Hello, I'm Asya.

I work with adults who feel deeply and carry a lot on the inside—people who are often sensitive, perceptive, and thoughtful, but also tired, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves in ways others might not see.

Maybe you've spent years being attuned to everyone else while losing touch with what you actually feel. Maybe you're high-functioning on the outside but quietly anxious, self-doubting, or unsure of who you are beneath all the roles you play. Maybe you grew up learning to be responsible, accommodating, or emotionally self-sufficient before you were ready, and now those patterns feel exhausting but impossible to change.

Many people I work with describe a constant hum of pressure or anxiety that never fully settles. A sense of being "too much" and "not enough" at the same time. Of holding yourself to standards that leave no room for rest, vulnerability, or uncertainty. Of appearing capable while feeling fragile inside.

If any of this feels familiar, you're not alone. And there's nothing wrong with you.

What you're experiencing isn't a flaw or a failure—it's a response to what you've lived through and what you've had to carry. Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand those patterns with compassion, and reconnect with the parts of yourself you've had to set aside.

How I Work

I practice trauma-informed, body-centered therapy that's deeply relational and collaborative. That means I'm not just listening to the story you tell—I'm paying attention to what's happening in your body, the emotional undercurrents, the things you might not have words for yet, and what the energy between us reveals about how you move through the world.

I draw from:

• Somatic psychology (your body holds wisdom your mind doesn't always have access to)

• Attachment theory (early relationships shape how we relate to ourselves and others now)

• Internal Family Systems (the different parts of you—the anxious one, the critical one, the exhausted one—all make sense and deserve compassion)

• Psychodynamic understanding (patterns from the past live in the present, often outside our awareness)

But more than any technique or theory, here's what I offer:

Genuine presence. I'm not a blank screen or a distant expert. I bring my full attention, warmth, and care to our work together.

Trust in your timing. You know, on some level, what you're ready for and what feels too much. I won't push you past your edges or rush you toward insight before your nervous system is ready. We move at your pace, not mine.

Attunement to what's underneath. The meanings you absorbed from your family. The roles you learned to play. The younger parts of you still trying to stay safe. The emotions that haven't had space to be fully felt. We explore these not to pathologize you, but to understand you.

Belief in your capacity to heal. I trust that when the conditions are right—when you feel safe, seen, and unhurried—your own organic process of healing can unfold. My job is to help create those conditions, not to fix or change you.

The relationship as medicine. Healing often happens in the quiet interactions between us: being understood, being believed, being allowed to take up space without judgment or performance. Over time, these moments can shift something deep inside—how you see yourself, what you believe you deserve, and how much room you give yourself to simply be.

What Therapy With Me Actually Looks Like

We sit together—in person or online—and we slow down.

Some sessions are about making connections between past and present. Some are about noticing what you feel in your body right now. Some are about sitting with difficult emotions without trying to fix or change them. Some are about the different parts of you learning to trust each other, or trust me.

I might ask questions like:

• "What are you noticing in your body right now?"

• "How old does that feeling seem—like if it had an age?"

• "What would it be like to just stay with this for a moment instead of moving past it?"

• "How is this conversation landing for you?"

I track not just your words, but the way your breath changes, the moments you disconnect, the times something softens or opens. I pay attention to energy, pacing, and the felt sense of what's happening between us, because those things communicate as much as language does.

You don't have to have it all figured out. You don't have to be articulate or composed or "ready." You just have to be willing to explore what you're carrying with someone who won't judge you for it.

Over time, this work can create more internal room—more steadiness, more self-understanding, more capacity to be with your own experience without it overwhelming you. More connection to your inner voice. More kindness toward the parts of you that have been working so hard for so long.

Why This Work Matters to Me

I didn't come to this work from a place of detached curiosity—I came to it because I know what it's like to feel too much, to prioritize everyone else's needs over my own, and to spend years wondering if something was fundamentally wrong with me.

I know the exhaustion of being "high-functioning" while quietly struggling. The loneliness of feeling like no one really sees what's happening inside. The confusion of carrying patterns from your family that don't quite fit who you want to be, but feel impossible to change.

And I know what it's like to finally have someone say, "There's nothing wrong with you. This makes sense. Let's understand it together."

That moment—of being met without judgment, of having your inner world taken seriously—changed something in me. It gave me permission to slow down, to feel, to stop performing. And it's what I want to offer others.

This work matters to me because I believe sensitivity is not a flaw—it's a way of knowing. Because I trust the body's wisdom and the organic pace of healing more than any protocol or timeline. Because I've seen what becomes possible when someone finally has space to explore their inner world without pressure, without rushing, and without having to be "fine."

Everyone deserves that space. Including you

Master of Arts, Applied Psychology — Antioch University Los Angeles (2021)

Specialized Training

• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Level 1

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

• Community Resiliency Model (CRM)