About Ai
Hello!What color is your grief? Does your anxiety weigh you down or make you jump? How does your joy radiate?
Imagery and creativity offer us another vehicle to communicate with parts of ourselves that words alone may not reach. In the therapeutic space, I will meet your pain with compassion, invite you to explore different perspectives, and gently challenge the narratives you hold.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, identity exploration, grief, and creative blocks. I am drawn to the complexity of our inner worlds: conflicting values and thoughts that tug us in different directions, and the feelings that coexist even when they seem to contradict one another. As a first-generation immigrant, I understand what it can feel like to navigate different expectations and conflicting values and to find yourself between worlds. Together, we will make room for these complexities, approaching them with curiosity rather than rushing toward easy answers.
I hold a deep respect for the resilience people can discover as they navigate grief. Grief inhabits many places in our lives, often following life transitions like a shadow. It accompanies not only loss, but also growth, change, and achievement. By making space and meeting our grief with curiosity, we may begin to understand what it could tell us about ourselves and what we carry forward.
I integrate conversation with art therapy, body awareness, and mindfulness, guided by your needs and comfort. When words feel insufficient, we might explore an image, work with color, or notice what you are experiencing in your body. You do not need any artistic experience, and making art is always an invitation.
If this approach resonates with you, I invite you to reach out for a consultation call.
Highlights
Bilingual Japanese / English
Design art therapy–informed interventions and resource guides addressing intergenerational trauma, immigrant status, LGBTQIA+, and family identity narratives among NYC public school students.
Designed and facilliated art‑based identity exploration groups using self‑portrait work to support insight, self‑esteem
Education
Pratt Institute - Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy and Creative Development
Tish School of the Arts, NYU - Master of Fine Arts
Joshibi Art University - Bachelor of Fine Arts
Services
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Group Therapy
Creative Arts Therapy
Approaches: Psychodynamic, Parts-work, Anti-oppression, Somatic work
In Person Therapy AND Teletherapy
Specialties
Depression
Anxiety
Trauma
Grief
Immigration
Spiritual exploration
Identity exploration
Relationship issues
Creative Blocks