Hello! I’m Haruna (she/her). I’m a cis, queer, neurodivergent, 1st generation Japanese American woman who grew up in New England and calls the Bay Area, California home.

For a majority of my life, I felt stuck in the same patterns - I was unhappy with myself and my relationships with family, partners, friends, and work. I had gone through a lot in my childhood, but my brief forays into therapy were not healing. I was just getting by…

That was until I met a queer, mixed race therapist who truly honored my identities, got diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and did a deep dive into mindfulness practice and Internal Family Systems. Now it’s my life passion to offer these conditions that changed my life to you all!

• As a queer, neurodivergent, bicultural woman, I’m here to affirm all aspects of your identity and help you find your true, beautiful self

• I’ll honor the social, historical, and generational contexts of your struggles to help you make sense of your pain and not feel so alone

• I’ll share my knowledge in mindfulness-based therapy modalities and the Plum Village tradition of engaged Buddhism to help you experience the transformative power of mindfulness for our suffering

• I’ll introduce you to Internal Family Systems Therapy, which provides a whole new level of self-exploration in order to compassionately heal past wounds that continue to show up in the present

• If you’re struggling with ADHD as an adult, I’ll help you treat your brain better and ask for the help you need and deserve

• If you’re feeling unfulfilled in your relationships, I’ll support you with watering the seeds for relationships and communities that truly value and nourish you

Thanks to these conditions, I no longer feel stuck! I feel seen by people close to me and more able to honor my needs. Now that I understand myself better, I can respond to my mental, emotional, and physical states with more awareness and compassion. I’ve been able to cultivate a much deeper relationship with myself and others. This solid connection and trust in myself has allowed me to explore more challenging territory - past and present - without being thrown off balance.

I feel so fortunate to be able to walk clients through the same things that truly helped me heal and grow!