My Approach

A Place to Understand, Heal, and Grow

Life can be complicated. Sometimes we find ourselves struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, family conflict, life transitions, questions of identity, or simply a sense that something in our lives needs to change. Therapy provides a safe and thoughtful place to slow down, understand what is happening beneath the surface, and begin moving toward meaningful change.

As a Christian psychologist and second-generation Asian American, I bring together clinical expertise, Christian faith, and personal understanding of the unique experiences that can shape families, marriages, and individuals. My goal is to provide therapy that takes seriously both the complexity of your psychological world and the importance that faith, family, culture, and relationships may have in your life.

Christian Counseling with Clinical Expertise

My approach to Christian counseling is grounded in the belief that we are whole people. Our mental, emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual lives are deeply connected. For Christians, questions of faith, identity, purpose, sin, suffering, forgiveness, grace, and our relationship with God can be inseparable from the struggles we bring into therapy.

At the same time, Christian counseling should not require choosing between faith and sound psychological care. I integrate Christian theology and spiritual formation with evidence-based psychological approaches and the clinical training of a licensed psychologist. Depending on your needs and goals, therapy may draw from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally focused therapy, family systems, trauma-informed interventions, and other empirically supported methods.

My role is not simply to help you feel better in the moment, but to help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself, your relationships, your patterns of thinking and behaving, and the beliefs that shape your life. For Christian clients, this can also include exploring how the gospel speaks into those areas of struggle.

Understanding the Asian American Experience

As a second-generation Asian American, I understand that the experience of navigating multiple cultures can create unique psychological and relational challenges. Many Asian Americans grow up learning to navigate different expectations at home, at school, at work, and within broader American culture.

Family loyalty, achievement, respect for parents and elders, emotional restraint, responsibility, sacrifice, collectivism, and the desire to honor one's family can be important and meaningful values. At times, however, these same values can become sources of pressure, shame, perfectionism, conflict, or difficulty expressing one's own needs.

Questions of identity can become especially complicated: Who am I? What do I owe my family? What does it mean to be successful? How do I honor my parents while becoming my own person? Where do my cultural values fit with my Christian faith? How do I balance individual desires with family expectations?

I understand that these questions cannot always be separated into simple categories of “healthy” or “unhealthy.” Culture, family, faith, and individual identity are intertwined. Therapy can provide a place to examine these dynamics with both compassion and honesty, preserving what is good and life-giving while identifying patterns that may no longer serve you.

My Clinical Background

I earned my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the APA-accredited Practitioner-Scholar doctoral program at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. My clinical training included experiences in a university counseling center, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, a behavioral health inpatient unit, and an outpatient mental health center.

I completed my doctoral internship at Salina Regional Medical Center in Kansas, where my training included providing psychological services to active-duty soldiers at Fort Riley. I subsequently completed post-doctoral training at the Samaritan Center of Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington.

These experiences have given me a broad clinical foundation for working with individuals, couples, and families facing a wide range of psychological and relational concerns.

A Place to Bring Your Whole Self

Ultimately, therapy is about more than diagnosing a problem or eliminating symptoms. It is an opportunity to understand yourself: where you have come from, how your experiences have shaped you, where you are now, and where you want to go.

My hope is to provide a therapeutic relationship characterized by safety, honesty, compassion, clinical excellence, and respect for your faith and cultural background. Whether you are seeking relief from emotional distress, working through relational or family difficulties, navigating questions of identity and culture, or longing for deeper personal and spiritual growth, therapy can be a place to begin.

Personally, I am married and have two children. Outside of my work, I enjoy sports, cooking, and spending time outdoors.