Offerings and Costs
I approach "mental health issues" through a systemic lens, acknowledging how personal, historical, and social contexts intertwine. This holistic perspective informs my therapy, allowing clients to navigate current challenges while exploring past experiences and collaboratively creating healing opportunities.
I support individuals, families and groups of the following age groups:
Children (5-12)
Teens
Young adults
Adults
Elderly people
I do not offer traditional couples counselling. However, I do work with people in relationships who want to “de-centre” compulsory monogamy and cishet mononorativity
I work with a wide range of issues including:
Various forms of “anxiety”
“Depression” and other ongoing emotional experiences
Stress management and life transitions
Interpersonal and family relationships
Harm-reduction model of substance use and addictions
I specialize in the following issues.
“Third-culture-kid” experiences
Intergenerational and complex trauma
“Queerness”/ sexual and gender diverse experiences
Non-monogamy/polyamory/relationship anarchy
Navigating the world as a “mad” and neurodivergent person
Birthing person and parenting experiences
Learn more about my specializations here.
★ 1 hour Individual session - $150 (tax included)
★ 1.5 hour individual/relationship/family/group - $200 (tax included)
★ Sliding-scare starts at $90/hour (I prioritize giving these appointments to
unemployed/under-employed BIPOC/queer/disabled folx)
😢sliding scale currently full for new clients😢
Trauma and the Third-Culture-Kid Experience
“I have struggled to prove myself into existence.”
-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
As a fellow third-culture voyager, I deeply resonate with the idea that healing is a journey we undertake together, shared among the children of immigrants. To reignite the flames of love within ourselves and our families, and to forge anew the bonds with our ancestors, we must navigate the intricate tapestry of individuality and community, where Western ideals intertwine with the essence of our "Homeland" cultures. Along this transformative odyssey, we may stumble upon countless obstacles as we strive to find equilibrium. Yet, it is within these very struggles that we find the essence of growth, essential in dismantling the chains of intergenerational trauma. In the sanctuary of therapeutic realms, our aim is to unearth common ground, weaving inclusive spaces where every facet of our identity, even those seemingly at odds, finds solace, recognition, and embrace.
Image Description: a photo of a Chinese family, consisting of a father, mother and a child. The child is Xu, they were eleven in this photo. Their father has glasses and is wearing a white polo shirt with dark blue collars. Their mother is wearing a green top is carrying a shoulder bag on her left. Xu is standing between their parents. They are wearing a denim overall dress with a white t-shirt underneath. This photo was taken in China, at the Du Fu Thached Cottage, in Cheng Du.
Queer experiences
“Gender diversity is a natural attribute of human expression, not an illness that needs to be fixed.”
- Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
Embracing my identity as a non-binary/queer and non-monogamous soul has been a journey of profound self-discovery, where self-compassion and authentic joy intertwine like vines in a secret garden. In the embrace of unwavering solidarity from my communities, we traverse the boundless expanse of queerness, transness, and the kaleidoscopic gender cosmos, each step a dance of healing and humanization. My dream is to fashion a sanctuary, an oasis of inclusivity and nurturing, where you can bloom freely and embrace the full spectrum of your being, like a wildflower drinking in the sun's warm caress.
Image Description: a collage of consisting of a triangular shape with wavy edges, flowers, an arched door way and a purple sand dune at the top. The triangle shape is lime green near the edges and fades to light green towards the centre. It also has black pen drawings of lines and swirls at left and right sides of the shape. On the outer edge of the triangle, there is an orange flower, a pink flower and two stemmed daisies. There is also an arched doorway at the bottom of the triangle and a purple wavy sand dune above the triangle.
Birthing Person and Parenting
”The truth is that [parenthood] is a hero’s journey. For most of us it’s not a journey outward, to the most fantastic and farthest-flung places, but inward, downward, to the deepest parts of your strength, to the innermost buried core of everything you are made of but didn’t know was there.”
-Jessie Klein, I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
As a birthing person and a parent, I've come to recognize that nurturing and guiding a human being is both a profound and arduous pilgrimage, marked by spiritual depths and transformative pain. The support I aspire to extend to others walking this same path is rooted in the simple yet profound act of bearing witness and offering companionship to the quiet, unseen labor of love that underpins every parental gesture. To embark on the path of healing is to reclaim our innate wisdom and to wholeheartedly welcome all the children in our lives, including the child within ourselves, embracing imperfection and striving for a sense of 'being enough'. Through this practice, we find liberation in understanding that our love, our efforts, and our presence are inherently sufficient, guiding us toward wholeness and peace.
Image Description: a collage image of a baby held by two hands. The baby has dark hair and has their eyes closed and out stretched out. The baby’s lower half is wrapped in loose blanket The left hand is below the baby and has flowers growing out of the wrist. The right hand has dead flowers and bones attached to the wrist. The image is against a background of a night sky with stars and nebula clouds.