“Like a plant which from a seed

becomes an Oak tree.

So humans become

what we are meant to be…

but we get stuck.”

- Carl Jung

I am so tired.
I feel all alone.
I hope my loved ones understand me.
Bad things can happen anytime.
I often feel helpless.
I am always anxious.
I am very hard on myself.
Something is wrong with me... I am not good enough.
It is very hard to speak for myself. I often please others.
I am expected to do a lot of roles: be a daughter, sister, grandchildren, nephew, niece, wife, those responsibilities overwhelm me.
I have a lot of guilt whenever I live for myself.
I am sad all the time, it is hard to get myself out of it.
I do not know who I am anymore.
Many times I just withdraw, run into my own bubble.

These messages are not signs of failure, or brokenness. They are messenger to help you see where you can turn inward, to offer care and healing. For where is most scary and painful, is the place that will tell you what is most essentially important, and missing in your life.

An anxious partner is likely a person too scared to loose connection with her partner.
A person with depression is likely a person yearning to feel fully loved and accepted again.
A numb person is likely a deeply loving person.
A partner who has turned silent is likely a person who wishes to be heard.

Trap in your challenging situation also contains a healthy basic need. Your pain is a powerful ally for deep understanding, meaning, and authentic joy that you can share with yourself, your partner, or other loved ones.

There is a Body Wisdom & Inner Flexibility readily within you to access this knowing. Therapy is a safe space for an open, sincere, embracing & courageous conversation.

Many of your present relationship pains can be trace back to childhood relationship wounds.

R elational Developmental Trauma and Attachment Wounds happens when one experienced something so overwhelming painful with your caregivers, family members, partner, close friends. These early hurts can quietly shape your sense of self, and how you relate to intimacy and committed adult relationship.

Trauma can be such a heavy word, yet it can happen to anyone.

Big “T” Trauma involved bad things that happened.
Little “t” trauma is when good things did not happen when they should. It can be parents being physically present but emotionally unavailable, experiencing loss or separation (whether long-term or short-term), bullying, harassment, or even mild neglect. While these experiences may not be life threatening, they deprive a child from its basic needs, and causes distressing pain to the one experiencing them.

These hurtful interactions, if unresolved, can make it hard for a person to trust themselves and others, feel unsafe in relationships, or difficult to maintain healthy connections both with themselves and others.

Knowingly or unknowingly, this trickles down, influencing them to suppress their feelings and adapt in ways that affect all areas of their lives, including mental health, emotional well-being, physical health, habits, and more.

The impact is far more damaging to the psyche that can lead to mental health challenges, has long lasting negative effect on the individual's adulthood, and long term committed relationships from what seems like an insignificant event.

Areas of Support

MENTAL HEALTH

Depression

Anxiety

Relationship Trauma

Stress Management

Women’s Healing Work

PERSONAL GROWTH

Difficult in “Adulting”

Cultural Adjustments

Life Crisis

Juggling Transitions

Self identity & Purpose

RELATIONSHIP

New to Singlehood

Relationship Change / Loss

Dating & Intimacy

Commitment & Parenthood

Family Conflicts

Begin Your Therapy Journey Here!

I specialize at this time of your life.

Tailored to Who You Are...

I am present to meet you as you are, depending on your needs, as our process is guided by a holistic understanding of you, your potential, and the innate wisdom of your mind and body.

At times we may focus on emotional regulation. Our work explores immediate resources, skills, and supports for your current life situation and well-being.

At other times, we may need to focus on helping you process unresolved emotions related to loss, grief, or trauma. As we dive deeper, we enter into a natural healing process with your body-felt knowing & inner flexible skills that allow space for a natural rhyme to flow through you, where your inner wisdom is readily available to tell its reason for pain, and its way towards pure meaning, purpose and authentic joy to emerge.

Moving on, we continue to stay on course in taking workable actions based on your new self-understanding to reinforce and actualize your deepest authentic meanings and aspirations.

Throughout our time together, I offer a safe, confidential relationship in which you can explore what is of most concern to you. We will balance helping you to learn new ways of dealing with the surface difficult symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, or other life challenges, while approaching and healing the underlying, unresolved dynamics contributing to these difficulties.

In this way, I hope to help you to develop a meaningful relationship with yourself while moving toward the life you want.

I look forward to connecting with you as you are with my open heart.

Client's Stories of Healing

Ceri's knowledge in third culture kid's trauma is not only academic but her own life experiences.

Ceri Lan helped me to gain self-understand in time of life transformation. She was able to push me to move forward which not many other therapist can do. Counseling with Ceri Lan has helped me defined my past. From this past I understand my core values and gained the courage to move forward.

Nguyen Ngoc Truc Quynh

The growth I have felt from our sessions is incredible.

At the beginning of therapy with Ceri Lan, I was struggling with a lack of awareness of my own childhood traumas that had caused recurrent relationship issues in my life. I was in great need of guidance, of someone with experience and expertise to support me through these turbulent times, and Ceri Lan has been exactly that person for me.

Ho Thu Uyen

Ceri Lan was the only person who truly understood what I was going through.

I used to feel guilty when I was hurt or not feeling good about myself, as it made me believe that I was the problem in society. This led me to become more of a people-pleaser and ignore my own needs. However, after therapy, I was able to heal & develop more self-acceptance. Now, I am comfortable with how I feel about myself.

Chew Zhi Fei