About My Practice
Be yourself in this space.
My office is your safe space. This space allows you the freedom to be the authentic you.
Here, you can be open to your defenses, offenses, resentments, anger, burdens, and anything that keeps you from growing and becoming strong.
Being open is essential because this vulnerability will help you explore, discover, and understand yourself.
Here’s how our sessions work.
We start the session with a brief update on your week and your emotions and thoughts throughout the week. This short update gives us perspective on your progress.
Each session focuses on your progress and the blocks/obstacles that prevent your growth. We focus on the new techniques and the changes that were developed in previous sessions so we can alter, reinforce, and build on them.
We solution-focus and problem-solve to develop and build on new changes so you can continue to get stronger, grow, and empower yourself. Then we have a strong finish focusing on our plan for the week, so you have a clear goal and gain steps to help keep you focused, motivated, and empowered to grow.
Progress starts to happen.
As you go through the program/therapy, you will have a new understanding, awareness, and clarity about your life. Each week you have something good to reinforce and something new to work on so you can continue to build on.
If you start the session or program feeling lost and frustrated, you will leave the session or program feeling lighter, more at peace, more focused, and more empowered.
By the end of the program or treatment, you are more empowered, determined, and in control of your life because you have the skills to process through blocks and obstacles that keep you from growing and having a sense of control.
You will have the skill to process, overcome, and move out of feeling stuck and unhappy and to move forward feeling more in control, giving you peace, contentment, motivation, and happiness. As a result, you can be in consistent growth and fulfillment and be free from feeling stuck and unhappy.
Throughout the session, we are a team.
Throughout our work together, we will explore, discover, share, educate, teach, inspire, motivate, and support each other.
The intention behind this practice style is to allow you to be the master of yourself and develop the skills you need to be comfortable with yourself so you can be confident in yourself.
Confidence is essential to your journey as you need to be comfortable in your decision and change so you will stay motivated and focused on your change.
My role is to foster that confidence and to encourage and promote that strength to support your growth.
About Me
Life was not easy for me.
I am a single mother of two wonderful and awesome children. I became a single mother when my children were very young (my first child was 15 months old, and my second child was an infant).
Being single is the result of ending a difficult and heartbreaking marriage. Like many of you, I went through a long period of despair, self-blame, resentment, anger, helplessness, hopelessness, and all the painful and negative thoughts and emotions.
In my earlier years, I went through hardships that many of us, unfortunately, went through (divorce, joblessness, lost feeling, loneliness, suicidal thoughts, etc.). Those hardships made me feel helpless and hopeless – creating anxiety and panic attacks as I tried to care for my kids and heal from the trauma of divorce while trying not to lose myself.
Many days and nights were full of depression, panic attacks, and crying myself to sleep as I wondered what to do and how to push myself forward for the sake of my family.
From the beginning, I knew my life was a choice.
I had to choose and decide fast because I was in so much pain and didn’t want to be in pain anymore. Those choices came down to either focusing on the negative aspects of my life or strength and growth. I chose to fight the pain, heal from my life wound, and rebuild.
Making the correct choice helped me face my fears and insecurities and take control of my life. Every day I use all my energy to get through the day while trying to change and grow.
Those decisions are why I am an optimist who believes everyone can create their destiny by taking control and not giving up. Through channeling my energy into a life focus, I want to learn how to empower my life so I can teach my kids and others like me how to make the right life decisions.
As a result of my experiences, training, and success with all my clients, I can empathize with your struggles, be where you areat, hold and support you in your growth. My goal is to help people struggling with various life issues (e.g., fostered or broken families, abused/neglected individuals, homelessness, individuals with different mental health issues, families with loved ones with mental health issues, etc.).
You have that power of choice. A choice to be happy. You can create the life you want, to be empowered and in control of your life.
Here’s information about my professional background.
I graduated from University of California, Riverside with a bachelor degree in psychology. I have a Master of Science in Counseling, Marriage, and Family Therapy from the University of Phoenix. I consistently seek to learn new techniques, modalities, theories, and philosophies, allowing me to become a Health Coach, Energy Healer, and Reiki Healer.
I am a bilingual (English and Mandarin) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT109456), a certified Health Coach, and a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
My clientele includes children and adults from diverse backgrounds and cultures in individual, couple, family, and group settings. In my work with clients, I strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps clients to empower themselves to overcome their struggles and face lessons with strength.
I am grateful.
My adventures and experiences provide me with materials to write many fun stories to share. I am having so much fun evolving and becoming more robust, creating my life, and expanding that energy outward, sharing this empowerment with others. That fulfillment is beyond any words I can describe.
If we come back life after life and our next lives somewhat depend on how we live our current life, I can confidently say I live with no regret and will genuinely enjoy all the good things I accumulated in this life.
As a result of my choosing to change and take control of my life, I wake up every day feeling grateful, motivated, and empowered, and I go to sleep feeling motivated and looking forward to tomorrow. Every day is full of laughter, love, and growth. I live my life the way I want. I am in control. I experienced the transformation.
Not a day goes by that I don’t thank myself for deciding to give me a chance for happiness. I wish the same gratitude and empowerment for you.