Services
About My Clients
I specialize in working with queer and trans people with multiple marginalized identities and experiences, as well as histories of intergenerational, childhood, and other kinds of trauma. I also support kink and CNM practitioners, multicultural/immigrant, HIV+, and people with (dis)abilities and folx navigating relational challenges, life changes, and mental health symptoms through individual, couples/polycules, and group therapy.
My Background and Approach
I'm dedicated to honoring and celebrating all that makes you - you and being by your side in an affirming and encouraging way. Whether you’re feeling lonely and disconnected, grappling with painful feelings, or seeking a new understanding of yourself and others, you don’t have to go through it alone. Our work will be collaborative and anchored in compassion, cultural humility, and liberation. We might use a combination of evidence-based and innovative modalities (such as dialectical behavioral, relational, somatic, substance-informed, EMDR, internal family systems, ketamine-assisted, and mindfulness-based) to meet your goals. My background includes a graduate degree in mental health from Columbia University and clinical and research positions with University of California, San Francisco.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
As a therapist and part of the trans, queer, ethnic minority, multicultural, immigrant, and (dis)ability communities, I believe your inner world is multifaceted and infinitely more complex than can be described. You deserve to be heard and treated with compassion, kindness, and respect. I find it important to acknowledge that our inner worlds are impacted by our surroundings. With that in mind, activism and advocacy have been important parts of my work both within and outside the therapeutic settings. As part of the ongoing commitment to human rights, I've volunteered with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Americal Civil Liberty Union (ACLU), Chung for College Board 2022 campaign to elect the first nonbinary trustee for City College in San Francisco, and UCSF No One Dies Alone program.