My work is grounded in a Relational Gestaltmodel of care. At its heart, this approach is about bringing embodied awareness into the therapeutic relationship- creating a "good enough" connection that we can build on together, working toward meaningful, lasting change. The deepest goal is growth that ripples outward into your relationships and community.

Central to my practice is a trauma-informed, neuro-aware, and culturally attuned orientation. How we each respond to trauma and lived experience is shaped by many layered factors, and I hold that complexity with care. A Relational Gestalt lens expects diversity in how people communicate and relate- and recognizes that our differences, without adequate support, can quietly give rise to misattunement, bias, or harm. This is why I bring paced curiosity, honesty, and presence to the work: to find the threads that connect us, rather than the ones that divide us.

Together, we focus on identifying and cultivating your resources, supports, and protective factors- so that over time, you feel more grounded and capable of navigating life alongside others. Core to this model is building your capacity for emotional attunement, self-reflection, and accountability- to yourself and to the people around you. That means developing the courage to sit with discomfort, and the skills to build and sustain relationships that are genuinely mutual and nourishing.

My work with clients reflects my values of transparency, respect, and a willingness to take risks. That process can feel messy- but it's often in that mess that real resilience is found, and where relationships are most deeply strengthened.

My work also focuses on resolving symptoms and improving quality of life with evidence-based models of care such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) and IFS (Internal Family Systems) also known as "parts work".

I bring a holistic presence to my work- one that is attuned to the somatic, relational, cultural, and emotional dimensions of each person's experience. I pay close attention to nervous system responses, and weave in skills-building around mindfulness, breathwork, and safety practices to support clients in feeling more regulated and resourced.

I work from a Harm Reduction framework, walking alongside clients as they explore patterns and behaviors they experience as problematic- whether rooted in addiction or other adaptive responses to pain. Rather than pathologizing these patterns, I understand them as reaches for support, attempts to find soothing and relief in the face of genuinely difficult conditions: isolation, individualism, oppressive systems, and more. Holding a compassionate, curious stance toward these parts of ourselves isn't a detour from healing- it's the foundation of it.

Through a guided and intentional process, I support clients in meaningfully exploring and integrating the more disruptive aspects of their inner lives, so that healing takes root at a deep, lasting level. From that more solid internal ground, clients become better equipped to make wise, sustainable changes in their relationships and environments. And those external shifts, in turn, nourish the inner landscape further- creating a momentum where lasting change doesn't just become possible, but continues to build on itself.

I am influenced by the works of adrienne marie brown’s Emergent Strategy, Bayo Akomolafe, Relational Uprising’s Relational Culture Framework, Daniel Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology, Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, Mark Fairfield, The Relational Center, Prentis Hemphill, Resmaa Menakem, Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems Model and Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry‍ ‍

My work also invites exploration of intergenerational trauma and "legacy parts" - the ancestral wounds and intergenerational trauma that move through family lines when left unexamined and unresolved. When we turn toward these inherited burdens with care, something remarkable becomes possible: what was once held in the body as an unbearable weight can be transformed into generative, practical wisdom- offering guidance and renewed capacity to navigate relational complexity, uncertainty, and change.

Ancestral healing holds real hope. For lineages influenced by violence, shame, dissociation, or abuse, this work opens a path toward loving deeply- with courage, transparency, integrity, and care. For diasporic lineages impacted by colonization, oppression, and displacement, it offers a way to reclaim identity and cohesion in the face of devastating loss- the fragmentation of culture, tradition, story, spiritual continuity, and belonging. And for those whose lineages have enacted historical oppressions- or who are navigating both sides of that legacy, as many are- this same hope is available.

Because I believe trauma, stress, and the pressures of modern life are at the root of most so-called "disorders" and dis-ease*, I do not view symptoms of anxiety, depression, dissociation, or fatigue as conditions to be treated in isolation. Instead, I understand them as wise signals- the body and psyche asking for attention. I work with clients to compassionately explore what creative adjustments, both internal and external, might meaningfully improve their quality of life.

Grounded in an anti-oppressive framework, I am honored to work with clients who hold marginalized identities, centering values of dignity and life-affirming activism. I understand emotional wellbeing and lived experiences of oppression to be inseparable- and so my work supports clients in disrupting harmful internalized beliefs, while also finding the courage to make necessary changes in their environments and relationships.

I am transparent about my own social location** and the identities I carry, sharing when asked or when it feels genuinely supportive to do so. I believe it matters to name the ways I hold privilege within systems of oppression- and equally, the ways I have been shaped by legacies of oppression, cultural displacement, and ethnic harm.