Somatic means the body and the techniques I use in counseling are about providing a safe and secure space for clients to process what’s been held in for so long. Often being seen and heard helps the mind release the burdens it’s been accumulating for years if not decades. The process is gentle. It invites curiosity, reconnection, and wonder to all the parts of ourselves. The idea that you can’t be anxious in a calm body only works so well when thoughts are also addressed. Self-limiting core beliefs such as internalized shame or feeling less than are also pivotal. When body and mind are supported in a care environment, healing can happen.

1. Develop the skill of identifying your feelings and their sensations
   (as well as regulate them)
2. Explore the root cause of your feelings
   
3. Release and process what has been weighing on your nervous system
   
4. Realign with the values and beliefs that are more authentic to who you are

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT# 120364) by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the State of California

• M.A. in Counseling with an emphasis in Somatics Psychology and another M.A. in East West Psychology awarded by California Institute of Integral Studies

• B.A. in Psychology awarded by University of California Santa Cruz

• Worked with diverse populations from children to adults in Northern California resolving issues related to racial identity, relationship and intimacy, acculturation, immigration, trauma reprocessing, suicide prevention, crisis management, depression, anxiety, family, and life transitions.

• Published in several psychology journals including the Annual Review of Critical Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society

• Guest speaker at the Annual Review of Critical Psychology conference and RCOZ South Asian Mental Health Awareness conference

• Certified personal trainer with National Association of Sports Medicine