For Those Who Think Deeply, Feel Fully, and Long to Live Authentically
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Existential & Experiential Therapy for Curious Thinkers, Deep Feelers & Self-Aware Adults in Austin, TX
You understand yourself. So why does it still feel like this?
You know there is more to life than the way it feels right now.
You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, maybe even sat in a therapist’s office before. You can trace exactly where your patterns come from, and still you find yourself caught in them. Understanding, it turns out, isn’t the same as freedom.
Maybe you…
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You may know exactly where your struggles come from, but you still find yourself in the same destructive cycles, painful relationships, and overwhelming emotions.
You know there is something deeper going on — you just need help accessing it. Let’s dive in together and see what we find.
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You learned quickly that there were expectations of you — to perform perfectly, be worthy, or say and do the right thing to calm another. The pressure to be exactly what was expected has stayed with you, but now it seems to hurt more than it helps. You feel disconnect, exhausted, and wondering when the performance can finally stop. Together, we will explore what has been important, while discovering the parts of you you have lost along the way.
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You want desperately to be seen and understood, but it feels like an impossible, terrifying task to let others see what is behind the curtain. Maybe you’ve tried before and it failed, so the thought of doing so again feels like insanity. I understand the pain of feeling like others cannot see you. You are not impossible to understand. I’d love the opportunity to know you.
It is possible to feel free again.
Let’s discover what is underneath the chaos
Hi, I’m Grace! (she/her)
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I am a silly, curious, and creative human who adores this work. I have always had an insatiable need to understand myself and the world around me, so of course I became a therapist!
I am a multi-racial Asian American, which has shaped much of how I see identity and the world around me. I am also a lover of sci-fi and fantasy, the outdoors (specifically water), my cats, a lazy day on the couch, and music that makes me feel things.
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The clients who love to work with me are often curious, self-aware adults who crave a space where they can let go, dive deep, and really experience the truth of their lives. Because I am a very abstract person, many of the clients who enjoy working with me identify as creative intellectuals who enjoy deep contemplation and/or abstract thought.
Almost all of my clients hold painful stories of trauma, loss, and/or emotional neglect that have shaped their lives. Many have often had negative experiences with seeking help before due to feeling misunderstood.
Many of my clients hold complex, marginalized identities that they have had to sacrifice or hide to stay safe, survive, and be loved. As such, I am very inclusive of people who identify from minority communities. I often work with people who identify as people of color, immigrants, neurodiverse, or LGBTQ+.
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I have a special place in my heart for depth-oriented, relational, and existential therapy that focuses on what happening underneath the “problem” in the unconscious. This means therapy with me can often take unexpected twists and turns. It is normal that you might come in thinking of one issue and find that we end up in an entirely different place through our work. I am a very abstract person, so generally sessions can get quite creative.
I am a big believer that deep therapy does not have to be only painful. In fact, therapy with me is often very fun, light-hearted, and relaxed. Laughter, joy, and deep emotional processing are inextricably intertwined.
Common reasons people work with me
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No matter what you seem to change or accomplish, it never quite feels like enough. Struggling to shape yourself into who others want you to be is an exhausting, never-ending task. Together, we will explore the messages you’ve heard about who you should be, while making space for the parts of you that have been silenced.
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Trauma leaves echoes that can last a lifetime. We feel these remnants of the past in our relationships, bodies, and minds. The pain of the past can easily get trapped in our systems, leaving us feeling out of control and hopeless. In our work together, we will reclaim your agency so you can cultivate a life that is truly yours in the present and future.
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Always putting others first, striving to be “enough,” or feeling like failure isn’t an option can leave you exhausted and disconnected from yourself. You may know this isn’t sustainable, but still feel unsure what would happen if you stopped.
Therapy can help you begin to untangle the pressure to please, understand where it comes from, and reconnect with what you actually need. Together, we’ll create space for you to live in a way that feels authentic—not just acceptable to others.
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You have a deep understanding of yourself and others. Yet it’s impossible to know everything, and the uncertainty can feel like an endless puzzle you can’t stop trying to solve. Together, we’ll figure out how to direct your mind so we can dig deep, while building your capacity to be uncertain.
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Grief doesn’t follow a schedule, and it doesn’t only come with death. It can follow the loss of a person, a relationship, a version of yourself, or a life you expected to have. You might be carrying it quietly, or wondering why it still hurts. Here, there’s room for all of it, with no timeline and no right way to feel. Together, we’ll honor what you’ve lost and find a way to carry it.
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Understanding who you are—and where you fit in the world—is not always straightforward. This can feel especially true if you hold multiracial, multicultural, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or other identities that have been misunderstood, minimized, or not fully reflected in the spaces around you.
You may feel like you’ve had to adapt parts of yourself to belong, or that you’re still searching for places where you can be fully seen without explanation.
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You never quite feel here. You can tell something is off, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. Nothing feels like how others think it should. Emotions are flat, thoughts are clouded, perhaps you even find you forget things you should remember.
Together, we will slow down to give you space to reconnect to your body and sense of aliveness.
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You think and feel deeply — sometimes too much. While you love your capacity for depth, it can sometimes leave you feeling lost in storm of your own creation. Others struggle to understand it as well.
Here, your depth will be appreciated and respected. We will help you harness it so that it can be the strength it is meant to be.
How I Work
At the heart of my work is a deep belief in the importance and power of curiosity, compassion, and connection.
Together, we will move beyond problem solving and solutions to…
Reconnect to the parts of you you’ve had to push away to restore your sense of wholeness.
Rebuild your capacity to be with your emotions and body to heal the invisible wounds you carry.
Rediscover your authentic self and sense of purpose to build a life that is truly your own.
All of you is welcome here.
I am deeply committed to providing affirming, inclusive, and culturally responsive care. I welcome and celebrate LGBTQ+ and queer, trans and gender-diverse, BIPOC and multiracial, neurodivergent, disabled, kink, and non-monogamous communities.
This is a space where your identities, relationships, culture, body, and ways of being are respected as meaningful parts of who you are.
Counseling Services
“I need the sea because it teaches me.
I don’t know if I learn music or awareness,
if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,
or only its harsh voice or its shining
suggestion of fishes and ships.
The fact is that until I fall asleep,
in some magnetic way I move in
the university of the waves.”
-Pablo Neruda, The Sea
