Ivy is a first-generation Asian American Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Life & Relationship Coach, Speaker, and Author who offers trauma-informed, identity-affirming, and social justice-minded therapy and coaching for individuals with a holistic, intuitive, and collaborative approach. She has been supporting her cherished clients for over 14 years internationally in person, online, and via phone. Her specialties include:
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  • Healing Codependency
  • Asian and Asian American Mental Health (including knowing and remembering who you are vs who you were may have been taught/told/ordered to be, addressing family of origin dynamics, decolonizing your mind, and liberating yourself from the stress and harm of the "Model Minority Myth")
  • Ancestral & Intergenerational Healing
  • Identifying & Healing T/trauma
  • Relationships (healing and deepening with your partner(s), friends, family, work relationships, and most importantly, with yourself)
  • Self-Love, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, & Self-Worth
  • Reconnecting to Your Body, Your Emotions, Your Wisdom, Your Intuition, & Your Truth
  • Meaning, Fulfillment & Purpose
  • Dating, Love, Sex, & Intimacy
  • Life & Relationship Coaching
  • Major Life Transitions
  • Therapy for Therapists
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People of every age, gender, national origin, race, ethnicity, ability, religious/spiritual practice, and sexual orientation are welcome. ​

Experience & Credentials
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  • LMFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist)
  • M.A. in Marriage & Family Therapy from the University of Southern California
  • Trained in Brainspotting
  • Published Author of A Children's Book: The Little Girl, The Ocean, and The Moon & Upcoming Book "Healing Codependency" (available in bookstores Oct 2020)
  • Podcast interview with Mark Groves: Navigating Relationships & Codependency 
  • Podcast interview with Shaun Galanos of The Love Drive: Recovering From Codependency
  • Podcast Interview with Veronica Thai: How To Find Healing for your Innermost Self 
  • Presented at & worked in collaboration with corporations including Facebook, Spotify, Starbucks, and Hinge to support employee mental health and wellness & to address AAPI needs in response to anti-Asian racism and harassment during COVID-19
  • Featured Speaker on Asian mental health for International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) and the Korea-America Student Conference (KASC)
  • Speaker at TEDx: Panama Jungle & Inspired London
  • ​Writer at Medium.com 
  • Certified yoga instructor via 8 Limbs
  • Ke Ala Hōkū practitioner via Lineage of Light​
  • Speaker & workshop facilitator on topics including mental health (emotional health + relational health + behavioral health), freeing yourself from the damage of the Model Minority Myth, self-care and self-love, recognizing your emotions as messengers of wisdom, consent, boundary-setting, and reclaiming your power and your voice
  • Lived experience as a survivor of childhood and  sexual trauma, queer, middle-class, able-bodied, retired Professional Dominatrix, a divorcee, an artist, a writer, and a social justice advocate. I hold all of these identities equally with great love and honoring. In our work together, you will be seen, honored, and supported as all of who you are, as you have been, and as you will become.

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