Multicultural & Relational Psychotherapy
What is Therapy?
Life is incredibly painful and often lonely. Therapy can be a way of not being alone with the most unspeakable and debilitating parts of being a human being. It is an incredibly unique relationship in service of your soul. This relationship is why I first became a client in therapy, and why I ultimately became a therapist.
Therapy is a place to be curious about yourself, to make sense and meaning out of what has happened to you, and to experiment with new ways of being. As a therapist, I am there asking questions, noticing patterns, and offering up what I have learned as a person walking a similar path and as a clinician with training and experience working with others in similar places.
Multicultural identity development: living in the in-between.
This is a real relationship and it’s really me in the room with you. I am a Mixed-Race, Asian-American woman from The Midwest, Southern California, and The Bay Area. My own experience being mixed and living in the in-between deeply informs how I view clients; your unique, complex identity is one of a kind and more than anyone can see on the surface.
I specialize in multicultural identity development and I enjoy working with people living within and between multiple cultures, multicultural couples, and people who are often “othered” out of spaces.
What is hurt in relationships is healed in relationships.
Psychological pain has roots in relational trauma, loneliness, and feelings of not belonging. An authentic therapeutic relationship helps you heal from trauma and gain insight to form better relationships outside of therapy.
I am influenced by contemporary psychodynamic theory, meaning I view well-being as deeply connected to our past experiences and the unconscious ways we have coped in less than ideal environments. I believe that everything you have done that has led you to this moment has been an attempt to take care of yourself, whether or not it has yielded the results you hoped for. I am a collaborative partner to help you understand how your past shapes your present, and to develop ways of intentionally working towards a truer version of yourself.
“From far away floated the susurrus of my mother’s voice: Remember, you're not half of anything, you’re twice of everything!”
— Viet Than Nguyen, The Sympathizer
Hi, I’m Victoria
I think you can learn a lot about
someone by their bookshelf.
