Hi, I'm Jada.

If you're a person of color or come from an immigrant family, you already know: therapy hasn't always been built with you in mind. Maybe you've sat across from a therapist and spent half the session explaining your culture instead of doing the work. Maybe you were taught that what happens in the family stays in the family, that struggle is private, and that being strong is the only acceptable option.

I know this story because I lived it. I grew up around intergenerational and immigration trauma, in a family where resilience was praised and emotional needs were quietly brushed aside. Strength was expected. Rest felt like a luxury. So I learned what many of my clients learned: push through, achieve, never ask for help.

But the body keeps the score. The anxiety. The overthinking. The tight chest that never fully releases. The exhaustion of code-switching all day and coming home with nothing left. The guilt of wanting more when your family sacrificed so much. That's usually when people find me.

This is the work I've built my career on.

At Therapy Cove, I specialize in trauma care for people of color and immigrants. The racial stress you've been told to shrug off. The trauma that travels across generations and across borders. The unspoken family rules. The weight of representing everyone who came before you while building a life they couldn't have imagined. With me, you never have to translate yourself, justify your family's ways, or educate your therapist before you can begin.

In our sessions, we slow everything down. This is the space where the mask finally gets to slip. We notice what your nervous system has been carrying, gently untangle the rules you learned about being good, being useful, being perfect, and look at the patterns that once protected you but now keep you stuck.

You don't need to try harder here. You don't need to impress me. And no, you can't get an "A" in therapy.

How I work

My approach is trauma-informed and insight-oriented, drawing from psychodynamic therapy, CBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based work, all delivered through The COVE Method, Therapy Cove's signature framework for containing, observing, voicing, and embodying what you've been through. Cultural humility isn't an add-on in my practice. It's the foundation. Your story gets seen in its full context: family, culture, migration, identity, all of it.

Outside the therapy room, I'm a plant lover and a dog person. You'll find me on long walks with my dog Nugget, at the beach, or enjoying a quiet evening at home.

You've spent your whole life being strong for everyone else. This is the one place you don't have to be.