Therapy for Self-Understanding and Emotional Growth.

In-person Therapy in San Jose & Online in California.

People come to therapy for many different reasons.

You might be:

• Struggling with anxiety, depression, or stress

• Feeling stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand

• Having difficulty in relationships or feeling disconnected from yourself and others

• Working through grief, loss, or the effects of past experiences

• Wanting a deeper understanding of yourself

Whatever brings you here, therapy can offer a space to slow down, reflect, and better understand your experience.

A Depth-Oriented Approach to Therapy.

My work is grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) with a multicultural lens.

These approaches focus on:

• Exploring patterns that shape your thoughts, emotions, and relationships

• Understanding how past experiences may influence the present

• Helping you access and experience emotions that may feel difficult to reach

• Creating space for new ways of relating to yourself and others

• Understanding how your family, culture, and experiences have influenced you

This is often referred to as depth-oriented or insight-oriented therapy.

What I Help With.

I work with adults experiencing a range of concerns, including:

• Anxiety and chronic overthinking

• Depression and low mood

• Relationship difficulties and recurring patterns

• Grief and loss

• Effects of emotional neglect or past experiences

• Self-criticism and low self-worth

• Feeling stuck, lost, or disconnected

• Addressing the impact of the world and systems we live in

• Helping folks clarify their personal or cultural identity

If you’re curious to learn more about how I work, feel free to check out my Approach page as well as my page on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

What You May Gain from Therapy.

People often seek this kind of therapy to:

• Develop a clearer understanding of themselves

• Recognize patterns that may be difficult to see on their own

• Feel more connected to their emotional experience

• Explore new ways of relating to themselves and others

• Make sense of past and present experiences

• Pursue a greater sense of self-alignment

The focus is on understanding and experiencing your inner world more fully so that you can feel better and address your challenges, rather than applying generic solutions.

What Therapy Is Like.

Therapy with me is:

• Grounded in curiosity and reflection

• Attentive to both thoughts and feelings

• Focused on what’s happening in the moment, as well as over time

• Oriented towards helping you get what you want out of therapy

• Open to discussing the topics that are important to you

We work together to explore your experience at a pace that feels manageable and meaningful.

Who This Is For.

This approach may be a good fit if:

• You’re interested in understanding yourself more deeply

• You want more than coping strategies (while, yes, these can sometimes be helpful!)

• You want to explore what’s on your mind and your emotional experience

• You’ve tried therapy before but it felt surface-level and you want to go deeper

• You’re looking for both support and validation as well as honest reflection and change

In-person in San Jose & Online Therapy in California.

I provide in-person therapy in San Jose and can work with clients across California. Please feel to reach out for a free consultation to see if we might be a good fit.