Areas of Focus

I have worked closely with the LGBTQIA+ community on issues such as equitable treatment of LGBTQIA+ youth in the foster care system and the juvenile justice system. In 2016, I returned back to school to complete an advance training program as a mental health clinician; graduating in 2018 from Fordham University with a masters in mental health counseling. Since moving to New York, I have been working on providing equitable treatment and access for people living with HIV/AIDS. As a part of my graduate training, I worked as a therapist at GMHC (formerly Gay Men’s Health Crisis) and at Mount Sinai’s Institute for Advance Medicine, to address the AIDS epidemic and how it impacts different communities. My experience is not limited to HIV+ folks, I continue to work and strive to make therapy accessible to all who fall outside of society’s “normative” lens. As an Asian- American, Queer/Non-Binary person of color therapist, I attend to dynamics of power and oppression, marginalization and privilege in my work as well.

SPECIALIZATIONS

Although I am open to working with clients in a wide variety of areas, including life transitions, anxiety and depression, and recovery aftercare, you can read more about some of my more focused specializations below:

Trauma

We can experience numerous events,
whether singular or cumulative over time, as traumatic. I believe that compassionate sensitive trauma-informed and social justice oriented therapy can be an effective step in helping to understand, cope with, and heal from the impact of our experiences.

Identity

One of my passions in therapy is helping clients move through and understand how their experiences has been impacted by the various intersecting identities they hold. My main specialization in this work is to explore the impact of racial or multiracial identity, multiethnic identity, Queerness/non-binary, and sexual identity.

Relationship Issues & Codependency

I actively work with clients to identify patterns in relationships, understand their origins, and move towards new ways of being with and relating to the people in our lives. One issue that often emerges in my work is codependency, which is typically triggered by old wounds, and can play out with our families, partners, friends, and at work.