I’m a psychotherapist with a multicultural background. I have a particular interest in helping my patients recover from chronic stress, family pressure and difficult experiences in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. My therapeutic style is warm, thoughtful, capacious and unhurried.
I obtained my Master’s degree at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where I studied Integral Counseling Psychology - a holistic, mind-body-relational approach to psychology and wellbeing. The foundation of my clinical training is in existential therapy and mindfulness from Church Street Integral Counseling Center. I carry and honor the spiritual tradition of the indigenous Pilipinx Babaylan who are the original psychotherapists - healers, sages and priestesses - of my people. 
Since 2021, I have treated adults, adolescents, and children in schools, community clinics and independent practice. To support and care for my work and process, I engage in ongoing supervision, case consultation, trainings, advocacy and my personal depth psychotherapy. 
Prior to becoming a therapist, I was involved in the arts and non-profit sectors for ten years where I worked closely with visual artists, painters, creatives and Asian women-identified professionals & entrepreneurs.
Professional Experience
- NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) Level 1 for trauma professionals 
- Associate Therapist at Axis Mundi Center for Mental Health 
- School-Based Therapist serving children and families at Hoover Elementary School, Oakland 
- Practicum Trainee Therapist serving individuals, teens and families at Church Street Integral Counseling Center, San Francisco 
- Teaching Assistant at California Institute of Integral Studies 
- Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco 
