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Virtual psychotherapy in California for BIPOC individuals healing from difficult family dynamics, trauma, imposter syndrome, and anxiety

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Sandy (she/her) is a Chinese-American daughter of refugees of the Vietnam War. Her father is Cantonese from Guangzhou and her mother is Teo-Chew, both growing up in Vietnam. Sandy is the only daughter of five siblings, spending much of her youth in Texas. Her first career in corporate sales made her realize how supporting the healing of others felt more authentic than remaining in the business world. She considers it a calling and a privilege to work on healing inter-generational trauma and cultivating the resilience, power, and joy that is possible when we make space for deep, committed healing. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, unceded Ohlone territory, with her partner and rambunctious toddler.

My Approach

I welcome all the parts, experiences, relationships, geographies, ancestors, identities, and reasons that brought you here today. It's a privilege to create a space for your healing, your stories, and whatever else you'd like to share or be seen in. I think it's difficult to do this thing we call "life" alone, and it really is our relationship to ourselves and others that can bring insight and transformation.

It can be so incredibly nourishing when we can share our story with a compassionate other. Pain can transform into medicine through authentic expression, feeling witnessed, and being supported. I am anchored in the belief that nothing is inherently wrong with us and that we sometimes need help understanding the obstacles to discovering one’s most authentic self. My approach is warm, affirming, heart centered, depth oriented, mindful, and intuitive.

My practice is steeped in the principles of mindfulness with an anti-oppressive framework. I am humbly and eternally a student in unlearning oppressive structures that influence race, sexuality, gender, ability, and class. I also believe it is the relationship that we co-create together that will empower you to build a stronger connection to your intuition and to the innate wisdom that exists within. Let's explore your dreams, hopes, fears, and everything in between.

I want to support you in gaining a clearer understanding of yourself, disrupting mental and behavioral patterns that no longer serve you, and in finding ways to integrate all the parts of who you are. We can do this through cultivating joy, finding gratitude, and feeling deeply into the most difficult emotions.

In a nutshell, I use psychodynamic theory (how the past impacts the present), mindfulness, somatic practices, Brainspotting, and the relationship we cultivate together to facilitate healing.

I work with all those who seek healing, and work especially well with those who identify as Asian American, multi-racial, BIPOC, queer, and as adult children of immigrants and refugees.

Issues I am passionate about working with are anxiety, self-esteem, imposter syndrome, burn out, managing relationships with narcissistic parents, reconnecting to one's body and self, intergenerational trauma, and family dynamics. I also work with first time parents who are trying heal the child parts of who they are, while being present for the new child in their life.

Relevant Trainings & Experience

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 - September 2024 - January 2025
Somatics, Trauma and Resilience with Strozzi Somatics - June 2024
Embodied Transformation for BIPOC with Strozzi Somatics - March 2024
Brainspotting Phases 1,2,3, and 4 - BIPOC training with John Edwards LCSW
Brainspotting Masterclass January 2022 with Founder David Grand
Certified 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Karina Ayn Mirsky

Conscious Roots Counseling Center - Therapy for the People
Pierce Street Integral Counseling Center
Seeds of Awareness Holistic Counseling Center
Fiddleheads Therapeutic Group for Children
California Institute of Integral Studies - Teaching Assistant - Couples' Counseling