A safe place for all parts of you
Experience therapy as a path to liberation through cultural attunement and a social justice orientation.
For People of the Global Majority, LGBTQIA2S+, neurodivergent, and immigrant communities.
Heal Generational Wounds
Process the patterns and trauma inherited from your family lines, turning heavy burdens into an empowering connection with your roots and community.
Foster Authentic Relationships
Build and sustain relationships that align with your truth. Enhance your ability to assert boundaries and communicate your needs clearly, a vital skill for those who have historically been silenced.
Celebrate All of Your Identities
Whether you're navigating your journey as LGBTQIA2S+, POGM, neurodivergent, or an immigrant, learn to fully embrace and express all parts of your identity with confidence and pride.
You've spent years, maybe even decades, sacrificing your own authenticity to meet other people's expectations and societal norms
As a highly sensitive POGM, immigrant, neurodivergent, or LGBTQIA+ person - or some combination of all of the above - you've had to develop some serious coping skills just to survive. But now those strategies that once protected you only leave you feeling disconnected, drained, and inauthentic - like you're betraying core parts of yourself.
Maybe you're an empath who struggles with boundaries and always puts others first (even when it means sacrificing your own needs). Or maybe you're a perfectionist weighed down by your relentless inner critic, fear of failure, and imposter syndrome.
Whether you're constantly numbing through work, substances, TV marathons ...or stuck in unfulfilling relationships plagued by miscommunication and growing resentment...one thing's clear: you yearn to break free from shame, fear, and all the "isms" that have caged you in and want to feel free to be your full, vibrant self.
True healing is attainable by experiencing a connection where you feel safe expressing all parts of you
I provide the container you need to do the real, raw, transformative work of coming home to yourself. Through our collaborative journey of curiosity and compassion, you'll:
Identify the socialized patterns and intergenerational traumas that have kept you looping on the hamster wheel
Develop self-acceptance for your brilliant coping strategies - they served you at one point, now it's time to expand into new ways of being
Reclaim the parts of yourself you've had to sacrifice or reject to fit in
Integrate mind, body, and spirit using culturally-grounded, somatic, and social justice-oriented approaches
Build communication skills for cultivating more genuine intimacy and connection in your relationships with yourself and others
Increase experiences of pleasure, rest, joy, and feeling deeply interconnected to something greater
Create a brave space to explore all intersections of your identity
Our journey together
As your guide, I shine a light on the path ahead and help you navigate the terrain, but you determine the pace and the territories we explore together, with my caring challenges nudging you into new growth edges.
My Offerings
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Individual Therapy
Long-term depth work for processing developmental trauma, anxiety, complex family systems, and more. I support BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, immigrant, activist, and other underrepresented communities.
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Couples Therapy
Build communication skills, understand recurring patterns, and cultivate more intimate connection - for monogamous and polyamorous/non-monogamous relationships.
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IFS - Internal Family Systems
Recognize and integrate all parts of yourself. Resolve internal conflicts and access your more empowered self.
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Somatic Experiencing
Heal from trauma and dysregulation through body-based therapy
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Psychedelic/ Entheogen Integration
Find clarity around intentions and integrate insights from psychedelic journeys in a culturally-sensitive way
How to Schedule
Book Your Free Consultation
Schedule a 20-minute consultation so we can connect and discuss your needs. This is our chance to see if we’re a good fit for each other.
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Consultation Meeting
During our consultation, we’ll explore your goals and how my approach can support you. Together, we’ll decide if this feels right for both of us.
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Start Regular Sessions
If we decide to move forward, we’ll set up regular weekly video sessions providing a consistent and supportive space for your healing journey.
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Meet Iris
As a queer, non-binary, Chinese-Costa Rican immigrant and social justice-oriented therapist, I understand the impacts of systemic oppression, generational trauma, and how survival responses get pathologized. My approaches humanize what gets labeled as disordered.
Through lived experience and extensive training in psychodynamics, somatics, IFS (Internal Family Systems), and existential modalities, I can skillfully guide you towards a sense of wholeness. My role is to shine a light on your inner wisdom and brilliant coping skills as you reclaim your sovereignty.
I aim to create a cultural celebration where you can feel safe exploring all intersections of your identity. Together we'll decolonize the internal narratives and external systems that diminish your vibrant, multi-faceted truth.
The Journey Starts Now
You've spent too long playing by oppressive rules and internalizing toxic norms. The potential of your most authentic, uncompromising self is patiently waiting to be liberated and embodied. Don't let fears, conditioning, or ancestral baggage stop you.
The journey can get messy, but you have the resilient brilliance to navigate it. Take the first step by booking your consultation today - your empowered wholeness is within reach.