Lila Li

Welcome

Trauma-informed, culturally responsive, collaborative and affirming. Virtual somatic sessions. Sliding Scale and Private Pay Only.

About

Daughter of Chinese refugees and a settler on unceded Huchiun territory of the Lisjan Ohlone people also known as Oakland, California. From the age of 9, I lived with White bodied foster parents in a multicultural home. I love working with clients who are also navigating challenges with belonging and the complexities of the immigrant experience. I grew up with severe complex childhood trauma and learned from a young age to disconnect from my body in order to survive. As a mental health coach, I am passionate about helping people safely come back into their bodies and feel more capable of navigating their worlds. I specialize in trauma-related challenges, supporting clients who experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and complex developmental trauma. I am a queer woman of color, former foster youth, cis gendered and able-bodied. My practice is focused on serving women, femmes, 2SLGBTQIA+, gender expansive/agender/non-conforming, neurodivergent and BIPOC individuals. I study and practice somatic abolitionism, continuously acknowledging and working through my own implicit biases, privileges, and limitations and hold this as essential to the work I do with clients. I am warm, open-minded, collaborative and research-informed. As a coach, I'm not restricted by location and can see out of state clients virtually. You are welcome to schedule a free 20-min consultation with me here: https://lilalicoaching.com/make-an-appointment/

Other Areas of Focus

Therapy Types

Hakomi is a gentle yet powerful experiential psychotherapy that uses mindfulness and somatic interventions to heal attachment wounds and developmental trauma. Hakomi examines the core organizing beliefs and supports the client through a transformational process. This is based in experiential present moment focused therapy, deeply held organizing schemas are changed by creating new and novel experiences that complete trauma responses in the present moment and in a safe therapeutic environment.  Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) is a method that helps people deal with trauma-related symptoms and disorders. TIST is based on the idea that severe reactions are a sign of trauma, not mental illness or personality disorder. The treatment was developed by Dr. Janina Fisher and combines techniques from internal family systems, sensorimotor psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). TIST is used to treat a variety of mental health disorders.