Dylan Olivia Tizon

You might be the person everyone sees as successful, responsible, and put together. On the outside, life looks pretty good. But inside? You’re exhausted from overthinking, people pleasing, and trying to keep everyone happy. Maybe you grew up in a family where emotions weren’t really talked about, so you learned to brush things under the rug, be the “good” one, make your family proud, and keep pushing forward. I’m a biracial Filipino therapist specializing in trauma and working with adult children of immigrants. I know it can be complicated to love your family, appreciate everything they’ve sacrificed, AND acknowledge the ways your experiences have affected you. Both can be true. Sometimes knowing WHY you feel or react the way you do isn’t enough to change it. I integrate EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and body based approaches to help us go beyond just talking about what happened. We’ll connect the dots between past and present, work through old wounds, and get curious about the emotional responses and patterns that keep showing up in your life. Imagine feeling less responsible for everyone else. Saying what you actually think without replaying it in your head afterward. Making decisions based on what YOU want without being consumed by guilt. Feeling triggered without it taking over your whole day. There’s so much more possible than just getting better at pushing through. Therapy with me is warm, collaborative, and down to earth. You don’t need to have the perfect words or convince me that what you went through was “bad enough.” You can show up exactly as you are. Let’s get curious about what’s possible. Together, we’ll dig deep.