Therapy Specialties

Couples can engage in therapy from various stages of their relationship; from premarital therapy, adjusting to recent life transitions, learning each other's past traumas, or feelings of being overwhelmed and desire to reconnect with one another. Some common differences that are bridged in couple therapy can be but are not limited to: mismatched cultural expectations, relationship structures, acculturation issues, and variance in display of emotions and coping.

Evidence-based family approaches and treatment options are based on unique way of how a couple presents in session. With these needs, couples can begin to see improvement in communication and in conflict, increasing trust and vulnerability, and blended family patterns and styles.

Couples therapy is not intended to be too long-term, like individual therapy. Dyads are encouraged to find a pacing that suits them based on their goals and need for support.

Individuals can engage in this niche of therapy with various presenting themes and issues of trauma and/or emotional neglect. Some themes of trauma could include but is not limited to abuse (varying from religion, narcissism, relationships); abandonment; migration and immigration; bullying; or from familial or historical connotation (like misogyny, racism, colonization, xenophobia, or imperialism).

Some common experiences and symptoms that are processed in trauma-focused therapy can be but are not limited to: avoidance, need for control, shame spiral, trauma identity, codependency, over functioning, and a disconnect with your physical body.

Evidence-based approaches and treatment options are crafted on how a person shows up in session and what they are looking for. With these needs, there is new insight shifting from trauma patterns and how it impacts your sense of self, current life, and relationships. We work together in how to shift so you can live more in joy, self-acceptance, and peace.

Healing from trauma-focused therapy is not always linear. Trust within the therapeutic relationship is important in the work we do together; we focus on creating a place for you to have control of the pace and direction of sessions. Clients are encouraged to find a pacing that suits them based on their goals and need for support.

Individuals can engage in this niche of therapy with various presenting themes and needs. Some themes of being a person who identifies as 'bipoc' could include but is not limited to: feeling stuck with a cultural double bind; struggling with intersectionality or double consciousness while staying true to yourself; wanting to please parents/family or feeling pressured to make certain personal/career decisions; and expectations around gender, family, and culture.

Some common experiences and symptoms that are processed in cultural-relational and trauma-based therapy can be but are not limited to: perfectionism, self reliance, imposter syndrome, parentification, micro and macro aggressions, racial identity, and emotionally absent or neglectful parents.

Evidence-based approaches and treatment options are crafted on how a person shows up in session and what they are looking for. We make meaning out of your lived experiences and work together in how to challenge some of these coping or survival skills to shift you into a more healthy, helpful way of living with more joy, self-acceptance, and peace.

Healing from trauma based and relational focused therapy is not always linear. Trust within the therapeutic relationship is important in the work we do together; we focus on creating a place for you to have control of the pace and direction of sessions. Clients are encouraged to find a pacing that suits them based on their goals and need for support.

Individuals can engage in this niche of therapy with various presenting themes and needs. Some themes of systemic discrimination could include but is not limited to: coping with 'the otherness'; navigating systems or institutions your entire life and how it impacts your mind, body, and spirit; different levels of racial trauma (individual, historical, systemic, institutional); and trauma based in history, culture, or community.

Some common experiences and symptoms that are processed in cultural-relational and trauma-based therapy can be but are not limited to: internalized messages of inferiority and a want to unpack these myths and replace them with a more realistic and loving narrative; ongoing stress in how to process and use skills to address it within us and/or with others; pushing through the scarcity mindset; and how to 'prove' others so you feel seen and heard.

Evidence-based approaches and treatment options are crafted on how a person shows up in session and what they are looking for. We make meaning out of your experiences through language, validation, and affirmation. We will deconstruct how the oppression and discrimination has shaped you, your family, and your culture and ways to heal by activating critical consciousness and expanding individualistic values and notions of wellness that includes re-learning who you are and your lineage as well as cultural wisdom and practices.

Healing from trauma based and relational focused therapy is not always linear. Trust within the therapeutic relationship is important in the work we do together; we focus on creating a place for you to have control of the pace and direction of sessions. Clients are encouraged to find a pacing that suits them based on their goals and need for support.