My clinical focus is helping expat and immigrant adults manage and build insight into the roots of both mental health conditions and social/life problems so that healing can take place. Many clients I work with suffer from symptoms of depression and/or anxiety which are highlighted after a recent life transition, in the context of parenting, or in the context of cross-cultural relationships. Some of these client's experienced trauma in early life that is triggered by a recent experience. As every client is different, I use an integrative approach tailored to the client's specific needs, and draw mainly from psychodynamic, narrative, cognitive, and body-based therapies. I have specific and extensive training in EMDR and MBSR/MBCT, and the clinical applications of attachment science, brain science, and polyvagal theory. I consider myself an adult TCK, as my first experience abroad came as a young adult. Since then, I spent several years learning Japanese language, history, and culture at