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.
My parents ran a restaurant, worked long hours, and carried trauma from the Cultural Revolution that they never really processed. Those unprocessed experiences influenced everything: the way they responded to conflict, the anxiety they carried around work and money, the way they showed up as parents. Survival mode was all they knew.
I learned early to stay quiet, manage everyone's emotions, and not cause problems.
My parents loved me. They sacrificed enormously. But emotional attunement wasn't something they could offer because no one had offered it to them.
Like many second-generation Asian American kids, I coped by achieving and pushing down my emotions. I internalized the belief that my needs were a burden. By my mid-twenties, I was struggling with constant anxiety and couldn't understand why external success wasn't making anything better internally.
Therapy changed that. For the first time, I didn't have to manage someone else's emotional state or worry about being too much. Working with a therapist who understood intergenerational trauma and the dynamics of immigrant families helped me see how I got stuck in these patterns. That experience became the foundation for the work I do now.
I know what it's like to appear capable on the outside while carrying a lot internally. I know what it's like to constantly second-guess yourself or feel guilty for prioritizing what you want.
Today, I work with high-achieving adults whose stories often mirror my own. Many are navigating burnout, relationship difficulties, imposter syndrome, or the lasting effects of growing up with critical, unpredictable, or emotionally unavailable parents. My approach is relational, culturally informed, and focused on understanding the deeper patterns that shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. 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 mission is to create the same kind of transformative space that allowed me to heal: a place where performance isn't required, where your emotions finally make sense, and where you can build patterns that actually serve the life you want to live.
Many of my clients are high-achieving professionals who understand their patterns intellectually, but still feel stuck emotionally and fall back into the same safety behaviors that they developed during childhood. Our work focuses on what can only be explored in a consistent, attuned therapeutic relationship.
The practice of therapy is my life calling. It has shaped who I am both personally and professionally, and I bring over a decade of clinical experience and deep personal growth to the work I do.
In December 2024, I visited my paternal grandparents' memorial in Shenzhen with my parents, my brother, and several relatives. I had paid respect to my grandparents' memorial before, but this particular visit felt the most significant.
I remember what stuck with me the most was deeply seeing my immigrant parents for the first time.
What I saw of my parents was their aging.
What I saw of my parents were individuals who grew up during the Cultural Revolution period in China with unprocessed traumas that they still carry with them to this day.
What I saw of my parents were people who did the best they could as parents with the knowledge they had at the time.
What I saw of my parents were the decades of sacrifice, and the toll they had put on their bodies operating a restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area.
What I saw of my parents were people who only took 2-3 days off from work a year, so that they could make money and provide as many opportunities for me and my brother that they themselves never had, like the opportunity to pursue higher education and make it as white collar professionals.
My parents' immigrant story is a story that many who come from immigrant families can resonate with. However, what is often not talked about in these immigrant stories is the emotional cost. The emotional cost of mourning, worrying about those they left behind, unprocessed trauma, intergenerational traumas that immigrant parents can unconsciously pass on to their children, and the intergenerational conflicts that occur between Asian Americans offsprings and their immigrant parents.
As I looked upon the ocean view from my grandparents memorial towards the end of my visit, I was reminded of how many other Chinese and Asian American individuals have stories similar to mine, and how many of them deal with anguish and deep internal conflicts alone.
But you are not alone.
We all have a story to tell. And my hope is that my story will encourage you to tell your story and pursue your biggest hopes and dreams to the fullest.
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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