holistic, integrative Therapy for Inner LIBERATION
As your therapist, I honor your unique path to healing that feels true to who you are.
WE GROW WHEN WE FEEL SEEN
Therapy is a complex process of coming to truly know yourself through exploring your emotions, patterns, and inner dialogue. In our work together, I strive to create a space where you can feel seen and understood without judgment. I honor the ways that you’ve learned to survive and help you identify what living with integrity looks like for you.
Is this you?
ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU SEEM CONFIDENT, “with it,” AND ACCOMPLISHED. ON THE INSIDE, YOU…
Manage a busy schedule in order to hide from your thoughts and feelings
Hold onto control and a sense of predictability
Worry about doing the “wrong” or “bad” thing
Feel controlled by “should” statements
Fight with self-doubt or negative thoughts
Take on the burden of responsibility in your relationships
Avoid taking risks or trying new things
Feel embarrassed at how much you need things to be a certain way
Put your worries aside “for later” (the later doesn’t come)
Ruminate on worst case scenarios (and there’s so many!)
Carry emotional pain from the past that impacts your present
Rest or slow down only when you’re completely exhausted or “forced to” (e.g., illness or injury)
Ignore or miss signals from your body
Disconnect from important people in your life
Receive feedback from others that you’re too strict, particular, inflexible, or stressful to be around
Fear that you might lose or have lost your sense of fun
Can’t quite figure out why you feel so stuck
lay down your emotional burdens
When our safety and autonomy are threatened, such as through trauma, oppression, abuse, neglect, loss, or interpersonal injuries, we may struggle with overwhelm, anxiety, and shame. We can lose our sense of who we are and who we want to be. We can feel disorganized and unable to find our way back to what connects us to the things that make us feel the most alive.
Overly self-reliant adults often start out as young children who took on grown-up responsibilities in the absence of parental attunement and support. We find temporary relief in denying our pain, disappointment, and anger with our deeply unfulfilling childhood environments. We hide away the parts of ourselves that have needs around connection and care. While our child selves demonstrated tremendous wisdom in utilizing these skills, we now come up against ongoing challenges and limitations as adults. We don’t know how to connect. We get feedback from others that we’re wound “too tight.” We shy away from intimacy. We struggle to be with our feelings. Through it all, we work so hard to get it “right” and feel shame when we inevitably struggle. In response, the urgent drive to manage and control our lives ramps up even more, and so the cycle continues.
As your therapist, I can help you learn that it’s safe to slow down enough to be with your emotions and challenges. I’ll be with you along the way, helping you off-set your mounting burdens so that you can be present and live a life that feels more like you.
“HEALING IS AN ORIENTATION TO LIVING RATHER THAN A DESTINATION.”
Prentis Hemphill
HOW I CAN HELP YOU: A collaborative, INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE
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By working in a relational psychodynamic way, we can visit your past to understand your present feelings and relationships. We explore your early childhood relationships to understand how connection and safety were learned or compromised. In the context of the therapy relationship, we have the opportunity to safely practice being vulnerable, and to notice how we relate to each other, including what allows our connection to flow and get stuck.
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Through Internal Family Systems (IFS), we seek to understand the different parts that make up who you are and how you feel and act. I hold space for your inherent multiplicity, which can liberate you from pressures to claim a singular thought, emotion, or identity. When we can be with our parts and build mutually respectful relationships with them, we can experience a significant reduction in overwhelm and have greater access to decision-making and insight.
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With somatic therapy, I can help you connect with your body. Many of us have been taught to ignore, devalue, or criticize our bodies. When we move through life with urgency in an attempt to avoid the overwhelm of painful feelings, we often miss important cues from our body to slow down and take care of ourselves in the ways we need. Somatic therapy is a way to focus attention to the here and now, moment by moment experiences of our bodies and feelings. This approach includes relaxation techniques, guided visualizations, and breath work.
With each of these approaches, I draw on systems theory to understand how historical, cultural, political, and familial systems influence your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. None of us exist in isolation, and therefore cannot be fully understood on our own. Systems theory gives context for influences such as colonialism, patriarchy, heterosexuality imperatives, racism, ableism, and multigenerational trauma, as well as inherited resiliency.
BETTER TOGETHER
Healing is most transformative when it includes both the individual and the collective. I honor the parts of you that learned how to go about it on your own and might even feel pride about your self-reliance. I support your self-determination and agency, and I am a firm believer of weaving independence with interdependence. In our therapy, I will invite you to turn toward loved ones to release what is not yours and take emotional risks to sustain lasting connections.
WHO I WORK WITH
Queer, trans, BIPOC, and mixed race folks who want to release stories about how they’re allowed to be and reclaim their sense of agency and identity
Neurodivergent folks who feel exhausted from masking and want to show more of their authentic selves
Newly chronically ill and disabled folks who are adjusting to needing more support than they feel comfortable expressing
High-achieving professionals who want to maintain their sense of accomplishment while lightening their emotional load
People finding their way through body liberation who want to cultivate a more compassionate relationship with their bodies
Children of immigrants who inherited narratives about debt owed to their families and want to balance independence with interdependence
I enjoy working with people who are emotionally engaged and curious about themselves. They notice that there’s something off in their lives and feel motivated to explore what’s going on; they go toward the concern and want to understand it better. While I do work with people who have never been in therapy before, most of my clients have some experience of therapy and are open to challenging themselves to go deeper.
the right fit
We may be a good fit if you are:
Curious about your emotional landscape
Open to exploring past experiences or patterns to better understand your current concerns
Interested in using somatic techniques to understand and address unresolved feelings and inner conflicts
Interested in taking some risks to deepen your self-understanding
Ready to commit to weekly sessions
Ready to commit to long-term work
Open to a non-linear healing process wherein some change might happen quickly and deeper change might occur slowly
We probably aren’t a good fit if you:
Want a therapist who tells you what to do (without any input from you)
Want an “objective” perspective
Want homework assignments
Want someone who doesn’t challenge you
Feel unready to commit to weekly sessions or long-term therapy
Faqs
Here’s some information about what to expect.
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Standard fee:
$210 per 50-minute session
As of February 2026, my sliding scale starts at $175. Please include in the request form whether you are interested in this scale.
Solidarity / Community Distribution fee:
Clients with access to wealth or financial privilege may consider paying more than the standard fee (between $210 and $250). Additional funds would directly support clients who otherwise cannot afford to start or continue therapy at the full rate. If you are interested in this fee structure, please let me know in the intake form or during our consultation. You can refer to Alexis J. Cunningham’s “Green Bottle” sliding scale model.
Lotus Therapy Fund:
If you are low income and identify as AAPI, you can apply to the Lotus Therapy Fund through the Asian Mental Health Collective. You can select me as a therapist and receive up to 8 free sessions.
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All of my sliding scale slots are currently full. When slots are available, we make an agreement about a specific timeframe to honor the fee negotiated. For instance, we might agree to start at a certain fee for 6 months and then revisit it at the end of the 6-month period. This is the case for existing clients as well. If there are life circumstances that change your ability to pay the full fee, then we will work together to come up with a fee that makes sense for both of us, for a limited amount of time (e.g., 3 months, 6 months, etc.)
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The entirety of my practice is virtual. I do not currently offer in-person sessions.
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We will meet at least once a week for a 50-minute session, depending on your therapy needs. I do not offer biweekly or monthly services. I believe that consistent, weekly sessions are the most effective way to create lasting change. Meeting regularly gives us more time to build trust and engage in deeper level healing work.
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I value your agency and choice. As such, we will collaborate on which therapy approaches work for you. Some people find that they want to start out with traditional talk therapy and then try IFS therapy. Some start with somatic sessions and then build to talk therapy. Some switch between structured EMDR sessions and traditional talk therapy.
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I do not contract with insurance companies. I can provide a Superbill to submit for out-of-network reimbursement on your online insurance claims portal. Please review this policy with your insurance first to find out what your coverage is. Some questions you can ask your insurance:
How much is my annual deductible? How much has been met this year?
What is the coverage for out-of-network therapy services before and after I have met my deductible?
Do my expenses with out-of-network providers contribute to my deductible?
What information do I need to submit for reimbursement?
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“Good Faith Estimate” Notice
Under the No Surprises Act (effective January 1, 2022) , you have the right to request and receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of how much your mental health care will reasonably cost. This is especially for clients who do not have insurance or who are not using insurance to cover the charges for therapy. You can ask for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule your first session. It is NOT a commitment to therapy.
For more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 985-3059.
take a chance on yourself
Book a free 25-minute video call. Start by filling in the intake form.