Hi, I'm Vic.

As you navigate what may feel like walking through the valley of the shadow of death (Coolio, 1995), I'll be right there with you, flashlight in hand.

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Coming to therapy and sharing the most vulnerable parts of yourself with a stranger is never simple. My whole job is to make sure you don't have to leave any part of you at the door.

First, the human stuff:

  1. Immigrant and first-generation — I know what it's like to navigate worlds that weren't built with you in mind while simultaneously trying to stay rooted in your native culture

  2. A lesbian woman who spent years in therapy feeling like only parts of me were welcome in the room

  3. Former researcher and certified nerd who reads neuroscience for fun 

Now let's talk therapy.

Here's what I know from my own experience: therapy can sometimes feel like it only attends to one piece of you: the anxiety, the relationship, the trauma, while quietly ignoring everything else that makes you you. Your identity, your history, the systems you've had to navigate. I work with your whole person. All of it.

In our sessions, you can expect warmth, curiosity, and real conversation. We'll draw on DBT and CBT skills for practical tools you can actually use day-to-day, while grounding your experiences in developmental frameworks, so your story has full context.

I also bring a research background into the room, which means psychoeducation is a big part of how I work. Understanding why your nervous system does what it does, or how shame and anxiety actually function, can be genuinely liberating. Knowledge has a way of making the hardest experiences feel less like personal failure and more like... human experience. (I'll keep the science interesting, I promise.)

I'm especially in my element when I'm working with:

LGBTQ+ individuals and couples: navigating identity, coming out at any stage, chosen family, relationship dynamics, and the particular exhaustion of existing in spaces that weren't made for you.
Women: from internalized expectations and people-pleasing to burnout, body image, and reclaiming your own narrative
Anxiety:  the kind that shows up as overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or just a constant low hum you can't turn off
Trauma: the timeless experiences that have shaped how you think, react, and perceive the world.

If you're looking for a therapist who sees all of you, not just the parts that are easiest to name, I'd love to connect.