Welcome.

Kasama means “to be with” in Filipino/Tagalog.

Here at Kasama Mental Health, we believe that healing happens in relationships, never in isolation.

My name is Vina and my work is about creating a safe and transformative container where we can explore, process, reflect and be with the beautiful & hard things in your life, together.

Whether you are hoping to heal from the impacts of relational conflicts, traumatic stress and/or systemic marginalization, my hope is to support you in coming back home to yourself, find the tools and resources you need as you move towards a more embodied, liberatory and authentic way of relating, living, and being.

Learn more about Vina

Who I Work With

I have found that I work best & especially like working with (but not limited to):

teens and adults looking to define a life worth living.
neurodivergent folks wanting support in living their most authentic and empowered life.
immigrants/children of immigrants/children of the Filipino diaspora who are hoping to make sense of their mixed identities or explore boundaries for the first time.
folks struggling with the impacts of trauma (intergenerational, developmental, complex and/or religious.)
folks who are struggling with the impacts of societal marginalization.
folks who live with anxiety and depression.
parents figuring out how to raise their children while healing their own trauma.
parents who need support with their neurodivergent kids (specially PDA) or with their own neurodivergence.
couples who are having a difficult time navigating conflicts and differences.
couples who are wanting to heal their relationship after infidelity/betrayal.
couples who are transitioning to parenthood.

My Approach + Training

My approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate and humanistic. I consider myself a LGBTQIA-affirmative and neuro-affirmative therapist. Social justice is important to me and I hold a liberation-oriented framework where we name the ways social systems impact and shape us. I am currently growing in and incorporating ancestral wisdom and healing practices from my own lineage as part of the Filipino diaspora.

I believe there are many paths to healing and am very integrative in my work. I am drawn to narrative therapy, somatic work, parts work, play therapy, expressive therapies and a whole variety of other therapy modalities. With my work with couples, I also utilize Gottman and EFCT.

Below I list where and who I have learned from and trained with in the last few years:

M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, TWU: August 2023- August 2025
Parent Coaching Certificate with Jai Institute: March 2023 - October 2023
Certificate in Somatic Embodiment with Linda Thai: May 2023 - July 2023
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1: June 2024
Certificate in Trauma Studies at Trauma Research Foundation with Bessel van der Kolk: February 2024 - August 2024
Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Katelyn Baxter-Musser: August 2024
Mastering Internal Family System for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction and More with Dr. Frank Anderson: September 2024
Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) for Children and Adolescents with Margaret Blaustein: October 2024 - present

IFS Circle: April 2025 - September 2025
Introduction to Play Therapy with Rosie Newman: September 2025
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: August 2025 - present

Individual Therapy

$120 for 50 minute sessions
If you are ready to do transformative work together, I offer a free 15-30 minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.
Couples Therapy

$150 for 50 minute sessions
For those who are looking for support in strengthening connection, healing from ruptures/infidelity and navigating differences.
Groups

$40 for 90 minute sessions
For those who desire community support and are looking to learn new skills in a supportive group environment, groups will be forming January 2026.
Sliding Scale

$60/$90 (individual) or $90/$120 (couples) for 50 minute sessions
I have a few available spots for sliding scale rates based on the Green Bottle Method.