You’ve been strong for everyone else. It’s time to come back to yourself.
OCD and anxiety therapy with ERP, plus IFS Therapy for grief and trauma, for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC adults in Los Angeles and online across California
It doesn’t have to feel this way forever. You don’t have to carry it alone.
Hi, I’m Chris
Los Angeles OCD + IFS Therapist
My work is for people who are thoughtful, feel deeply, and are exhausted by the distance between how they show up for the world, and how the world shows up for them.
They’re educators, artists, healthcare workers, and organizers who give generously, and often don’t know how to receive. They’ve survived losses that changed them. They show up for everyone else, but struggle to show up for themselves without guilt. And many are worn down by loops of “what ifs,” whether that looks like anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or OCD.
As a queer Filipino therapist who has navigated grief through suicide loss, cancer, and the weight of generational silence, I don’t approach pain and fear as problems to be managed. I approach them as parts of you that deserve to be understood and transformed.
MY SPECIALTIES
OCD + Anxiety
Stop arguing with the “what ifs.
Learn to face fear without being driven by it.
LGBTQ+
Release the weight of having to make yourself smaller. Find safety without compromising yourself
Grief + Loss
Let grief be witnessed, not exiled. Find a way to carry what you’ve lost without it carrying you.
Trauma
Make peace with the parts of you that carry pain. Come home to who you truly are.
My Approach
For OCD and anxiety I use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to help you face fear without being run by it.
For grief, trauma, and identity, I use Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Together, we get to know the parts of you that are burdened by doubt, shame, and guilt, so they don’t have to run the show either.
TRAINING
ERP: Treating OCD in Communities of Color, International OCD Foundation Behavioral Therapy Training Institute
IFS: Level 1, Internal Family Systems Institute
Therapy with me is
Pain doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
I take the time to understand your story instead of assuming it.
Culturally Responsive
Facing fear, loss, or old wounds takes courage.
We move at a pace you help choose, and you’re never doing it alone.
Collaborative
Therapy and healing isn’t always heavy.
Expect honest conversations, with room for laughter along the way.
Real
Getting Started
When you’re ready, I’d love to connect. Fill out the contact form to schedule a free 20-minute consultation to share what’s on your mind and see if we’d be a good fit.
Sessions are $200. I’m private pay and provide superbills for potential insurance reimbursement. A limited number of reduced-fee spots are available for those who need them, feel free to ask during your consultation.