Welcome! I’m Emily,
I help mixed and third-culture people come home to themselves by softening old patterns, finding their voice, and learning to move through the world with more ease
In our work together, therapy becomes a space to gently notice the parts of you that have learned to adapt, perform, or disappear to fit in. I offer a warm, curious, and collaborative space where all of your experiences are welcome—especially the ones that feel hard to name. My approach is grounded in humanistic and Gestalt therapy, which means I focus less on “fixing” and more on helping you deepen awareness, connect with your body, and build a more trusting relationship with yourself. Over time, that awareness creates the space for something new—ease, authenticity, and a way of being that finally feels like you.
I grew up moving often—born in Japan, raised between Singapore and the US, and eventually landing in the Bay Area. Each move meant learning a new language — not just spoken words, but how to read people, how to belong. I became deeply attuned to others’ needs, always observing, adapting, and finding my place in the mix. Over time, I realized how easy it was to lose touch with my own rhythms in the process.
As I’ve grown, I’ve been learning what it means to turn that same sensitivity inward — to listen to myself with the same care I once reserved for everyone else. That’s what coming home to yourself means to me: remembering you have a say in how you want to show up, and allowing that to be enough.
Trainings:
Attachment Theory: A Decolonized Approach; Linda Thai
Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Levels I, II, and III; Linda Thai
IFS and Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate; Embody Lab
Gestalt Trainings; Integral Counseling Center Church Street
Integrating Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy; Dr. Keith Sutton
Couples Emotional Focused Therapy Externship; British Emotional Focused Therapy
Integrating Multicultural Realities with EFT; Dr. Paul Guillory
Organizations I’ve been apart of:
Bay Area Gestalt Institute, AMFT
Integral Counseling Center Church Street, AMFT
Integral Counseling Center Church Street, Trainee
Degree:
Counseling Psychology MA; California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)
