Culturally Sensitive Psychiatric Care
As a psychiatrist with Filipino heritage, I offer care grounded in cultural sensitivity and cultural humility. I understand the intergenerational challenges of navigating life shaped by Western ideals while carrying ancestral values, traditions, and expectations.
Practicing within Western medicine, I am mindful of how colonization and its downstream effects continue to influence family systems, identity, and experiences of mental, physical, and spiritual health.
My approach creates space to explore these influences with respect and curiosity — not as pathology, but as context.
Together, we collaborate on solutions that support healing and personal growth without losing the strengths of ancestral roots, including resilience, collectivism, spirituality, and cultural wisdom. Care is individualized, integrative, and centered on honoring the whole person within their cultural story.