Identity + Integration

Counseling services that acknowledge the impact of systemic oppression and racial trauma on our bodies and spirit—creating a safe space to feel known and empowered in a way that centers who you are, while holding the complexity of the world we live in

Taryn Hiroshima Headshot
 

About & Approach

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I hold both minoritized and privileged identities, as a queer, neurodivergent, fourth-generation Japanese American.

I believe coming back home to ourselves can be one of the most complex and scariest journeys we can embark on… and also one of the most healing.

I love working collaboratively and hold a relational-cultural theoretical lens, emphasizing the integration of the body. I believe systemic harm disconnects us from our body, mind, heart, and spirit, and healing comes through safe and meaningful connection with ourselves and others, while finding ways to metabolize our pain through the body. I am also passionate about working with people impacted by the prison and criminal legal system, largely because my family was unjustly incarcerated for being Japanese during World War II.

On the daily, you can find me embracing slower living and minimalism, researching down rabbit holes about organizational gear and systems, and happily making london fogs and matcha lattes.

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Professional Counselor Associate, R7874
with training in Marriage and Family Therapy
Supervised by Tony Lai, LPC, RPT-S

The Process

 

1

20-Min Free Consult

We’ll connect and talk about reasons for seeking counseling at this time, figure out if we fit well and would like to move forward together

2

Initial Assessment

We’ll collaborate and talk more in-depth about background, history, and story—providing more context to inform treatment goals and scheduling, tailoring sessions to what you need and want

 

3

Individual Sessions

We’ll figure out a rhythm that fits our schedules and use the space to process, be curious, and explore your story and journey in a way that feels aligning with you

  • Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings.

    —Angela Davis

  • Trauma is a wordless story our body tells itself about what is safe and what is a threat.

    —Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands

  • We tend to think of healing as something binary—either we're broken or we're healed. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human growth works. More often, healing and growth take place on a continuum, with innumerable points between utter brokenness and total health.

    —Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands

  • History matters, and an awareness of it puts our lives into context. A disdain for history sets us adrift, and makes us victims of ignorance and denial. History lives in and through our bodies right now and in every moment.

    —Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands