Secure telehealth therapy for Asian American professionals throughout California. San Francisco, San Jose, Silicon Valley, and beyond. Depth-oriented work for those navigating imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, attachment issues, and the psychological demands of high achievement.
This page is dedicated to those who grew up in immigrant households, translating everything for their parents.
To the first-generation college students who carried the weight of two worlds while navigating systems no one prepared them for.
To those now facing their deepest fears and the beliefs that once kept them safe, and choosing to heal.
I'm a second generation Chinese American who grew up in the Bay Area in an immigrant household. For a long time, I was a kid trying to make sense of a home that felt unpredictable and emotionally unsafe.
I know what it's like to grow up with parents who loved you but couldn't give you emotional support because no one gave it to them. I know what it's like to cope by achieving, compartmentalizing, and feeling like your needs are a burden. I know what it's like to look capable on the outside while carrying a lot internally.
I work with adults whose stories often echo parts of my own. Many are high-achieving professionals in tech, finance, and leadership dealing with anxiety, burnout, imposter syndrome, relationship issues, and the long-term effects of growing up with critical, unpredictable, or emotionally unavailable parents.
My approach is relational and focused on understanding the deeper patterns that shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. I help you understand the patterns that formed early and change them at a structural level. My doctoral research on shame and self-esteem in Chinese-American families deepened my understanding of the complexities of immigrant parenting and the unique pressures that shape both generations.
My goal is to offer the kind of space that helped me heal: a place where you don't have to perform, where your emotions make sense, and where you can understand and change the patterns that no longer serve you.
The practice of therapy is my life calling. It has profoundly shaped who I am both personally and professionally, and I bring over a decade of clinical experience and sustained personal growth to the therapeutic work I do.
In December 2024, I traveled to Shenzhen with my family to visit my paternal grandparents' memorial. We had made this trip before, but something about this visit felt different.
Standing there, I found myself truly seeing my parents for the first time.
I noticed how much they had aged.
I saw two people who survived the Cultural Revolution and carried wounds they never had words for.
I saw parents who gave everything they had, even when they didn't know how to give what we needed emotionally.
I saw two people worn down from decades of running a restaurant in the Bay Area. They only took 2 or 3 days off from work each year so they could provide opportunities for my brother and me that they never had, like pursuing higher education and building professional careers.
This is a story many children of immigrants know well. But what we rarely talk about is the emotional cost. The grief of leaving loved ones behind. The unprocessed trauma that immigrant parents carry and unconsciously pass on to their children. The tension and conflicts that arise between Asian American children and their immigrant parents, even when there is deep love between them.
Looking out at the ocean from that memorial, I thought about how many Chinese and Asian Americans carry similar stories. How many navigate this anguish alone, without support or language for what they're experiencing.
You are not alone in this.
We all carry stories. My hope is that by sharing mine, you might feel permission to explore yours, and to pursue the life you actually want.
Areas where I provide specialized, evidence-based therapeutic support
Often, the most difficult part of succeeding at a high level is managing your own psychology. When you're mentally taxed, your insecurities like fear of failure and limiting beliefs are easily triggered. I work with professionals who are managing imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and burnout, and explore the thoughts and assumptions driving your decisions.
Attachment therapy is an area I'm passionate about. I work with adults who find themselves overthinking in dating, stuck in familiar patterns, or shaped by early emotional dynamics. We work to understand and transform these patterns rather than just managing symptoms.
As someone who grew up with volatile and unpredictable parents, I know what it's like to constantly "walk on eggshells." Growing up with critical, unpredictable, or emotionally distant parents leaves a lasting imprint. I offer empathic support to help you understand how your childhood experiences shaped who you are today, so you can process emotional neglect, develop healthier boundaries, and restructure old relational patterns that no longer serve you.
As someone raised by a parent with high-functioning ASD, I bring lived experience to supporting neurodivergent adults and those affected by neurodivergent family members. Exploring how neurodivergence intersected with family dynamics to shape your confidence, sense of self, and relational patterns.
Growing up between two cultures shaped who I am. I work with clients navigating family expectations, intergenerational trauma, and the weight of balancing multiple worlds.
I provide secure, confidential telehealth therapy throughout California, serving Asian American professionals across the Bay Area.
I work with high-achieving professionals throughout Silicon Valley and the Bay Area who are committed to depth-oriented therapy and understand that real structural psychological change requires time, sustained effort, and the right therapeutic relationship.
Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA) • Asian Mental Health Collective • Psychology Today Verified
Corresponding to the Monterey Park Tragedy, I am grateful to ABC News Sacramento to be interviewed in their segment on raising awareness of the barriers for those in the AAPI community seeking mental health support, & to provide resources so that people can begin to heal.
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