Board Certified Psychologist & Certified Financial Therapist™
Integrated therapy and consultations for professionals navigating identity, life transitions, and their relationship with money.
My Mission:
Wealth decisions are rarely driven by logic alone. They are shaped by emotion, identity, family legacy, and the stories we carry about security, success, and self-worth*
*Based on the work of Nobel Prize winning Daniel Kahneman, PhD on judgment, bias, and decision-making
My goal is to help you understand your unique relationship with wealth so your external success finally feels like internal security, allowing you to live a life defined by your values, not your inherited fears.
Welcome. Let’s look beneath the surface.
Success rarely feels the way we imagined it would. For many of my clients, thoughtful leaders, founders, and global professionals, there is a quiet, persistent disconnect between the life they’ve built and the person they’ve become.
You may find yourself asking:
Who am I outside of these professional expectations?
Why does my success feel so heavy or "unsteady"?
How do I build a relationship with money that actually fits who I am today?
I provide a specialized space to understand these patterns and build a life that is aligned with your values.
Identity Shifts:
Internally, you may feel restless, as if you’ve outgrown the very identity that once defined you.
Whether you are navigating a major financial change, a diplomatic transition, or the burnout of a high-impact career, I help you bridge the gap between the old life and the new.
We don’t just look at what’s "wrong;” we look at what is ready to evolve.
Boundaries as Bridges:
In stressful environments, boundaries are often misunderstood as walls. I see them as tools for alignment. Whether with family, in leadership, or around your wealth, I help you move from survival-based "people-pleasing" to values-based agency.
We look at the cultural and intergenerational narratives that make "No" feel unsafe, and we build the capacity to say:
This is where I begin.
This is what I value.
This is sustainable.
The Psychology of Wealth:
Wealth creates as much complexity as it does opportunity. I act as a "Cultural Translator" for families and founders navigating the Immigrant-to-Native gap, helping you pass down core values without the shame-based tactics that oftentimes can lead to resentment.
We move from Reactive Survival to Intentional Stewardship (Wealth 3.0).
My Approach:
Integrative, evidence based, and clinical rigorous with a deep understanding of the invisible systems we all navigate: family, culture, and money.
I provide a non-judging, neurodiversity-affirming (e.g. ADHD/Autism, executive functioning concerns) perspective grounded in:
Nervous System Regulation: Develop practical tools to stay grounded and clear-headed during tense transitions and high-pressure decisions.
Trauma-Informed Care: Addressing intergenerational grief and racial identity with cultural humility.
Support for High-Stakes Roles: Specialized insight for doctors, executives, leaders, and "helpers" navigating moral injury and the isolation of leadership.
Financial Narrative Work: Integrating the psychology of wealth with the reality of your identity. We unpack the stories that no longer serve you.
The Perspective I Bring:
I am a 1.5-generation Vietnamese-American, a first-generation college graduate, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV, Peru) and a traveler of 50+ countries.
My lived experience with cultural pressure, migration, and traversing "new lands,” from Vietnam to the U.S., and from Clinical Psychology to Financial Therapy, allows me to see the systems you are navigating with unique clarity.
As a global citizen and bilingual (English/Spanish) speaker, I operate a location-independent practice that mirrors the mobility of the clients I serve.
My goal isn't to tell you who to be. It is to help you unlearn the old inherited "shoulds" so you can reconnect with your own truth.