I work online and in-person in Hawaiʻi, acknowledging Hawaiʻi as indigenous space whose original people are identified today as Native Hawaiians and that her majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani yielded the Hawaiian Kingdom under duress in protest to the United States to avoid the bloodshed of her people. The spirit of this land acknowledgment aligns with my perspective in psychotherapy, that everyone arrives within a historical, cultural, and personal context. I wish to affirm and learn about the inherent strengths of a person’s life ways while listening for how adverse events have affected the body, mind, and spirit.

Initially trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, I integrate interventions from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior therapy.  Additionally, I add practices of embodiment, mindfulness, and mindful self-compassion into my work. I have completed the Center for Mindful Self-Compassionʻs 30-week professional training program in Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (2021), and I am a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator (CDWF) with the Brené Brown Education and Research Group (since 2015).