help my clients, listen, care, attend and explore the parts of themselves they have been neglecting in hopes to rebuild a new healed, integrative whole self.