EXPERIENCE

With 25 years of experience in mental health, including the last 14 years in private practice, I have substantial experience working with individuals with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, interpersonal trauma, and issues around relationships, attachment, identity, and life transitions, as well as other difficulties or experiences of pain that are hard to categorize.

I am licensed in DC, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and authorized to provide online psychotherapy to residents in 42 states across the U.S.

  • Interpersonal trauma

  • Relationship concerns

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Personal and interpersonal growth

  • Attachment issues

  • Life transitions

  • Stress/burnout

  • Gender, racial, and intersectional identity

  • Grief and loss

  • Self-esteem

  • Immigration experience

  • Bi-cultural, bilingual, and “in-between” experience

  • Sense of belonging

EXPERTISE

I also often work with individuals who have a unique relationship with the sense of belonging — whether to family, workplace, various social or cultural groups, or even one's own body or life.

I am bilingual in English and Japanese, and living between languages and cultures is an additional area of my specialty, both clinically and academically. I have published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at international conferences.

Asian, POC, LGB, female-identifying, and AFAB clients often seek me out, as well as those who have had disappointing experiences with prior therapy. I have also worked with numerous individuals in academia, science, and the arts. I can also conduct psychotherapy in Japanese.