In-person in the east bay & online across Ca
therapy for black and bipoc clients
My approach
Our experiences are shaped not only by our individual histories, but by the cultural and relational contexts we move through.
For many Black and BIPOC individuals, this can include navigating environments where aspects of our identity have not always been fully seen, understood, or held with care. At times, there may be a sense of needing to adapt—how you express yourself, how much space you take up, or what you carry internally in order to move through the world.
These experiences can be subtle or overt, cumulative or acute. Over time, they can shape patterns in how you relate to yourself, your emotions, and your relationships
making space for the full context of your experience
In our work together, these experiences are not treated as separate from the therapeutic process—they are part of it.
This may include:
exploring the impact of being unseen, misunderstood, or misattuned to
understanding how adaptation shows up internally—in self-perception, emotional expression, or patterns of holding
working with the effects of both overt and subtle forms of stress, bias, or exclusion
attending to how these experiences live in the body and nervous system
creating space for parts of yourself that may not have had room to fully exist
This is approached with care and without assumption. Your experience is not reduced to any single narrative, but understood in its complexity.
a depth-oriented, trauma-informed approach
My work is grounded in AEDP, informed by IFS and other experiential, relational approaches.
Together, we move beyond talking about your experience and begin to engage with it as it unfolds in the present moment. With attention to both emotional and physical experience, we work at the level where patterns are held—allowing for shifts that are not only understood, but felt.
This process is trauma-informed and paced with respect for your system. Many of the ways we adapt—whether in response to early relationships or broader cultural contexts—are intelligent and necessary. In the right conditions, they can begin to soften and reorganize.
Over time, this work can support:
a greater sense of internal clarity and self-trust
more freedom in how you express and experience yourself
reduced need to adapt or hold back in ways that no longer feel aligned
a deeper sense of connection—to yourself and to others
