Compassionate and culturally competent therapy catered to your needs. Services to help you reach your fullest potential, achieve acceptance, and improve quality of life.
I’m here to help you heal, accept yourself, and thrive.
Welcome, I am glad you’re here.
I am Michelle, an Asian-American Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am a psychotherapist and provide individual therapy services to people seeking a better understanding of themselves.
My practice is dynamic. I am passionate about serving my clients and community, so my practice is vibrant and my roles can vary. Working as a therapist, contributing to teams, and being apart of a community with a larger mission excites me. Professionally, I serve as a workplace wellness consultant and on-site therapist for tech companies in the Silicon Valley.As a therapist, I strive to create a welcoming, warm, and safe space for you to be yourself and explore your authenticity. My goal is to be open, compassionate, and curious, with a balance of humanity and therapeutic direction to introduce new skills to improve your day-to-day. My therapeutic style is focused on human connection and is strength based. My goal is to be your steady guide, as we aim for a positive increase in your self-esteem through insight oriented and evidence based therapy modalities.I partner with my clients to help them understand their life stressors, then process and manage these challenges. By hearing their stories, I provide an objective clinical perspective and we work closely together to align on short and long-term goals.If you’ve stumbled upon my page, you’re likely interested in changing your life. I am here to be on that journey with you.
Overcome your obstacles
Identify your therapeutic goals, your “ideal” self, and what keeps you stuck.
We start by examining with curiosity, exploring previous behavioral patterns or negative thought spirals.
Examine your emotional and cognitive experience.
Explore your inner story, ineffective and damaging thought spirals, and how this influences your emotional state or lifestyle. We review this with compassion and care.
Start making changes.
Adapt to your emotional state by utilizing mindfulness tools. With practice and curated evidence-based coping strategies, you can confidently employ these tools and psychoeducational concepts.
Maintain your skills sustainably.
Break through autonomous thinking and behavior with sustainable skill-building, structure your days to enable emotional introspection, and turn your daily practices into a life lived amongst your values.
What my clients are seeking
Many of my clients identify as high-performing perfectionists, disconnected from who they want to be, and on a dedicated journey to improve their well-being.
Treatment of Focus
Anxiety, depression, burnout, grief, social anxiety, acute stress and trauma, family-of-origin trauma, racial identity, occupational stress, and interpersonal challenges. I specialize in working with the Asian American populations, diligent and hard-working professionals, and women going through life transitions with a focus on maternal mental health, such as pregnancy and postpartum.
Common topics include
Exploring and managing triggers, improving the utilization of effective coping strategies, better understanding oneself and one's lived experience, building healthy relationships as they adapt to new life transitions, self-kindness, and compassion can all enhance one's quality of life.
