About Me and My Approach

I’m a licensed clinical psychologist offering telehealth services to clients across California. Before starting my private practice, I worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. I support older teens (16+) and adults around a range of difficulties, including:

• Anxiety, OCD, and perfectionism

• Down mood and depression

• Psychosis and mania

• Couples therapy

• Difficult attachment and childhood experiences, difficult relational dynamics

• Executive functioning and ADHD

• The emotional aspect of chronic health conditions (including chronic pain, MCAS, ME/CFS, long COVID, EDS, POTS, etc.).

  As a queer and poly person of color, I’m committed to creating a safe and affirming space for folks with minority identities, including LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, polyamorous/ENM, and neurodivergent individuals. I also speak conversational Mandarin and can conduct sessions in a mix of English and Mandarin, though I ask that clients have a basic working proficiency in English for best results.

In our work together, my hope is to support you in:

• Developing a deeper understanding of yourself, others, and the human condition;

• Building a more compassionate and accepting relationship with your emotions and all parts of yourself;

• Living with more ease and freedom from being driven by thoughts and feelings, allowing greater access to well-being and resilience;

• Aligning your life with your core values and what brings you purpose, joy, and connection;

• Tapping into the mind’s natural capacity for growth and healing, including the loosening of rigid, habitual patterns in response to life’s challenges.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and deeply present. I emphasize acceptance, mindfulness, and self-compassion, and I help clients tune into the wisdom of their somatic and emotional experience. In addition to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), I draw from somatic, psychodynamic, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed parts work, as well as contemplative traditions such as Buddhist psychology.

If you’re curious about working together, I offer a free 15-minute consultation to explore whether we might be a good fit. Please reach out using the Contact Me form below.

If therapy doesn’t feel like the right fit for you right now, there’s still a lot you can do on your own to support your healing and growth. I’ve put together a page with resources for working with Long COVID, ME/CFS, and chronic pain, which you can find [HERE], as well as a separate page for more general self-guided work [HERE]. If you have any questions about the materials, you're welcome to email me about it.

Training and Experience

Undergraduate Education: Brown University, RI; B.S. in Neuroscience

Doctoral Education: Columbia University (Teachers College), NY; PhD in Clinical Psychology

Clinical Internship: Harvard Medical School (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts Mental Health Center), MA

Post-doctoral Fellowship: Stanford University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, CA

Prior Experience: Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, CA;

Clinics worked in at Stanford Medical:

• Couples and Family

• ADHD

• Asian/Asian-American

• Anxiety and depression

• Psychosis and bipolar disorder

License number:

PSY32915