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About My Clients
I work primarily within the BIPOC and 2SQTPOC community, with an emphasis on members of the Asian diaspora. I support folx in exploring the highly masked or unstoried parts - both individual and inherited - and gently inviting opportunities to tend, restore, strengthen, and reclaim. I also work with folx engaging in complex and emotionally intensive work (including parenting!), who seek a place of respite to attune to self, release tension, grieve, metabolize harm, and restore to sustain.
My Background and Approach
I am a second generation Korean-American born and raised on the unceded ancestral lands of the Dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish Tribe) and now live as a guest upon Mni Sóta Maḳoce, Dakota homeland. My relational approach is built upon 15+ years working with and alongside individuals, families and communities to nurture growth as an educator, coach, trainer, and leader. Becoming a parent in 2014 both broke and broke me open, ushering intergenerational healing and cultural reclamation that continues today. A lifelong learner, I continue to journey along a path towards “Becoming a Good Ancestor” (credit: Layla Saad). A both/and thinker-and-feeler, I integrate spiritual, emotions-focused, narrative, cognitive, cultural, somatic, creative expression & experiential approaches to our work together. I look forward to co-creating a nurturing space that invites compassionate curiosity to honor the depth & breadth of who you are (becoming).
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Our personal and collective histories matter and the impact of oppression is real. I approach our work with a critical framework, grief-informed attachment lens, and a relational stance. The Asian-American community is expansive and we hold so many experiences. I recognize how the history and impact of systemic oppression and historical trauma has often distanced us - from ourselves and one another - making it difficult to foster a collective community across such a range of experiences. As an able-bodied cis queer East-Asian-American woman, born on stolen land and raised by my biological parents in a Korean immigrant context, I recognize a holding of identities that carry experiences of both privilege and marginalization. I honor and invite ongoing dialogue and nuanced exploration of what is both collective and respective, resonant and distinct.