Envisioning Wellness Together
Culturally Responsive Therapy based MN
Therapy that centers your humanity, culture, and lived experience.
For adults carrying more than they say out loud
Welcome to Envisioning Wellness!
If you're here, something in your life may feel heavy, overwhelming, or no longer sustainable. Many of the people I work with are used to being the ones who hold everything together, for family, work, or community, often quietly, sometimes with a duct tape, a smile, and usually at their own expense.
Choosing to seek support is not a small step, it’s an intentional act of care for yourself.
Therapy offers a space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with who you are beneath the expectations, responsibilities, and pressures you carry. At Envisioning Wellness, I work alongside you to make sense of what you've been through and support meaningful, sustainable growth.
Let’s work on envisioning wellness together.
Who I Work With
I support adults navigating:
Experiences that brought you here
Being the one everyone relies on, and what that costs
First-generation and immigrant family pressures
Family obligation that doesn't leave room for you
Grief that didn't get room to be grieved
Code-switching and self-editing
Being the only one in the room
Carrying what your family survived
Cultural, religious, or community expectations
Feeling disconnected from yourself inside a life that looks fine from outside
Many of my clients are people who have spent years being strong for others and are now realizing they need space to be supported too.
Concerns we may work on
These experiences can show up in many different ways. In therapy, we may work together around:
Trauma and difficult past experiences
Anxiety and chronic worry
Depression and low mood
Burnout and emotional exhaustion
Struggles withself-worth and self-confidence
Life transitions and major changes
Relationship challenges
Identity and belonging
You don't need to have everything figured out before starting therapy. Sometimes knowing that something isn't working anymore is enough reason to reach out.
I intentionally create affirming space for clients who are Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous, Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, and navigating complex cultural or family expectations. I welcome all clients who value culturally responsive, affirming care.
Where I Practice
I see clients in person at my office in Eagan, Minnesota, and online throughout Minnesota.
Telehealth is also available to clients located in Wisconsin, Washington, New Jersey, and North Dakota.
In-person clients come from Eagan and the surrounding south metro, including Burnsville, Apple Valley, Mendota Heights, Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Note: Clients must be physically located in a state where I am licensed at the time of the session.
Services
About & My Approach
Why I Started Envisioning Wellness
I started Envisioning Wellness in June 2022, after nearly a decade in community mental health counseling and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Over the years, I saw how easily changes in work, family, or where someone lives could affect not only their mental health, but also their access to care, especially when finding a therapist who understands your cultural and lived experience already feels difficult. I wanted to create a practice where continuity, cultural context, and the whole person could remain part of the work.
I kept meeting people who had done everything right, shown up, held things together, taken care of everyone, and still felt like something was wrong with them.
How I Practice
My style is warm, direct, and honest: supportive without sugarcoating, and rooted in care and respect.
Therapy isn't about fixing you. It's about understanding what you've been carrying, how it's shaped you, and what you need moving forward.
I'm trained in EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), and I integrate these based on what your work actually needs rather than applying a single model to everyone.
A Culturally Responsive Space
At Envisioning Wellness, culture, identity, community, and history matter in the therapy room.
My mission is to provide culturally responsive, compassionate mental health care for people who have often been overlooked, misunderstood, or underserved within the healthcare system.
As a Black woman living in the United States, I understand what it can mean to carry your family's story alongside your own, and to navigate spaces that weren't necessarily built with you in mind.
As a clinician, I intentionally consider how race, culture, religion, gender, sexuality, family roles, and systemic barriers shape your experiences and mental health. Healing looks different for each person, and therapy should reflect that.
Healing does not require you to assimilate, minimize your story, or navigate systems alone. Therapy here is about support, connection, and making space for growth that feels authentic and sustainable.
You do not need to explain or justify who you are here.
Together, we work in ways that are respectful, affirming, and aligned with your values.
Is This a Good Fit?
This may be a good fit if you:
Are seeking individual therapy for yourself
Want a therapist who is honest, compassionate, and culturally aware
Value a reflective, relational approach
Are open to in-person sessions in Eagan or telehealth
Are looking for meaningful, sustainable change
This may not be the best fit if you:
Need intensive or daily support
Are requesting court evaluations or legal documentation
Are seeking emergency or crisis services
If you need help right now
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
For a mental health crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
To reach a live crisis counselor by text, text HOME or HOLA to 741741. English or Spanish. Free, confidential, 24/7.
What to Expect
Reach out. Use the contact form or book a free consultation.
Have a conversation. We talk briefly about what's bringing you in, what you're hoping for, and current availability.
Decide what's next. If we're a good fit, we'll schedule an initial session.
There's no pressure to have everything figured out before reaching out. We take this one step at a time.
Reaching out for support can feel vulnerable, especially if you're used to handling things on your own.
Professional Services
In addition to therapy, I offer clinical supervision for pre-licensed counselors and organizations, and mental health trainings and workshops for professionals, schools, nonprofits, and community organizations.
“Empathy:
Let me hold the door for you.
I may have never walked in your shoes, but I can see your soles are worn, your strength is torn under the weight of a story I have never lived before.
Let me hold the door for you. After all you’ve walked through, It’s the least I can do.”