About
I believe in the capacity for meaningful, positive growth when the right environment is created. My approach is tailored to each person; no two sessions are ever the same.
People come to therapy for different reasons. Something difficult is happening. You might feel emotionally exhausted, pulled in different directions, or unsure of how to move forward. Sometimes it’s hard to name exactly what’s wrong and you just know that things don’t feel sustainable as they are.
Over time, these experiences form repeating patterns that make it hard to show up as your best self. I work with your whole experience, not just your symptoms, paying attention to both what’s happening now and what might be shaping it underneath.
I work with people navigating cultural expectations, family systems, and unspoken rules that shape how emotions are expressed, needs are met, and roles are held. That broader context matters in this work.
With years of experience in mental health, including crisis intervention, de-escalation, and distress management, I bring specialized training in trauma, cultural identity, and interpersonal relationships. I enjoy helping clients work through stuck points, understand harmful patterns, and move through the world in ways that feel safer, more empowered, and less painful.
You don’t need to have the right words, a clear diagnosis, or a specific goal to begin. We’ll start wherever you are.
I work with clients who’ve spent years over-explaining, minimizing, or quietly getting by. In this space, you don’t have to do that.
My approach is:
Trauma-informed: I pay attention to how your nervous system carries your history. Healing happens when your nervous system feels safe enough to slow down.
Culturally responsive: I create space to discuss your background, beliefs, and perspectives. You won’t have to translate your culture, family, or ways of surviving.
Flexible and individualized: Each session is tailored to your nervous system, capacity, and goals.
Holistic: I focus on the whole person, not just diagnoses.
Integrative: I draw from somatics, mindfulness, CBT, emotion-focused, narrative approaches, and more.
Every client is unique, and every session reflects that.
Therapy works best when it’s the right fit.
Schedule a consultation to see if my approach aligns with your needs.
Standard therapy is falling short.
Imagine a man drowning in a river. A witness comes along, saves him, then sees more people and rescues them too. Eventually, the witness walks upstream to figure out why so many people fell in to begin with.
Traditional therapy often focuses on emergency response: help people that are caught in the river and get them out. But rarely does anyone walk upstream to learn why someone fell in.
This is where my work begins.
Together we uncover the root causes of your challenges so that patterns don’t keep repeating, working toward sustainable change, not just quick fixes.
saiya [pronounced: sigh·a]
The word saiya originates from India and carries two meanings:
1) with you
2) shadow
To me, these meanings capture the heart of my work: walking with you through all parts of yourself, the ones you know and the ones you’ve been taught to hide.
Healing begins when we stop fearing the shadow and start making space for it. My approach focuses on
understanding the deeper roots of your struggles so that the change you make in therapy can last beyond our sessions.