About me
Before I became a therapist, I was a Tech PM, a founder, and a venture capitalist. I took that work seriously, and the longer I built, the more I became curious about what sits underneath it: the human psyche.
In many ways, we’re all building — careers, relationships, identities, and lives — often on foundations we didn’t choose and rarely stop to examine. Those foundations can quietly shape what we pursue, how we relate to others, and even who we believe ourselves to be.
That’s why I’m less interested in simply eliminating symptoms than in understanding why they developed. I see therapy as a process of becoming more congruent with yourself.
I help high-achieving professionals understand how culture, family, and achievement have shaped who you are — and who you want to become.
My Approach
I don’t believe in a cookie-cutter approach. My work is relational and grounded in depth psychology. I believe no one is shaped by just one thing. Our experiences, relationships, and the environments we move through all play a part. I draw from different therapeutic approaches depending on who you are and what you’re carrying, looking beyond the reason you came in to understand the deeper patterns shaping your life.
What we explore
Why certain patterns keep repeating in your life, and how your experiences, your relationships, and the world around you have shaped who you believe you need to be.
How I work
My approach draws on psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy, Jungian psychology, Gestalt, the Developmental Model, and EMDR.
I’m active and engaged in our conversations, helping you notice patterns, explore emotions, and make connections between your past and present.
Where you come from, and what you carry
Many of my clients grew up with two sets of rules: the ones at home and the ones everywhere else. Loyalty, duty, shame, and ambition often come from a culture and a family history, not from personal flaws.
I come to this work with a Chinese cultural background, and I work with Asian American, immigrant, and international clients. I offer sessions in English, Mandarin, or both.
For many bilingual people, the first language holds childhood, family, and the body, while a second language can feel safer, more analytical, or more distant. Psychoanalytic clinicians have written about this for decades. I pay attention to which language you reach for, and when you switch, because it often shows where something is close to the surface.
You don’t have to choose once. We can start in one language and move as it feels right.