What is Therapy? The Sankofa bird in the Akan language means “to go back and retrieve it.” It points to the importance of reflecting on one’s past to gain a greater understanding of one’s present and future. It emphasizes the role our past plays in our present and our perception of our future. This concept translates to how we often define mental health: as the relationship between how our past has come to define who we are presently, and our ideas about our future.

Therapy provides an opportunity and a space to explore these ideas: how events and experiences have come to shape who we are and how we see ourselves, and explore and learn new ways to address difficult issues.

About Me

I was born and raised in Ghana and moved to the United States at the age of 11. Needless to say, this event had a significant impact in my life and continues to. But this event also informed my experience on issues on anxiety, sense of identity, and relationships with community.

As a therapist, I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Hope College in 2014. Later, I completed my Master of Psychology at Seattle University in 2017. While at Seattle University, I completed my practicum with Matumaini Counseling where I facilitated a course in emotional wellbeing, and provided individual counseling to high school students, primarily students of color. In addition to this, I have over five years of experience working in mental health care field which include work in a residential treatment center for adolescents; facilitating a young men’s group for African American children at an elementary; working as a counselor in an acute psychiatric hospital; providing family and individual therapy to families involved with CPS; as well as working with children with autism.