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Meet Michael Hung

As someone who has lived through complex trauma, I know how hard it can be to keep showing up when hope feels far away. I work with creatives and highly sensitive individuals and couples who long for authenticity in their work, relationships, and the way they meet themselves.

In the midst of depression, anxiety, or grief, we find growth and joy possible as we meet our internal experiences with compassion and move at the pace of their permission.

A Taiwanese American and native Texan, I understand the complexity of bicultural identity and intergenerational stories. Before becoming a therapist, I spent over a decade as a professional musician and film composer — an experience that deepened my belief in creativity as a pathway to healing. My practice of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and trauma-informed strength training informs my somatic-based trauma work: that healing isn't only about insight, it's also about reconnect with their bodies in a safe and empowering way.

I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #154058, supervised by Phillip Chang, LCSW #92156. Trained in Internal Family Systems and modalities rooted in a somatically-based trauma-informed approach, such as Neuroaffective Relational Model, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), and Gottman Method.

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Artists at heart, my clients hold rich complexities in their desires for life-giving self-expression and integritous, additive relationships.

They come in seasons when hope feels hard to hold, carrying grief that lives quietly in the body or shame that speaks louder than self-compassion. Many find themselves stagnant in patterns of relating to themselves and their bodies that are harsh and complicated. Whether they're Asian American creatives, multicultural individuals, or couples navigating individual and shared or conflicting identities and values, they long for internal peace when it comes to self-criticism, shame, and grief.

I work best with clients who've spent much of their lives caring for others and carrying more than their share. Many grew up in emotionally unpredictable homes and learned to equate safety with achievement or control. You may feel exhausted by self-criticism, perfectionism, or the sense that your worth depends on what you do rather than who you are. You might also struggle to feel at home in your body, especially if you've faced shame, disordered eating, or burnout. Together, we'll explore how the parts of you that learned to survive can begin to rest, and how sensitivity and depth, once seen as too much, can become your greatest strengths.

My clients share that they want to:

  • Break free from old patterns of self-criticism, shame, and avoidance so they can live with more ease and self-acceptance.

  • They understand themselves more deeply—through their histories, identities, and emotional worlds—to move through life with greater clarity and agency.

  • Heal long-held grief and anxiety stored in the body, rebuilding a sense of safety and trust within themselves.

  • Cultivate a more compassionate relationship with their bodies, food, and movement.

  • Reconnect with creativity, purpose, and authenticity in a way that feels sustainable and life-giving.

 

Through our collaborative approach to exploration, my clients begin to understand the wisdom behind their survival strategies and how they've learned to protect themselves in a world that hasn't always felt safe. This awareness becomes the foundation for reconnecting with authenticity, compassion, and choice. As a depth-oriented therapist, I hold hope for each person's inherent capacity for healing and self-leadership. Therapy with me offers a space of non-judgmental curiosity to explore new ways of relating to yourself and your life with greater gentleness and trust.

Special welcome to musicians/members of the entertainment industry, those struggling with their relationship to their bodies in athletics, and those experiencing deep levels of depression/anxiety.

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