I want therapy to be a place where you can rewrite the narratives you've inherited, with art at the table for when words don't reach far enough. As a second-generation Japanese immigrant, I understand what it's like to hold two cultures at once, and I bring that lens directly into how I work with clients navigating similar territory.

I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a registered art therapist, and I work with adults, couples, and families navigating immigration, cultural identity, grief, and anxiety. Art therapy doesn't require any artistic skill, it's simply another way to access what's happening underneath the words, useful especially when a feeling is too big or too unfamiliar to explain out loud right away, which comes up often in grief and immigration work specifically.

Outside of session I spend time with ceramics, plants, and my dog, which is part of why art has a natural place in how I think about healing, it's not an add-on to my practice, it's close to how I process things myself. I hold a master's degree and am a Registered Art Therapist, ATR-P, in addition to my LMFT license, and I bring both trainings into the room together rather than treating art therapy as a separate specialty layered on top.

I'm a good fit for someone in Tacoma or across Washington state navigating immigration, cultural identity, or grief who wants a therapist who works with art as well as words, or who's felt like previous therapy asked them to leave part of their cultural identity out of the room.

Request a session to get started, whether that's in my Tacoma office or by telehealth. If you're curious how art therapy actually works in a session before committing, send a question first and I'm glad to explain. Most sessions blend conversation with optional art-making, nothing is required, and plenty of clients spend most of their time talking and only bring in art when a feeling is hard to put into words directly.