Providing Relational Integrated & Culturally Sensitive Trauma Therapy in Pasadena, CA
APPROACH
I work with clients using curiosity, intuition, active listening, and humor, creating a collaborative, empathetic, and safe space. I take a direct and at times, challenging approach, helping clients uncover internal conflicts that contribute to stagnation, pain, or unhelpful patterns, and supporting their will to address and change them. I view the body as a wise holder of unconscious emotions, incorporating somatic methods to notice nonverbal communication. While I draw from many modalities, my work is most influenced by psychoanalytic and attachment-based models, object relations, neuroscience, somatic work, Internal Family Systems, and ISTDP.
I believe this work is especially vital in a culture shaped by individualism, capitalism, and disconnection. By challenging Western and colonial paradigms, I support change on a personal level that fosters empathy and connection, bridging differences and creating the potential for broader emotional, social, and even political transformation.
Being a therapist is a profound honor. To witness and hold a client’s inner truths and vulnerabilities is a gift I deeply cherish. I believe that through this work, clients can deepen self-knowledge, connect with their higher selves, and discover a lasting sense of calm, security, and peace within themselves and in their relationships.