My Approach to Helping
My therapy work is rooted in a systemic approach with children, adolescents, couples, and families experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting challenges, grief, etc... . Through my own identities and experiences as a 1.5 generation immigrant from the Philippines, being raised in Los Angeles, and as an educator for over 20 years, I understand the impact of harm and losses that carry from generation to generation caused by systems that are not made for us. They surface in our lives and within our relationships.
I practice Narrative Therapy, EMDR-trained (trauma-focused), Internal Family Systems Therapy, Child-Centered Play Therapy, Multicultural Therapy, Family Constellations (Ancestral Healing) Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy; also, integrating art & experiential therapy modalities.
For my clients to enter therapy gently and with self-kindness and self-compassion is of the utmost. I look forward to walking alongside you in a safe, gentle, secure, and non-judgmental space.