Services

All services are provided via telehealth (video based sessions) using a secure platform.

IDEAL CLIENTS:

I love to work with the following clients:

  • BIPOCs, Muslims, SWANA, South Asians, mixed race

  • Refugees, immigrants, and children of immigrants contending with immigration factors, family conflict, boundary, and adjustment challenges

  • International college students contending with adjustment challenges and discrimination in educational and employment sectors

  • Activists/organizers, healthcare workers (physicians, nurses, mental health workers, etc.), humanitarian aid workers contending with burnout within oppressive systems

  • LQBTIQ+ folks

  • BIPOC women contending with structural racism in the workplace, infertility challenges, perinatal/postpartum depression, divorce, trauma, imposter syndrome, or difficulty managing work-life balance

  • Teens or Transitional Age Youth (TAY) in the fostercare system

I PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:

 

Individual Psychotherapy



Psychotherapy for Youth:

Psychotherapy for youth utilizes art and play therapy modalities (Please see "What is Play Therapy?") in addition to “talk” therapy interventions. This service supports the youth to regulate their emotions and to develop pro-social skills and behaviors in tune with their developmental stage. Therapy can also be tailored to serve youth who (1) are neurodiverse, (2) have experienced trauma, grief/loss, separation from a parent/caregiver (through divorce, placement in the foster-care system, or other circumstances), and/or (3) are experiencing adjustment challenges following a transition. 

Adult Psychotherapy:

Focused on but not limited to neurodiversity, understanding and treating mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, coping with grief/loss, processing and healing from trauma, adjusting to life transitions, exploring one’s identity and building self-esteem, learning tools to manage stress and increase self-care, exploring and addressing relationship and boundary issues, and being able to problem-solve to make decisions.

Infertility and Reproductive Health:

Individual therapy focused on reproductive mental health including coping with the stress and grief associated with infertility and secondary infertility, the impact of infertility on one’s relationships, exploring infertility treatment and family building options, support through treatments, and child-free decision making.

Pregnancy and Postpartum Related Therapy:

Individual therapy focused on maternal emotional health during and immediately following pregnancy or adoption, including identity and physical changes, pregnancy loss, childbirth anxiety, birth trauma, pre-term birth, postpartum depression and anxiety, adjustment to motherhood, difficulty with newborn bonding, and self-care. Treatment is especially tailored to, but not limited to, women who experience pregnancy and childbirth following infertility treatment. 


Brainspotting Therapy:

Individual therapy utilizing Brainspotting, which locates points in one’s visual field that help to access unprocessed trauma or distressing experiences stored in the subcortical brain. The brainspot reaches brain activity in the subcortical brain that allows one to reprocess an experience, reframe an experience, and heal, moving from a state of emotional dysregulation to regulation. It can be an effective and efficient method of trauma processing compared to traditional talk therapy, as it engages areas of the brain associated with emotional regulation. It is a somatic approach to therapy and can also be coupled with biolateral music for a deeper effect.

 

Family Therapy

Parent-Child Relationship Therapy:

Because services are offered via telehealth, this service is not suitable for young children (0-7 age group). This service includes relationship based, dyadic therapy with both the youth and parent/caregiver, and can incorporate art and play therapy modalities. This service is especially beneficial for families who have been exposed to trauma or separation and are seeking targeted support towards parent-child attachment and their parenting style. Parents/caregivers learn how to interact with the youth in a more effective and supportive manner, and the youth learns to self-regulate and develop social skills in tune with the youth’s developmental stage. Factors such as neurodiversity are taken into consideration.

 

Couples Therapy

 

Immigration Psychological Evaluations


Pre-Marital Counseling:

Explores compatibility, values, identity and cultural factors, and intimacy as part of the decision-making process related to marriage. Explores current or potential challenges within the relationship and how to cope with difficult situations.

Cross-Cultural/Multi-Heritage Couples:  

Addresses the unique stressors that mixed-race and culturally blended couples face, including identity, cultural and faith practices, and navigating cross-cultural dynamics. Explores the impact of family-of-origin dynamics on the current couple relationship and how to navigate boundaries within an extended family system. Supports communication that will increase emotional understanding and intimacy. Factors in the impact of neurodiversity on the relationship.

Infertility and Adjustment to Parenthood:

Focused primarily on couples experiencing infertility, family-building decision-making, sexual/intimacy challenges, and relationship adjustments during the transition to parenthood. Treatment is affirming of LGBTQ+ families.

 
 
 
 
 


Do you currently have an immigration legal case? Did you know that a psychological evaluation can greatly improve your chances of winning your case? Psychological evaluations for the following types of immigration cases are provided:

  • Asylum Cases - assessing for signs of psychological distress for an individual who is part of a targeted social group.

  • Extreme Hardship Cases–Identifying unique factors contributing to a client’s psychological distress such as: illness, disability, professional, financial, or academic hardship, or adverse home-country conditions that would affect the petitioner or their family members.

  • VAWA Cases– detailing psychological symptoms which are common for domestic violence victims of any gender.

  • U Visa Cases– for victims of certain crimes.

For immigration psychological evaluations, meetings with clients are via videoconference, and for their convenience, credit cards are accepted, payment plans are available, and interpreters are allowed if needed.

 
 

Please visit the New Clients Page to learn more about starting therapy or an immigration psychological evaluation.

Please Contact Me to schedule a free initial phone consultation.