I didn’t plan to become a counsellor; it was simply the direction my life kept moving in.

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Born in Korea and adopted into a Dutch family, I grew up between cultures, identities, and expectations. That beginning shaped how I understand belonging, and what it feels like when you don’t. Growing up with a Korean face in a Dutch family taught me early on what it means to stand out everywhere and fit nowhere, a theme many of my clients quietly carry too.

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After training in Social Work in the Netherlands, I spent years supporting vulnerable youth and adults before life took me elsewhere. I taught English in Seoul and Singapore, worked in hospitality in the U.S., and studied mindfulness in Phuket, long before it became mainstream.

Life changed again when I became a mother and later went through a divorce abroad.

Starting over at a later age meant losing stability, rebuilding from nothing, and learning to live differently.

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Those experiences taught me what no textbook ever could. to see life as it is, to face what hurts instead of escaping it, and to find a quieter kind of peace in what can’t be changed.

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Over time, I found myself drawn again and again to people living with long-term stress, identity wounds, and complex trauma, perhaps because I recognized something familiar in their stories.