Feel Lighter
Somatic & Integrative Psychotherapy
Virtual therapy for Asian-American and BIPOC women across Massachusetts who are ready to move beyond insight and experience lasting, embodied change.
I’m grateful you’ve landed here
You understand your patterns. Yet something still feels stuck.
You've reflected, journaled, read the books, listened to the podcasts, used AI tools to figure it out, or even tried therapy before. Yet despite all the insight, something hasn't shifted.
It’s quite frustrating. You are annoyed at yourself. You might even feel like something is wrong with you.
Here’s the hard truth.
Healing often requires more than understanding.
It asks us to include the body, the nervous system, and a safe therapeutic relationship where change can be experienced—not just explained.
I specialize in supporting Asian-American and BIPOC women navigating perfectionism, burnout, anxiety, chronic stress, intergenerational trauma, caregiving, chronic illness, medical trauma, and life transitions.
I’ve worked with a number of people who’s shared similar frustrations, challenges, and stuckness.
After we start working together, many say they feel lighter, that something is shifting. They say they are not not able to pin point what exactly it is that is changing but the things that used to bother them no longer affect them.
That something is changing - for the better.
Beyond Insight. Toward Embodied Change.
Insight helps us understand.
Embodied therapy helps us change.
Using Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and a deeply attuned therapeutic relationship, we'll gently work with the patterns your mind understands but your nervous system still carries.
Because stress, trauma, and survival patterns don't only live in thoughts.
They live in the body.
Over time, many clients describe feeling:
Steadier • Lighter • More Grounded
Less reactive.
More connected to themselves.
More able to respond instead of simply survive.
You don't have to carry everything alone.
Meet Your Therapist
Hi, I’m Yoko.
You're invited to arrive just as you are.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent years designing and facilitating intercultural leadership programs that explored identity, belonging, and connection. That experience continues to shape how I practice today—with curiosity, steadiness, and deep respect for each person's lived experience.
Today, I integrate Brainspotting, somatic therapy, parts work, mindfulness, and relational psychotherapy to help people reconnect with themselves—not by forcing change, but by creating the conditions where change naturally unfolds.
As a Japanese immigrant, first-generation Asian American, and adult Third Culture Kid, I understand what it can feel like to navigate multiple worlds. My practice centers Asian-American and BIPOC women while welcoming anyone longing to feel more at home within themselves.
You don't have to have the right words here.
We'll move at the pace your nervous system is ready for.
Ready when you are.
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Choose a day and time that works for you. Reach out and we’ll find a time that works for both of us for a 15 min introductory video call.
Before the call, you might reflect on:
What feels most stressful or important to work on.
Whether you prefer weekly or biweekly sessions
If you plan to use insurance or private pay
👉 Learn more about payment & insurance here.
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Make sure to be in a private space.
Allow yourself enough time before and after the call to regroup yourself.
Be ready to share your concerns, challenges, and hopes.
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If we decide to move forward, you’ll receive secure electronic forms through Alma, the HIPAA-compliant platform I use for scheduling, billing, and telehealth.
Please complete the forms within 10 days, or at least 3 business days before your first session
Your appointment will be added to Alma once your forms are submitted and reviewed.
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You’ll receive a virtual session link via email before each appointment via Alma.
Together, we start the work—gently, at your pace, and with the support your nervous system needs to feel safe and grounded.Your healing journey begins here.