About

“It is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found."
-Donald Winnicott

Hi, I’m Stacy—an Asian American Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in the Bay Area, serving clients remotely across California as an associate at Silicon Beach Psychotherapy.

Clients describe me as warm, witty, and perceptive, and they tend to appreciate my transparency in session. My approach is founded on the idea that the relationship between us is a primary instrument of healing. I don't set my own humanness aside, but use it to connect with you more deeply. Sometimes that means I will share my inner responses with you when I sense it will move your work forward.

I also listen for what lives behind the things you bring in, the older story underneath this week's version of it. Sometimes that means working with parts of you that feel at odds with each other, helping them move toward integration and acceptance. I see things through a trauma-informed lens, and continually engage in my own internal reflections in order to create a safe and welcoming space for clients of all identities and backgrounds.

As a daughter of Korean immigrants raising a biracial child, I navigate the space between cultures from both sides. I bring a keen interest in acculturation, belonging, family expectations, and intercultural relationships to my work with AAPI and bicultural clients.

For my fellow psychotherapy nerds: my clinical influences include Yalom's here-and-now focus, Jungian shadow work, Winnicott's holding environment, Mitchell's two-person field, and McWilliams' personality structure, along with IFS and Janina Fisher's trauma lens (go, parts!). For couples: EFT for patterns, Gottman for tools, and Esther Perel for intimacy and infidelity.

I hold an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University and a BA in Biology from UC Berkeley.