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The most important relationship you have is the one with yourself.

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Helping Adults and Adolescents come back to themselves through Virtual Therapy in the SF Bay Area and across California 

Most of us think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, but we are actually feeling creatures that think.

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Healing isn’t about perfection. It’s about safety, connection, and courage.

You may be here because something feels heavy or missing, an internal experience that is misaligned with the life you want to be living. Anxiety may show up before there’s time to make sense of it. Sadness may feel too familiar, evolving to a sense of emptiness or loneliness. Patterns in relationships may keep repeating in ways that cause pain and disconnect. Reactions that are resonant of past traumas may arise in ways that feel intense and overwhelming.

Whatever has brought you here, you deserve a space that feels safe, grounded, and steady.

You deserve a therapeutic experience that honors your history, your strengths, and the ways you’ve endured.

Here, therapy is relational, trauma-informed, and grounded in a person-centered, strength-based approach. It’s also practical and experiential, supporting insight into real, sustainable change.

If you’re looking for compassionate support, where curiosity is valued over judgment and depth is offered without overwhelm, you’re in the right place.

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Hi, I'm Clare.

I was drawn to this work through my own experience of carrying things quietly and abandoning parts of myself in the process. I have come to know what it’s like to be seen and to give myself permission to take up space as I reconnect with those abandoned parts to a more whole, authentic version of me. This personal journey shapes the way I show up for you. 

In our work together, you will have a safe and grounded space to explore your internal world and emotional landscape, while honoring the brave strategies you’ve honed to get to where you are. 

Together, we’ll gently explore the patterns and layers that have developed over time, and reconnect you with the parts of yourself that have always been there.

About me

What Therapy With Me Feels Like

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CALM AND POWERFUL

Gently making sense of what’s hard

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STEADY AND SAFE

Predictability and safety you can trust

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CURIOUS AND RELATIONAL

Understanding ‘why’ as part of healing

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REALISTIC AND GROUNDED

Tools that fit your life, not a checklist

Therapy isn’t about fixing. 
It’s about understanding, growth, and coming home to yourself . 

How I Can Help

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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

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ADOLESCENT THERAPY

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AAPI FOCUSED THERAPY

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My Areas of Focus

  • Anxiety often develops as a protective strategy to anticipate and prevent harm within environments and relationships that feel unsafe. Together, we’ll explore the origins of your anxiety and what it is trying to protect you from, and help your nervous system experience more grounded safety and flexibility.

  • Depression can emerge when parts of you have felt unseen and abandoned for a long time. It can feel like a disconnection from meaning, from others, and from yourself. We’ll explore the emotional roots, unmet needs, and practical shifts to gently restore a sense of agency and hope.  

  • Trauma is not just what happened, but how it was held inside. It’s how your mind and body adapted to survive, forging disconnection from yourself and how you relate to the world. Complex trauma develops over time where ongoing stress, inconsistency, or lack of safety is the constant. These experiences shape your sense of self, safety, and connection. Our work will move at a pace that prioritizes safety, stabilization, and integration.

  • Shame grows in silence and comparison and fuels the internalized voice that says you are not enough. Self-worth and shame are often formed in relationships and therefore heal within them. We will work to understand its roots, soften internal narratives, and cultivate a more secure, compassionate sense of self.

  • Navigating who you are within the context of your culture, family values, and intergenerational experiences can provoke confusion and overwhelm. Many AAPI individuals raised in a culture that emphasize excellence, responsibility, and family harmony, internalize and carry these expectations silently and alone. Here, your cultural experience and story are respected while holding space to honor your agency in who you choose to be.

  • Identity is complex, layered, and evolving, shaped by culture, relationships, and lived experiences that can deeply impact a sense of who you are. During transitions and change, it can bring uncertainty, doubt, and instability. Together, we’ll explore how to navigate the change and who you are becoming while honoring what has shaped you and your capacity to choose what comes next. 

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Ready to feel more like yourself again?

Starting therapy can feel vulnerable. Finding the right therapist matters.

If my approach resonates with you, I invite you to reach out for a free consultation. We can talk about what you're navigating and whether working together feels like a good fit.

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