I am a psychotherapist in Marin County, CA and Seattle, WA specializing in multicultural issues, mental health, trauma, addictions and the relationships that suffer as a result. I knew I wanted to be a therapist when I was nine after I “counseled” my neighbor who wanted to run away from home.

As an only child, I spent much of my childhood observing. I observed a lot of dysfunction and from an early age began to think about the ways in which I could help others, not recognizing until later in life, that I too needed help. I let my negative core beliefs (self-talk/schemas) and the idea of who I thought I was supposed to be guide me away from who I was meant to be. I allowed others’ actions dictate how loveable and desirable I was.

I am here now to help anyone willing, to love and honor the person they are today, recognize their story’s ending is one that they get to choose. I am not my trauma, and neither are you! I have experienced trauma, loss and heartbreak. But I am so much more and so are you.

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