Therapy for Cerritos, CA
Up the 605 or straight down Katella — minutes away
My Los Alamitos office sits just south of Cerritos near the 605/22 interchange, which makes me one of the closest Ph.D. psychologists for Cerritos residents looking for depth-oriented individual or couples work.
The same depth of work, close to home
My Cerritos clients come for the same reasons people drive across town for a good therapist — and most find the drive is shorter than they expected.
Individual therapy for high achievers
Perfectionism, people-pleasing, burnout, and the hollow feeling that can sit under external success. We go beneath coping skills to the patterns underneath.
Couples therapy
For Cerritos couples stuck in the same fight — or drifting into silence. Attachment-oriented work that looks at family history, culture, and what each of you learned about love.
Premarital counseling (Prepare-Enrich)
Structured premarital sessions for engaged Cerritos couples who want to start marriage with honest conversations about money, family, and conflict.
An Asian American lens that fits
As a second-generation Asian American psychologist, I understand family duty, immigrant expectations, and the pressure to look fine. That understanding is a resource — not the whole story.
What getting here looks like
The office is at 5242 Katella, Suite 202 — a short drive from Cerritos via Bloomfield or the 605 South to Katella West. From most of Cerritos the drive is ten to fifteen minutes, and parking is free in the lot out front. For clients who prefer not to drive, sessions are also available virtually on select days.
Cerritos clients often come from families that chose this city for its schools and stability — and grew up inside the achievement machine that comes with it. Whether you're a professional commuting down the 605, or a couple whose conversations have narrowed to logistics, the work I do looks beneath the functioning surface to the patterns underneath.
Built for achievement — at a cost
Cerritos is a city built around excellence: the schools, the fine arts center, the quiet order of it. If you grew up here, you know the engine that made it run — and you might be feeling what it costs to keep being the kid who never made waves. High-functioning on the outside, running on fumes underneath, is not a personality. It's a pattern, and patterns can be understood and changed.
For couples here, the work often starts when success stops being a shared project and becomes two parallel schedules. We rebuild from there.