I’m a queer woman of color who has lived in the Bay Area for more than a decade. I give thanks to the unceded Ohlone land I inhabit, and to the many beings—human, non-human, living, and ancestral—who have nurtured me across time and space.

As the eldest daughter of Indian immigrants, raised in the Midwest in the 90s and early 2000s, I developed adaptive strategies that helped me survive but at a cost: disconnection from myself and my true nature.

I’ve since been reclaiming my sensitivity and deep feeling as vital sources of power. What once felt like “too much” has become a north star, guiding me to meet myself and others with great care.

The photo you see here is me at age three or four—one of my inner children. As we work together, we may also encounter some of yours. I hold space for the child within the adult to be seen and known.

Approach

Sessions unfold uniquely for each person, but at the heart of the work is gentle presence. While I bring in problem-solving and solution-focused approaches when useful, my orientation is fundamentally depth-oriented, relational, and contemplative.

I make space for what is emergent, with attention to childhood stories, nervous system healing, and the body’s wisdom. My work is informed by Internal Family Systems, mindfulness and somatic awareness, psychomythology, Buddhist and psychodynamic traditions, dreamwork, transpersonal psychology, and Nonviolent Communication.

Values

My hope is that our therapeutic relationship feels like a place of refuge. I intend to meet you with curiosity, warmth, and care, moving at the pace of your system. I believe co-creating safety is an ongoing and essential part of the work.

My special areas of interest include supporting with relationship issues, grief, shame, trauma recovery, complex identities, attachment wounds, and the deep longing to feel at home in one’s own skin.

I affirm and celebrate nontraditional relationships, queer and trans identities, sex/kink positivity, body diversity, and psychedelic integration.

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