Toward feeling more at home in your body, your self, and community.
Offering individual therapy, therapist consultation, and training grounded in cultural humility, anti-oppression, and working toward liberation for the self and collective.
A little about me.
👋 I’m Nicole (she/her)
I’m a licensed mental health practitioner, licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC, USA, specializing in anxiety, depression, and trauma. As a white-passing, mixed-race Korean American eldest daughter, a late-recognized neurodivergent woman, and TCK, I welcome the opportunity to work with clients facing challenges related to culture, intergenerational issues, authenticity, and identity.
My north star as a therapist is to create affirming relationships with my clients where all sides of themselves feel welcome in the therapeutic process. I value supporting and empowering clients to care for their whole selves, inside, outside, and between, as they reach their wellness goals.
What could this look like if we worked together?
Inside
Inside is about what’s happening inside of you.
This could mean working on your inner monologues and thought patterns. This can also be about bodies, like learning about your unique nervous system and practicing how to read the signals that your body sends you about how you’re doing, like feeling safe, unsafe, connected and disconnected, nourished, tired, capable.
And learning how to respond to our bodies in nourishing ways.
Outside
Outside is about your environments, such as the places you’ve come from and the places you spend your time today.
Families of origin, families of choice, cultural heritages, jobs, clubs, faith, childhood tv shows, social media feed, schools, politics and the politics of those around us, etc.
In what ways have these spaces, values, and stories impacted you? In what ways have these spaces supported or challenged you in the past? In the present?
Between
And between is about your relationships.
We are constantly navigating relationships, whether it’s your family members, friends, partners, coalitions, coworkers, bosses, book club members, pets, plants, dates, cashiers, etc. Or, you might be navigating being alone.
In what ways have these interactions been sources of joy, support, or calm? In what ways have they been reasons to fight, flight, fawn, or shutdown?