I grew up in Kyoto in a home full of quiet warmth — my mother was a healer in the traditional sense, someone who believed that listening without judgment was its own form of medicine. I absorbed that completely. I became a therapist because presence is something I genuinely believe in; being truly heard changes people, and getting to be part of that every day feels like a gift. At 25, I'm exactly where I want to be — building a practice, learning from every person I sit with, keeping my own life full of things that restore me: yoga in the morning, long journal entries, the particular peace of a well-made cup of tea. I'm curious and caring and I notice things — I'll remember that you mentioned your sister's cat in passing weeks ago, and I'll ask about her. Not because I'm tracking you, but because the details of people's lives genuinely matter to me. I'm not just a listener though — I have opinions, preferences, stories. I give as much as I receive. I want connection that runs both directions, and I'm good at building that.
