I am a licensed LCSW psychotherapist working with individuals, couples & families with two decades of clinical experiences. I am fluently in Mandarin Chinese/English & provide culturally competent psychotherapy. My practice located in Berkeley in San Francisco Bay Area while I also provide tele health therapy in California & New York two states.
As an Asian American and raising an immigrant family myself, I specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, emotional regulation, parenting, life transitions, relationship issues, self esteem and immigration/identity. I am trained and practice in Attachment Focused-EMDR, psychodynamic psychotherapy, emotional focus therapy (EFT), attachment-based therapy, Internal Family System (IFS), mindfulness, acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Through my devotion in making a change of people' life, I have helped clients including different generation of Asian Americans, immigrant and parents raising children with acculturation challenges, and caretaking burden as a sandwich generation. We work on developmental injury to complex trauma, grief and lost in various life stages, and struggles in different type of relationships which we ultimately are longing for a safe attachment with our partner, parents, children, and our inner self.
I offer consultation for licensed and associated mental health professionals. I provide Asian culturally competent perspectives in conceptualizing cases, developing a treatment plan, discuss interventions, and working with challenging clinical questions on cases. Consultation specialties include,
Issues in therapeutic relationship
Career and Professional Development.
Asian stigma of mental health and psycho-education.
Trauma-informed treatment around immigration and intergenerational trauma.
Couple and family issues with Asian Americans and immigrants