I integrate evidence-based clinical frameworks with the depth of art therapy — meeting each client within their cultural, emotional, and creative context.
My approach to therapy is shaped by my relationship with art, culture, spirituality, and healing. I believe there is hope within each person, even when that hope feels quiet, distant, or difficult to access. I also believe creativity is not only about making art. It can be a gentle way of looking at our experiences, finding language for what feels unclear, and discovering new possibilities when life feels stuck.
I see therapy as a shared journey of accompaniment. Through art-making and conversation, we can slowly explore the inner and outer worlds you are moving through, including the stories you carry, the emotions that may be hard to name, and the meanings you are still forming.
My work is informed by clinical psychology, art therapy, and meaning-making traditions across cultures. I am attentive to how family, language, culture, spirituality, and personal history shape the way we understand ourselves and seek support. I offer therapy in Mandarin and English, and I welcome the different emotional worlds each language may hold.
I integrate the following evidence-based modalities within an art therapy framework, tailored to each client's needs.
Skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness — particularly for clients living with intense emotions, self-harm, or relational instability.
Time-focused work centered on grief, role transitions, interpersonal disputes, and isolation — especially well-suited for postpartum depression and immigrant family dynamics.
Identifying and reshaping rigid beliefs that fuel suffering — pairing cognitive insight with creative practice for embodied change.
Working with the inner ecosystem of "parts" — particularly powerful for complex trauma, where art-making naturally externalizes and gives voice to inner experience.
The core of my work — using image-making, materials, and the creative process as primary clinical interventions for diagnosis, intervention, and integration.
A foundational orientation across all my work: prioritizing safety, choice, transparency, and cultural humility in every clinical encounter.
Working with projection — the way we cast inner material onto outer forms like myth, archetype, and symbolic systems including Western and Eastern astrology — as a clinical pathway into self-understanding. The aim is reflection and meaning-making, not prediction or fortune-telling.
Body-aware presence, breath, and contemplative attention woven into sessions — supporting nervous system regulation and grounded contact with the moment.
My clinical experience spans many populations and presenting concerns. I welcome inquiries from prospective clients in any of the areas below.
My scholarly work focuses on the intersections of creativity, culture, and clinical psychology.
I offer a free 15-minute introductory call to discuss whether we might be a good fit. There's no pressure — just a conversation.