Depression and anxiety can make you feel hopeless, angry, stuck, alone, isolated, and overwhelmed. Whether you are experiencing these feelings due to a recent loss, life transition, relationship issues, trauma, or have been clinically diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, therapy can be a space for you to feel seen, heard, and to improve your anxious and depressive symptoms.

So much of our “junk” manifest in our relationships. Regardless of your relationship status, therapy can be a space for you to become aware of, understand, and break patterns and tendencies. Themes that I often explore with my clients are attachment styles, commitment, communication issues, codependency, infidelity, and relational trauma. I also support clients in navigating relational and family dynamics in interracial/cultural relationships.

Life transitions can include moving to a different city, starting a new job/career path, starting or ending a relationship, getting engaged or married, planning a wedding, or deciding to have children. Navigating change, even if the change is perceived to be positive, can often trigger feelings of anxiety, overwhelm, and loneliness. Therapy can offer a safe space for you to process your feelings and to gain a sense of agency and clarity as you move forward.

Burnout can be emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion; typical symptoms include feelings of helplessness, detachment, loneliness, loss of motivation, and anxiety. In my practice, I often work with high achieving individuals, self identified perfectionists and people pleasers to address core beliefs and expectations in addition to cultural and systemic beliefs and structures that enable burnout.

Our families are the first unit that we are a part of, creating the blueprint in how we operate in society. So many individuals unconsciously repeat the same behaviors and tendencies their parents did even if they do not want to. I support clients in identifying and then unlearning cycles and patterns from their own unique backgrounds so that they relearn healthier ways to cope and relate to others.

I am an EMDR trained trauma therapist with experience in complex, relational, racial, generational trauma & childhood sexual abuse. I also work with individuals who experience vicarious trauma, or compassion fatigue, in the legal field and medical services. I offer both individual and group therapy sessions for individuals and organizations.

Asian Americans are increasingly seeking therapy from Asian American therapists. You want a therapist that “gets you,” that understands the cultural nuances and mental health implications of the Asian American experience. As a second generation Korean American, I am passionate in working with AAPI folk in working through and navigating concerns that are unique to the AAPI experience, including family dynamics, interracial relationships, generational trauma, feelings of obligation, guilt, and overwhelm, in addition to acknowledging systemic barriers.