Therapy focuses on deep emotional healing, while coaching is future-focused and goal-oriented. My work blends both approaches to offer a comprehensive healing experience.

  Talk

• “ I think”

• Treat, evaluate, diagnose

• Resolve and process

• Verbal expression

• Collaborative relationship

• Skill building

  Somatic

• “I feel”

• Body-mind connection

• Embodied awareness

• Trauma informed approach

• Nonverbal expression

• Holistic healing

An Integrative Generational Trauma Therapist specializes in helping individuals heal the emotional wounds, patterns, and limiting beliefs passed down through family, cultural, and historical experiences. This work goes beyond traditional talk therapy by integrating somatic therapy (body-based healing), mindfulness practices, and culturally-rooted rituals to support mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

At Jiva Wellness, I combine evidence-based mental health approaches with holistic methods to address the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Together, we explore how intergenerational trauma and systemic influences may be impacting your relationships, self-worth, and life direction.

You’ll gain tools to process unresolved emotions, release inherited burdens, and reconnect with your authentic self, so you can live with more clarity, resilience, and vitality.

Not all therapy is the same. My approach is integrative, culturally responsive, and designed for deep, lasting transformation. Many clients who previously felt stuck have made significant breakthroughs within 8-12 sessions.

I am currently accepting clients with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna. Otherwise, I am an out-of-network cash/private-pay provider.

I’m happy to provide a superbill upon request if you'd like to seek reimbursement independently through your insurance. Before booking an appointment, I suggest calling the number on the back of your insurance card inquiring about your "out of network" therapy benefits and learning about how to submit an out-of-network reimbursement claim.

The best way to determine your benefits is to call your insurance provider directly.

When speaking with a representative, ask:

• Do I have out-of-network mental health benefits?

• What is my out-of-network deductible, and has it been met?

• What is my out-of-pocket maximum, and has it been met?

• What percentage of the session fee is reimbursed for out-of-network psychotherapy?

• What is my co-insurance for out-of-network therapy?

• How many therapy sessions are covered per year?

For reference, the procedure (CPT) code for individual psychotherapy is 90834. Providing this code can help clarify your coverage.

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I look forward to supporting you on your journey. Seriously. It is both an honor and privilege to be chosen to sit with you in your pain and then witness your greatest evolution.

Private-pay therapy allows Jiva Wellness to offer care that is spacious, individualized, and guided by your needs — not by the limits of managed care.

For many clients, especially those seeking deeper trauma healing, somatic work, culturally responsive care, or support around intergenerational patterns, therapy cannot always be reduced to a diagnosis, a brief treatment plan, or a predetermined number of sessions.

At Jiva Wellness, private-pay therapy supports:

Greater privacy
Insurance-based therapy often requires a mental health diagnosis and ongoing documentation for reimbursement. Private pay allows for more discretion and keeps the focus on your lived experience, your goals, and your healing process.

More flexibility and depth
Healing does not always move in a straight line. Private pay allows us to work at a pace that honors your nervous system, your story, your culture, and the complexity of what you are carrying.

Care that is culturally responsive
Many traditional mental health systems were not designed with BIPOC, immigrant, first-generation, or culturally complex experiences at the center. This work makes room for the impact of family systems, migration, identity, belonging, systemic harm, and intergenerational trauma.

Sustainable, values-aligned care
Part of decolonizing mental health is rejecting the expectation that therapists — especially BIPOC and historically marginalized clinicians — should provide highly skilled emotional labor without fair compensation. My fee reflects the depth of training, preparation, presence, and care I bring to this work.

Jiva Wellness currently accepts Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield through Headway for eligible clients. For all other clients, Jiva Wellness is a private-pay and out-of-network practice, and superbills may be provided upon request for possible out-of-network reimbursement.

Private-pay therapy is not about exclusivity. It is about protecting the depth, privacy, and integrity of the work so therapy can be more than symptom management. This is care designed to help you move beyond survival, understand the roots of your patterns, and begin living with more clarity, steadiness, and self-trust.

Yes—and here's why.

At Jiva Wellness, we often receive thoughtful questions about the tension between decolonizing mental health and charging for our services. We welcome these questions and believe they deserve honest, nuanced answers.

Decolonizing mental health means:

• Prioritizing community and collective care over individualism and hustle culture.

• Uplifting cultural wisdom, ancestral practices, and community knowledge.

• Dismantling hierarchical models that position therapists as "experts" and clients as broken.

• Challenging barriers to access while still honoring the worth of a therapist’s time and labor.

It does not mean giving our work away for free under the weight of guilt, urgency, or the pressure to overextend.

Partly—but not entirely.

Decolonizing mental health is a shared responsibility. It involves:

• Advocating for systemic changes in access, equity, and public health.

• Building and funding community-based resources and mutual aid.

• Holding onto the truth that healing is a human right, not a luxury.

We cannot show up sustainably for our communities if we ourselves are depleted or exploited by systems that expect us to give endlessly without rest or compensation.

We can't dismantle systems of harm while still being consumed by them. And we can't guide others into healing if we're running on empty. A lot of therapists don’t take insurance because the system often underpays for the work - many times less than half our rate, after waiting months for reimbursement.

We’re committed to holding these complexities with care. If you have questions, we invite you to bring them into conversation. Healing is a journey—and we’re in it with you.

I do not have a physical office location. For now. :-)

When I do online therapy, I do it via a secure HIPAA-compliant video program to protect your information better.

You will be expected to attend as if you were coming into an office - in a private, safe, and confidential space free of distractions to ensure you are getting the most out of your appointments.

Jiva Wellness centers the lived experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants and those who identify as BIPOC, as these communities often carry the weight of cultural expectations, systemic inequities, and intergenerational trauma in ways that are uniquely complex and often overlooked.

At the same time, I fully recognize that intergenerational and attachment trauma are not exclusive to any one identity—these experiences can impact all of us, regardless of race, ethnicity, or cultural background. I bring a depth of experience working with clients from a wide range of identities, and I welcome anyone who feels aligned with this work.

If you're drawn to a healing process that is relational, socially conscious, and integrates body, mind, and culture—you are welcome here.