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What we work with

Support for identity and culture

For living between two cultures, two languages, or two sets of expectations.

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What we work with

Woodside is a neighborhood of people from everywhere, and a lot of what brings people here is the space between where they came from and where they are.

We work with immigrants and first-generation adults and teenagers, and with LGBTQ+ clients, as they are: affirming care, and no attempt to change who anybody is.

Sessions in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Bengali and Mandarin. For Nepali, Tibetan, Korean, Thai or another language, we'll help you find a clinician who works in it.

  • Nothing that tries to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Never, for anybody.

What a session can look like

Many people who come here translate all day: between languages, between a parent's expectations and their own, between who they are at home and who they are at work. A first session can start anywhere in that.

You do not have to explain your family or your culture from the beginning. If you would rather work in your first language, the languages beside each clinician below are the ones they work in.

What the first session is like

Who you could see

Joaquín, Maricel and Mei work with this. Between them: English, Spanish, Tagalog and Mandarin.

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Joaquín Ibarra

Couples and families · Clinical social worker · invented, holds no license

Couples and families: conflict, distance, trust, two cultures under one roof. The practice's longest evening hours.

English and Spanish · couples, family and individual

Joaquín's days and work

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Maricel Dizon

Teenagers and families · Clinical social worker · invented, holds no license

Teenagers of 13 to 17 and their families: school stress, low mood, friendships, and the pressure on first-generation kids. In English and Tagalog.

English and Tagalog · teen, family and individual

Maricel's days and work

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Mei Cardoso

Adults, mostly by video · Clinical social worker · invented, holds no license

Adults with anxiety, stress and big transitions, mostly by video, with one office day a week. In English and Mandarin.

English and Mandarin · individual

Mei's days and work

All five therapists

Ways to meet, and what they cost

One fee for each kind of session, the same for every clinician here: you choose a clinician for the fit, not for the price.

Fees and insurance The Good Faith Estimate

Talk first, if you like. Book a free fifteen-minute call to see whether we're a good fit. It's a conversation about what you're looking for and how we work, by telephone or video — not a therapy session, and there is nothing to pay for it.

Before you decide

No promised result. Therapy works differently for everyone. We can't promise a particular result, and nobody honestly can, but we'll review with you regularly how it's going and whether something else would serve you better.

Not a self-test. Nothing on this website can tell you what is going on for you. A diagnosis, where one is needed, comes from a clinician who has met you — never from a page, a quiz or a booking form.

Book a free call or a first session

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Book a free fifteen-minute call, or go straight to a first session if you know what you want. Nothing is paid online, and nothing on the form asks why you're coming.