MY PRACTICE
Hi there! I’m glad you’re here…
I’d like to welcome you to my practice. Now that you’re here, why don’t you get settled and relax for a few minutes. Put aside your to-do list for now and allow yourself to just BE, to sink into this moment. This moment belongs to you. And perhaps, these words are meant for you.
As humans on this journey, many of us have gone through life’s ups and downs, personal hardships, and complexities of relationship challenges. Perhaps, you are faced with certain major life changes, endings, stress, and difficult decisions to make. Or, you are still learning to cope with the unresolved grief of past trauma—abuse, abandonment, losses, betrayals, enduring injustices, and a long history of pain. It is especially hurtful if these traumatic events were perpetrated by your family, or by someone you trust, who is supposed to love you and keep you safe.
At some point, you may have questioned your place and identity in this world, doubted your strengths and worth, felt unheard, unseen, and unloved. It can be quite a disheartening reality and a lonely road when you don’t have a healthy or positive support system in your corner—someone who gets you and has your back, whom you can count on and turn to for comfort and guidance during the dark times.
Having been through my own lived experiences, I am quite familiar with those overwhelming feelings of sorrow, distress, confusion and isolation. I understand fully the amount of energy it takes to remain strong, when your strengths and character are tested in the face of adversity, while your heart is weary and heavy, carrying both the pain of your own and the pain of the world. But please know that you don’t have to be alone in your struggles.
I know that finding the right therapist can be a daunting task, especially if you are a person of color, or a marginalized identity. Perhaps, certain negative experience with therapy in the past may make you feel reluctant to try it again. Or you may have been told that you are not supposed to share intimate details of your personal challenges with someone else outside of your family because that will make you look “weak” or make your family “lose face.”
I’m here to tell you that such message is rooted in cultural stigma, shame, oppression and the lack of understanding of what therapy is all about. I can reassure you that the help you need and the right support for you are out there, only if you have the intention to change, the will to do the work and the courage to reach out.
“It is only through taking accountability for your own healing in the present moment, and making the commitment to do the inner work that your inner light can truly shine.”
My Approach
Holistic, relational, depth-oriented, culturally responsive and trauma-informed, along with my intuitive gifts, I will hold a safe, sacred and confidential space for you, so that you can let down your guard, step out of your daily roles, return to your places of vulnerability, and unpack the burden that you have been carrying.
In our work together, we shall explore the deep roots of your pains, face your shadows with courage, (re)create meanings of your life challenges, rewrite your narrative of trauma, and (re)discover who you are—your joy, your radiance, your gifts and the true essence of your being, that which are hidden beneath your heartaches, fears, and dis-eases.
I would love to help you find freedom from your anger and your shame, your grief and your guilt, your mistakes and your regrets, your sadness and your attachment—to things, people, relationships, family situations, and painful memories, that which have kept you stuck in your past, worried about your future, and disconnected from your present.
I wholeheartedly believe that it is only when you are ready to accept and honor your own shadows, make peace with the parts of your story that you cannot change, allow the light to shine into the deep dark areas of yourselves and your life, then really get down, and do the work … only then, can you truly transform your sufferings into strengths, and your wounds into wisdom.
“Through experience, I have learned that the most important element of effective therapy is the therapeutic relationship you have with your therapist. ”
Time and again, research has repeatedly shown that a healthy therapeutic alliance between client and their therapist is the single factor that is strongly associated with client’s successful therapy outcomes. Establishing a safe and warm connection with my clients has always been my priority. You can count on me to be honest, engaging, and sincere in my style while holding a compassionate and reflective space for our collaborative partnership to take place.
My practice is built on trust, authenticity and wise counsel. I trust that when you show up with your honesty, openness and commitment to do your own work (both in and out of sessions), you will get the most out of therapy. While I don’t know everything and may not have all the solutions for you, I wish to be a mindful presence and a safe container for you, to walk with you through your journey of self-exploration, to be the mirror that reflects back the strengths and beauty in you, while shining the light on the places and things that scare you.
Wherever you are on your soul journey, I will gladly meet you there, to support your growth and healing, to accompany you as you find your way back home to yourself—to wholeness, to love, to your inner wisdom—your inner jyoti. It will be my honor to bear witness to your personal awakening and beautiful transformation. No matter how brief or long our work together may be, my intention is to be the catalyst that sparks the flame for positive change in your life.