My Story
I am a clinical psychology doctoral candidate and integrative mental health provider offering Integrative Psychological & Ancestral Support for Deep Life Transitions. My work sits at the intersection of evidence-based psychology, nervous system regulation, ancestral wisdom, and lived experience.
I have spent over a decade working in mental health—as a clinician, mentor, and guide—supporting individuals through periods of profound rupture and re-orientation: burnout, identity collapse, spiritual emergence, grief, role transitions, and the quiet unraveling that often precedes meaningful change. I work especially well with helpers, clinicians, leaders, and parents who are outwardly high-functioning yet inwardly exhausted, disillusioned, or called toward something they can’t yet name.
My clinical foundation is rooted in psychological assessment, trauma-informed care, attachment theory, and clinician self-care. My doctoral research focused on the role of entheogens in clinician self-care and burnout mitigation, explored through an ethical, academic, and harm-reduction lens.
While my work honors expanded states of consciousness, I do not position myself as a savior, healer, or shortcut. I believe real transformation is slow, embodied, and earned through relationship—with self, body, ancestry, and community.
Ha - the breath of life force, and presence
Alongside my clinical training, I walk an ancestral path grounded in Korean shamanic lineage and Hawaiian values of Ha—breath, life force, and presence. This aspect of my work is not performative or recreational; it is relational, disciplined, and approached with humility. I collaborate with other clinicians, healers, and community leaders, and I hold clear boundaries between psychological care, spiritual practice, and ceremonial work.
I now offer individual intensives and small, intentional retreats designed to support people during pivotal life thresholds—when old identities no longer fit and new ones have not yet fully formed. My role is not to “fix” or rescue, but to help you stabilize, listen deeply, and move forward with discernment, integrity, and nervous-system safety.
