Approaches & Modalities

My approach helps you address and work through the core issues underlying your struggles.

I begin psychotherapy with one to three intake sessions to get a sense of what you hope to gain from therapy and to arrive at a mutual understanding of the concerns that brought you to this work. From there, we will work collaboratively to create a relationship that facilitates a deeper understanding of yourself so you can expand your range of awareness, develop a sense of possibility about new ways of being, and clarify your intentions about how to live a life that is more fulfilling and meaningful to you. I work intensively, meaning we meet at least once to three times weekly on an open-ended basis.

Consistent psychodynamic psychotherapy has been proven to be highly effective. It sets in motion psychological processes that lead to ongoing change, continuing to work even after therapy ends.

I also integrate therapeutic methods that draw from the following treatment approaches:

Contemporary psychoanalysis and object relations, developmental psychology, neuroscience research on the psychobiology of trauma, stress and burnout, anti-oppression frameworks including critical race theory, black feminism, queer theory and Liberation Psychology, Jungian and archetypal psychology, Gestalt, somatics and body-based approaches, indigenous wisdom traditions drawing from Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino psychology) and Sikodiwa (Filipino spiritual psychology based on the work of Carl Lorenz Cervantes), Buddhist psychology, and select cognitive therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).