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

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.

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.

Investment in Your Healing and Growth
Individual sessions are $275 for 50 minutes.

I am private-pay only and do not currently accept insurance or offer sliding scale rates.

However, 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.

Many bigger counseling agencies that accept insurance are able to do so because they have a dedicated member of their team to coordinate with insurance. Since I’m just me, I’ve determined that I am able to be more useful and available for my clients when my work is just focused on helping you achieve your goals.

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.

Many people wonder: “Isn’t it contradictory to charge for therapy while claiming to decolonize mental health?”

Not at all. In fact, part of decolonizing our field is rejecting the harmful notion that therapists—especially those from BIPOC and historically marginalized communities—should offer emotional labor for free.

We’ve chosen not to work with insurance companies for a few key reasons:

• Inadequate pay that doesn’t reflect the emotional, mental, and time investment of the work.

• Session limits that don’t align with the natural pace of deep healing.

• Privacy concerns, as insurance requires diagnosis disclosures and documentation that can pathologize or harm. I am committed to confidentiality, and because I believe that your therapy is yours, not your insurance company’s, I do not participate in managed care plans.

• Cultural mismatch, with many insurance frameworks failing to account for the lived realities of BIPOC and immigrant communities.

Instead, we opt for care that is spacious, relational, and unbound by institutional red tape.

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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.

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

When I do online therapy, I do it via a secure HIPPA 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.

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.

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.