My Approach

I believe that attachment, the quality of our emotional bond with caregivers in childhood, impacts the way we self-regulate and relate to others. I aim to provide attunement and empathy that may have been missing in your family of origin, as I support you in exploring your patterns and navigating a path forward.

Attachment-based Therapy

I find Internal Family Systems, or parts work, helpful in identifying the protective adaptations we’ve made to cope with emotional misattunement or neglect in childhood, as well as helping to gain a better awareness of which emotional needs were unmet. I am trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a somatic approach to trauma treatment which increases our bodily awareness and enables us to attune to ourselves on a somatic level, as well as ‘completing’ trauma responses for a lasting sense of peace.

In my work with couples, my work is based on the framework provided by Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and I draw on research, assessment tools, and skills from the Gottman Method.

For clients who have difficulty managing mood, relationship, boundaries in the day-to-day, I love to get creative and experiment with skills that are tailored to your unique situation, often-times drawn from Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Modalities

Everyone deserves to live fully and authentically. Living authentically comes with great responsibility; to honour our needs while maintaining balance with our loved ones and surroundings. I hope to support you in finding that balance in your own life, through a blend of warmth and structure, validation and transparency.

Authenticity and Responsibility

Having spent equal parts of my life living in East Asia and Canada, I am aware that being from an Asian family colours our values in fundamental ways. I aim to incorporate the best of both worlds in our work together; the community-oriented acceptance and caring of collectivist cultures, and the self-reflective, evidence-based insights of individualist cultures.

Asian Cultural Attunement

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  • Your trust means a lot to me. I strive to honour that trust by holding myself to the ethical standards outlined in the BCACC Code of Ethics.

  • I strive to be present as my full self in each session. You deserve to sit with a real human who cares.

  • I believe it is my responsibility as a clinician to continue the process of lifelong learning through on-going training and supervision.

Values