About Amy
Hello, I'm Amy.
A therapist who understands that healing happens in a relationship — one where your culture, your family, and your whole self are held with care.
Draft copy This bio is written in Amy's voice as a starting point. We'll refine it with her real story, training details, and personality.
Why I do this work
For much of my life I lived between worlds — fluent in more than one language and culture, yet quietly wondering where I truly belonged. I know what it's like to be the capable one, to carry family hopes, and to ache privately behind an outward calm. That lived understanding is at the heart of how I practice.
Over the past twelve years, I've had the privilege of sitting with hundreds of clients — teens, young adults, and adults — as they moved from survival and self-criticism toward genuine self-trust. What I've learned is that lasting change doesn't come from trying harder. It comes from being deeply understood, and from making sense of the stories — personal and inherited — that shape us.
How I work
My style is warm, direct, and collaborative. I'll never hand you a worksheet and call it a day. Instead, we'll blend practical tools with real depth — drawing on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic therapy — to address both what you're feeling now and where it comes from.
Because I understand the cultural context so many of my clients live in, you won't have to explain the basics of your family, your background, or the pressures you carry. We can start from a place of being understood — and go deeper, faster.
My approach in a sentence
Practical enough to help this week, deep enough to change your life.
Therapy with me is a place to be fully honest without translation — and to build a life that feels like yours, not a role you're performing.
Warm & genuine
A real relationship, not a clinical transaction. You'll feel met as a whole person.
Culturally fluent
Deep familiarity with the Asian-American and immigrant experience — no explaining required.
Depth-oriented
We go beneath the symptom to the pattern, so change lasts long after our work ends.
Credentials & training
Education & licensure
- Licensure
- Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), State of California — License #98301.
- Education
- M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education & Psychology. B.A., University of California, San Diego.
- Experience
- 12+ years in practice, including 10+ years with teens, young adults, and adults.
- Approaches
- ACT, CBT, Psychodynamic, Trauma-focused, and Culturally-responsive therapy.
- Languages
- English & Mandarin Chinese (普通话).
- Focus
- Adults and young adults; Asian-American & multicultural clients; individual therapy.