Hannah Kwon

I became a therapist because growing up as an asian-american with immigrant parents was really hard, but I thought it was normal. I thought struggling through multiple cultures and generational differences was normal. I wish I knew I could take up space to just be me without the pressures of guilt or shame or confusion. I have since been on my own journey of constantly learning and unlearning, healing and grieving, living and resting. The idea of investing my time, care, resources and self to holding spaces for others comes from a deep lived understanding that we all have our unique stories where most of us have not had the luxury, the language, the teaching to help us validate and navigate our own stories. As I also have my own version of this process and constantly so, I want to remind us that we are both doing it, we're trying and we're not alone in that effort and in the baby and big steps alike. My experience though laced with grief of what I didn't know and what I thought "should/had" to be also includes hope attained and lived and that is what continues to motivate me to continue. I hope that you will choose, even a baby step, to invest in yourself by reaching out for a consult because you are worth it and deserve support that will help you not only survive, but live most meaningfully to you.