Hi! I approach therapy as a collaborative process between a therapist and their client. As a therapist, I will strive to support your unique journey of self-discovery and will be with you as you explore your inner worlds, your relationships, and your external circumstances.

My counseling approach is body-centered with a focus on social justice and identities—especially race and culture. Within my sessions, I help clients cultivate the inherent wisdom of their body through artistic creativity and experiential explorations as well as compassion and humor.

As a therapist, I will do my best to:

• help you identify goals and potential solutions to challenges;
• help improve your own coping and communication skills;
• support the strengthening of your self-esteem and self-compassion;
• and, promote desired, sustainable behavior change and optimal mental health.

As a cisgender, male-identified, voluntary immigrant from Japan who has experienced both high-level athleticism as well as a generally non-apparent disability (stroke in 2019), I hold vital that our identities and our contexts matter deeply. Just as our individual life experiences shape who we are, so do our ancestry, history, cultures, social upbringing, and the systems and institutions that surround us.