Notes from along the way.
Short pieces from the office: what I see repeat, what helps, what does not. They are not therapy and not a diagnosis — they are what I would say if you asked me on a walk.
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First generation
Draft — awaiting reviewThe guilt that arrives with every good thing.
Why first-generation adults feel guilt alongside success, what that guilt is protecting, and three questions to ask it before letting it decide for you.
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Cancer & illness
Draft — awaiting reviewWhen treatment ends and everyone expects you back.
Why the months after cancer treatment are often harder than treatment, what 'you look great' does to survivors, and how health psychology helps after.
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Bilingual therapy
Draft — awaiting reviewWhy emotions live in your first language.
Why bilingual people often cannot cry in their second language, what changes when therapy happens in Spanish, and how a session works across both.
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How therapy works
Draft — awaiting reviewWhat emotion-focused therapy actually does.
Emotion-focused therapy without jargon: why feelings are treated as information, what a session looks like, who it helps, and how it differs from CBT.
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Fees & insurance
Draft — awaiting reviewOut-of-network, explained in three phone questions.
How out-of-network therapy reimbursement works: what a superbill is, the three questions to ask your plan, what CPT 90837 means, and your real cost.
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Grief & loss
Draft — awaiting reviewGrief on a Tuesday.
The five stages were never a map. What grief actually does over months and years, why it ambushes ordinary days, and how to walk with it rather than finish it.
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