Lisa Nakamura

I am a clinical psychologist who provides individual and family therapy for youth and adults, and parenting support. I have experience with mood disorders (depression, anxiety), trauma, managing learning challenges, adoption, grief, and loss. My approach varies, drawing from one’s strengths in helping address their unique struggles. I integrate socioeconomic, cultural, gender, and sexual identity issues into therapeutic work. One of my specialities is reflecting on one’s challenges in the context of intergenerational trauma. A person’s family history can shape our relationships with others in both resilient and challenging ways. Intergenerational trauma can take a myriad of different forms including being the first generation to go to college, familial loss, socioeconomic class differences, or having a parent who has substance abuse or mental health issues. Intergenerational trauma can also impact descendants when systematic oppression has taken place. I can help bring awareness to the cultural ways in which one’s specific family coped to survive. In such a space, a person can be intentional in developing their own coping abilities and how to carry their family history moving forward.