Ivy is a second-generation Asian American Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Life, Transformation, & Relationship Coach, Speaker, and Author who offers trauma-informed 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 16 years internationally in person, online, and via phone. Her specialties include:
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  • First & Second-Generation Asian American Mental Health (including knowing and remembering who you are vs who you may have been taught or told 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 Trauma Healing
  • Healing Codependency (setting boundaries, recovery from people-pleasing, coming home to yourself)
  • Relationships (healing and deepening with your partner(s), friends, family, work relationships, and most importantly, with yourself)
  • Identifying & Healing T/trauma
  • 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
  • Presented at & worked in collaboration with corporations including Facebook, Spotify, Starbucks, WellCare, and Hinge to support employee mental health and wellness & to address AAPI needs in response to anti-Asian racism, anti-Asian hate crimes, and harassment
  • Featured Speaker on Asian Mental Health & Wellness for International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) and the Korea-America Student Conference (KASC)
  • Published Author of A Children's Book: The Little Girl, The Ocean, and The Moon & Upcoming Book "Healing Codependency" (available in 2021)
  • Podcast interview with Mark Groves @createthelove: Navigating Relationships & Codependency 
  • Podcast interview with Shaun Galanos @thelovedrive: Recovering From Codependency
  • Podcast interview with Jessica Nguyen @projectvoicepod: Healing Your Relationship With Your Parents
  • Podcast Interview with Veronica Thai @curiousmonki: How To Find Healing for your Innermost Self 
  • YouTube interview with Craig Clemens @craig: This Dominatrix Became A Children's Book Author
  • ​Writer at Medium.com 
  • Certified yoga instructor via 8 Limbs
  • Trained in Brainspotting
  • Ke Ala Hoku/Ancient Lomi Lomi practitioner via Jody Mountain, Lineage of Light​
  • Speaker at TEDx: Panama Jungle & Inspired London
  • Speaker & workshop facilitator on topics including mental health (emotional health + relational health + behavioral health), self-care and self-love, communal aid and healing,  recognizing your emotions as messengers of wisdom, consent, boundary-setting, and reclaiming your power and your voice
  • Lived experience as an Asian American woman and daughter of immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Macau, survivor of childhood sexual abuse and adult assault, queer, middle-class, able-bodied, retired Professional Dominatrix, artist, divorcee, stepparent of five children between the ages of 9-19, writer, and social justice advocate. I hold all of these identities equally, with great honor and gratitude. 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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