Yes. Straddling two cultures can be enriching, but it can also bring feelings of confusion, guilt, or disconnection — especially when values, expectations, or identities clash. Therapy can help you make meaning of your experience, clarify your identity, and feel more at peace with your complexity.

Conflicts between generations are common in immigrant families. The struggle often isn’t just about values — it can involve language, emotion, duty, and belonging. We can explore these dynamics with compassion, helping you understand yourself and your relationships without needing to choose one culture over the other.

 Yes — and it can be a heavy emotional burden. Many first-generation individuals carry quiet but powerful expectations around achievement, gratitude, and perfection. Therapy offers a place to examine these pressures without judgment, and to define success on your own terms.

 Yes. I work regularly with immigrants and first-generation individuals, and I understand the emotional nuances of loss, adaptation, code-switching, and loyalty. Whether you’re still finding your voice or feel fluent in many cultural contexts, this is a space where you won’t have to explain everything from scratch.

Yes. I facilitate process groups where immigrants and first-generation individuals explore identity, belonging, and family dynamics in community with others who “get it.” These groups can be a powerful way to feel seen and supported.

I’m familiar with 12-step principles and support patients who choose to engage in these and other peer-based recovery programs. Many of my patients attend meetings, and I welcome incorporating that work into our sessions. Others prefer alternative forms of peer support, which I equally encourage.