Services
- Individual
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Being parents, raising a teen, and growing up can be difficult. We all know what it was like being a teenager, and maybe now you’re here because you’re experiencing what it’s like to raise a teenager. While some of the emotions we run into parenting or being a teen hasn’t changed, the world has certainly thrown us some curveballs over the past few years. This has left parents having to cope with new challenges that are harder to navigate than what many of us experienced growing up ourselves.
My Background and Approach
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist I have developed the tools and skills to help change the patterns in your life that have left you feeling stuck, anxious, and overwhelmed. I know the tools you need to better communicate as teens and parents so that your relationship doesn’t continue to be harmed. I’m trained in using DBT to assist teens manage their emotions healthily and effectively, as well as, change some of the behaviors that are harmful to their development. I’m also skilled in helping parents of teens who don’t know how to help or feel like they are making things worse. My hope is to help empower and challenge my clients to work together to find a peace they may not have experienced in a long time. Humans are complex and diverse. This can be especially apparent when helping bridge the generational gap in family systems. Therapy will require effort and a willingness to confront unhealthy patterns. I will be there to walk with you in this journey as we figure things out.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that change takes introspection and a willingness to face the things that have hurts us in the past. This is the hardest part of therapy especially with family; the courage to be vulnerable to yourself and those around you can be scary and painful, and is needed to face uncomfortable truths as both a parent and teen. I believe humans across cultures suffer unknowingly by the history of our own families and the societies we live in. As someone of a mixed race, and has close ties to many different communities, I’ve seen how hard it is to acculturate as a first generation, and also the fear of being ‘different’ in an unforgiving society. My personal belief is that it is my place to create a space where we can break down barriers and find our faults so that we can get to the root of a problem that’s harming a system. Therapy is not meant to be easy however the results can make living easier.