Prior to founding Outlier Wellness, V (they/them) served as a community mental health clinician, disaster relief worker, and EMT. They joined the counseling profession to increase visibility for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and confront systemic practices that pathologize vulnerable communities.

V uses Narrative, Psychodynamic, and Culturally-Responsive approaches to make counseling true to the client’s story and support their intersectional needs.

They received additional training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

V is a non-binary and Queer therapist, a Korean transracial adoptee, and elder Millennial. Outside of therapy, V is an avid birder, 물 냉 명 (Korean cold soup and noodles) stan, fly fisher, and veg grower.